All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 25 2023 // Axis Launches North American Inland Marine Unit Led by HunterKristen Hunter joined AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, as head of newly launched inland marine, North America. Previously,...
Aug 24 2023 // More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and...
Aug 17 2023 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The company behind a disastrous change to a Kentucky city`s school bus routes that resulted in more than a week of canceled classes had similar problems in two cities in neighboring Ohio last...
Aug 15 2023 // Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 14, 2023 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces that Central Technology Center has successfully completed the first year of the Certified Insurance Service...
Aug 11 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit police chief said he`s setting new policies on the use of facial-recognition technology after a woman who was eight months pregnant said she was wrongly charged with robbery and carjacking in a...
Aug 11 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvYou don’t hear a lot about insurtechs and cannabis, but one firm aims to change that paradigm. SquareRisk principals say they aim to transform the wholesale distribution model for...
Aug 10 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Insurance Quantified.Recently, while catching up with a longtime insurance executive, I asked him about the highlights of his career. This person had traveled the world to meet...
Aug 7 2023 // Investors in cyber risk solution company Resilience have contributed again – $100 million in a series D equity financing round – a testament to the company’s business model and results, its leaders said.With...
Aug 2 2023 // The disruption in the cannabis space is having an impact on that insurance specialty from coast to coast, a new report out from Amwins shows.The report, Amwins State of The Market Report 2023: A Focus on the Cannabis...
Jul 28 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson, his stepfather and his mother allegedly have failed to pay back $1.8 million of a $2 million loan from a California-based technology company.In a civil...
Jul 26 2023 // Embroker announced a partnership with password-management provider Dashlane and cyber insurer Cowbell to increase customer security and expand cyber liability coverage.“Through Cowbell and Dashlane, we are not only...
Jul 25 2023 // Accelerant is planning to raise fresh capital next year in a deal that could result in the specialty insurance provider making its debut on the stock market, its CEO and co-founder told Reuters on Monday.The Cayman...
Jul 21 2023 // Insurtech Loadsure announced the launch of digital ocean cargo and stock throughput insurance products: “Danube – Dynamic Ocean Cargo Insurance” and “Huron.”Loadsure described the products as...
Jul 21 2023 // A Rochester, New York technology firm has been charged with allegedly violating federal law by ending its interview with and failing to hire a qualified applicant for an engineering role because he is deaf.According to a...
Jul 20 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at RenaissanceRe and AXIS Capital Holdings.A summary of these new hires follows here. RenaissanceRe Promotes Lang to Group Chief Risk Officer, Succeeding...
Jul 18 2023 // Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents owned by a Tesla subsidiary.Tesla CEO Elon...
Jul 18 2023 // Tractable, the London-based insurtech that uses artificial intelligence (AI) for visual claims assessments and disaster recovery, announced a $65M Series E investment led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.Existing investors...
Jul 14 2023 // Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalizing the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, the victim’s...
Jul 6 2023 // Lockton Adds Jainchill as U.S. Cyber & Technology Product LeaderLockton in New York, N.Y has hired Chuck Jainchill as its U.S. cyber and technology product leader. Jainchill joins Lockton after 16 years at AIG, where...
Jul 5 2023 // The Indiana Department of Insurance has given Honeycomb Insurance approval to write policies statewide. The digital insurer has built proprietary technology offering comprehensive insurance coverage for apartment...