All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2017 // Etherisc, a Zug-Switzerland-based insurance platform startup, has begun offering blockchain-based flight delay insurance, called Flight Delay, which automates the process of getting an insurance payout in case a flight is...
Oct 27 2017 // Silicon Valley business software startup Zenefits and its co-founder Parker Conrad have been fined nearly $1 million by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a settlement over charges that they misled...
Oct 24 2017 // Insurdata, an insurtech firm that provides re/insurance underwriters with property-specific data to support their pricing, underwriting and portfolio management decisions, announced it has raised over $1 million in seed...
Oct 20 2017 // North Dakota’s insurance commissioner is bullish on the technological innovations that are occurring within the insurance industry and wants his state to be in the forefront of experimenting with and testing new...
Oct 18 2017 // Watching NFL players kneel during the National Anthem didn’t sit well with a pair of former New England Patriots players, who aired their feelings about players protesting during the opening of football games during...
Oct 18 2017 // Officials are planning a new system of travel alert information for part of the Ohio Turnpike near Cleveland with an eye toward a day when autonomous vehicles might regularly cruise the roadway.The Turnpike Commission will...
Oct 18 2017 // Hyperloop Transportation Technologies wants to build a tube-based inter and intra-city transportation system to transport passengers and cargo at high speeds. As part of its efforts to gain support, it sought to assure...
Oct 17 2017 // Indianapolis, Indiana-based MJ Insurance has named Chad Miller as chief information officer. He will serve the firm’s offices in Indiana and Arizona.Technology is at the core of MJ’s employee and client...
Oct 17 2017 // Freehold, NJ, October 17, 2017 — Mgaero welcomes InsurTech industry executive Alex Tsetsenekos as head of business development. Tsetsenekos brings nearly twenty years of diverse leadership experience in the insurance...
Oct 16 2017 // A number of current vehicle safety standards are blocking the development of the more sophisticated self-driving cars and trucks.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration promulgates Federal Motor Vehicle Safety...
Oct 16 2017 // One major insurance carrier already has a program underway to train claims adjusters to visit accident sites and fly drones to gather data.American Family Insurance started working on developing a drone program around...
Oct 13 2017 // Root Insurance has expanded its services to drivers in Utah.Root, which is now operating in Illinois, Oklahoma, Indiana, Ohio and Arizona, asserts that drivers can save up to 52 percent by using Root’s data-driven...
Oct 12 2017 // Digital business insurance agency CoverWallet said it has closed a $18.5 million Series B funding round led by Foundation Capital with participation from existing investors Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, CV Starr...
Oct 12 2017 // The World Economic Forum is bringing insurers, tech firms and governments together to find ways to tackle risks from new technology such as drones and driverless cars, it said on Thursday.Tech firms have moved fast to...
Oct 12 2017 // Lemonade announced Tuesday that it launched a public API (application programming interface), allowing anyone to seamlessly offer Lemonade policies through their apps or websites.The insurtech home insurer announced:...
Oct 10 2017 // Willis Towers Watson said it has strengthened its Insurance Consulting and Technology business with two new senior appointments.Based in London, Neil Bruce joins the UK P&C Insurance Consulting and Technology team from...
Oct 6 2017 // Guidewire Software Inc., a provider of core operations software to property/casualty insurers, has agreed to acquire Cyence, a data science and risk analytics software company.Guidewire will pay approximately $275 million...
Oct 5 2017 // Slice Labs Inc., a company offering an on-demand insurance platform for rideshare and homeshare risks in the United States, has announced a Series A investment of $11.6 million led by XL Innovate, with participation from...
Oct 5 2017 // A U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday unanimously gave the green light to a bill aimed at speeding the use of self-driving cars without human controls, a measure that also bars states from imposing regulatory road blocks.The...
Oct 4 2017 // One major insurance carrier already has a program underway to train claims adjusters to visit accident sites and fly drones to gather data.American Family Insurance started working on developing a drone program around...