Most Popular Tech Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Tech Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Acrisure to Lay Off 400 Employees, Citing Tech Advancements and AI Integration

Oct 8 2025 // Acrisure announced it will implement layoffs to its accounting workforce beginning in early 2026, citing advancements in technology and artificial intelligence.The company said 400 employees will be affected by the...

#2 Insurtech Looks to ‘Redefine’ Insurance With Autonomous AI Agents by 2026

Aug 13 2025 // Insurtech Superagent AI issued a press release yesterday to announce its goal of starting the first fully autonomous AI insurance agent by the end of the year.“We’re not just reshaping insurance. We’re...

#3 Insurtech Slide Targets $2B-Plus Valuation in IPO

Jun 9 2025 // Insurance tech company Slide is aiming for a valuation of up to $2.12 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, joining a lineup of insurance companies that have made impressive stock market debuts in recent...

#4 Acrisure Secures $2.1 Billion Funding Round for M&A, Tech

May 21 2025 // Acrisure said it has entered into a definitive agreement for the issuance of new convertible senior preferred stock in a $2.1 billion capital raise led by Bain Capital.Acrisure said the company’s valuation stands at...

#5 Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty and Travelers Team Up on Surety Tech Launch

Dec 9 2025 // Four surety companies—Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual and Travelers—announced the launch of a technology company that will feature a shared digital infrastructure to advance the surety industry.According to a brief...

#6 Amazon’s AWS Struggles to Recover After Major Outage Disrupts Apps, Services

Oct 20 2025 // Amazon’s cloud services unit AWS was struggling to recover on Monday from a widespread outage that knocked out thousands of websites along with some of the world’s most popular apps – Snapchat and Reddit...

#7 Insurer Says Tech Services Firms Should Pay for Insured’s Ransomware Damages

Sep 19 2025 // ACE American Insurance Co. is suing to recover $500,000 it paid in ransomware damages to a staffing company, claiming cloud computing and cybersecurity firms contracted by its policyholder should instead be held...

#8 Insurtech Root Finishes 2024 With First Yearly Profit

Feb 27 2025 // Root Inc. followed up its first ever quarterly net profit in the third quarter with another in the last quarter of 2024, and finished with the first profitable year in the company’s history.The Columbus, Ohio-based...

#9 3 Emerging Risks to Watch: 6G Wireless Technology, Autonomous Trucks, Kratom

Apr 21 2025 // It seemed not so long ago that many wireless carriers were in a race to 5G, touting the speed of their networks to consumers. Now, the successor to that network is in development and could bring a bounty of potential...

#10 Tech Firms Warn ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacks Are Targeting Aviation Sector

Jun 30 2025 // Tech companies Google and Palo Alto Networks are sounding the alarm over the “Scattered Spider” hacking group’s interest in the aviation sector.In a statement posted on LinkedIn on Friday, Sam Rubin, an...

#11 Hiscox Agrees to Acquire US Specialist Insurtech

Aug 6 2025 // Global specialist insurer Hiscox announced its agreement to acquire a specialist insurtech business focused on addressing the insurance needs of small businesses operating in sectors such as technology start-ups, life...

#12 Business Moves: Insurtech Wefox Raises €151M to Build New MGA Focus, Core Markets

Jul 7 2025 // Insurtech wefox has secured funding of €151 million ($177.8 million), which will enable the company to build its core market positions in Austria, the Netherlands, and Switzerland as well as its asset-light managing...

#13 Business Moves: Earnix Agrees to Acquire Insurtech and AI Specialist Zelros

May 6 2025 // Earnix, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zelros, the Paris-based insurtech and developer of artificial intelligence solutions.Financial details of the...

#14 PwC’s AI Chief Says Firm Has Cut Prices as Tech Saves Staff Time

Jun 30 2025 // PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, one of the world’s largest professional advisory firms, has cut prices for some services as clients raised the fact that the consultancy is using artificial intelligence to complete its...

#15 Insurtech Lemonade Starts Autonomous Car Product With Tesla’s Data

Jan 21 2026 // Insurtech Lemonade said it has launched Lemonade Autonomous Car insurance, and will begin with a technical collaboration with Tesla that gives the insurer access to vehicle data.For starters, Lemonade said the new offering...

#16 What is Insurtech and How is it Transforming the Insurance Industry?

Mar 6 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance.This remarkable transformation is challenging the status quo and pushing the boundaries of what is possible in insurance. Insurtech is not just a buzzword; it...

#17 Thoma Bravo’s Nearmap to Buy Insurance Tech Firm Itel for Over $1.3B

May 21 2025 // Thoma Bravo-backed Nearmap has agreed to buy insurance technology provider itel from private equity firm GTCR, the companies said on Tuesday, as it looks to expand its offerings across property portfolios.The deal values...

#18 E&S Insurtech Ledgebrook Raises $65 Million

Jun 25 2025 // Ledgebrook Inc, a technology-driven excess and surplus lines managing general agency, recently completed the close of a $65 million funding round.The oversubscribed Series C round was led by existing investor The Stephens...

#19 New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting

Apr 18 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage.That guidance came in response to a...

#20 Hard Market, High Tech: Agriculture Insurance Adapts

Mar 24 2025 // Faced with heightened climate risks and political uncertainties, insurers writing agribusiness and farm and ranch are deploying data analytics and technology as they grapple with a hard market and the need for greater...