All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 14 2025 // The European Union’s new digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, suggested the repeated damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea couldn’t be fully accidental, as leaders from the region prepare to gather for a NATO...
Jan 13 2025 // Aon’s NFP Acquires Irish Human Resources Consultancy and Training SpecialistNFP, the New York City-based brokerage and consulting firm and Aon subsidiary, announced its acquisition of The HR Suite, a leading human...
Jan 9 2025 // Canopius, headquartered in Chicago, appointed Laura Burke as U.S. head of cyber and technology. Burke assumes the role after serving as the company’s executive vice president, cyber and technology, since joining...
Jan 8 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx.Management systems can make or break a new agency. In the best cases, an agency management system (AMS) can be the behind-the-scenes mastermind keeping everything running...
Jan 8 2025 // Deep Vector, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for analyzing underwriting documents, closed its seed round of $1.5 million, co-led by Aperture Venture Capital and InsurTech NY.Deep Vector helps insurers and brokers...
Jan 8 2025 // Energy startups have overtaken the makers of electric cars and batteries as the top global climate tech investment for the first time since 2020. They’ve done so as the growing demand for artificial intelligence has...
Jan 7 2025 // Old Republic International Corp. said it is forming a new subsidiary for cyber and technology errors and omissions insurance products.Old Republic Cyber Inc. will be led by CJ Pruzinsky, formerly of Resilience. He will...
Jan 2 2025 // Frank Lamantia Hiscox hired Frank Lamantia as chief technology officer, effective January 21. He will report to Mary Boyd, CEO of Hiscox USA, as well as Chris Loake, chief information officer of Hiscox Group, and will...
Dec 27 2024 // Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of Beirut known for its 18th century monastery and stands of pine forest. Usually this would be...
Dec 20 2024 // The Constitutional Council is set to validate the disputed vote by Dec. 23 and opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has called for more demonstrations, depending on the outcome. The deadly unrest has already delayed 24...
Dec 13 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump’s antitrust picks are likely to take a hard-line on the tech giants, and a harder line on corporate consolidation than the average Republican.All three of the new administration’s...
Dec 11 2024 // Krispy Kreme Inc. said a cybersecurity incident had disrupted some of its operations, including online ordering in parts of the US.The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it was notified on Nov. 29 of...
Dec 4 2024 // A technology issue at Alaska Airlines resulted in the temporary grounding of flights in Seattle on Monday morning and problems into the afternoon for people trying to book flights on its website, the airline said.The...
Nov 27 2024 // United Airlines said on Tuesday that an acute shortage of air traffic controllers was causing “significant disruption” for travelers at its busy Newark, New Jersey, hub outside of New York City.The airline said...
Nov 26 2024 // McGill and Partners, the London-based global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has launched a new trade disruption insurance facility in collaboration with Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) and Convex, offering limits of...
Nov 25 2024 // Storm Bert left a trail of disruption across the UK, with hundreds of flood warnings in place for Wales and the west of England.Five people were reported to have died by local media, after the storm brought heavy rain and...
Nov 8 2024 // Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of ResQ Machine-led Reserving, which WTW describes as a game-changing technology for insurers and reinsurers to enhance accuracy and efficiency in property/casualty reserving.ResQ...
Nov 4 2024 // The insurance industry has historically been slow to adopt new technologies – often relying on traditional outreach, marketing and client management methods. However, digital transformation has taken hold across the...
Oct 31 2024 // For the first time in the company’s history, Root Inc. recorded a quarterly net income profit.The Columbus, Ohio-based parent company of Root Insurance founded in 2015 recorded third quarter net income of about $23...
Oct 30 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys.As Cyber and Technology Errors & Omissions (Tech E&O) risks grow, insurers face increasing pressure to provide accurate, fast, and competitive coverage....