Latest InsurTech Headlines
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Google Accused in Suit of Using Gemini AI Tool to Snoop on Users
Nov 12 2025 // Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs. In the past, users of Gmail, Chat and...
GoDaddy Hit With $170M Patent Verdict Over Web-Design Tech
Nov 10 2025 // Internet domain registrar GoDaddy GDDY.N owes a patent owner $170 million for violating its rights in website-building technology, a Delaware federal jury said in a verdict made public on Friday. The jury agreed with...
How EZLynx is Empowering the Next Generation of Insurance with AI
Nov 10 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. The insurance industry is experiencing one of its most significant transformations in decades. Fueled by evolving customer expectations and workforce attrition, the...
Register: Risky Future AI Tools for MGAs ‘Demo Day’ on Nov. 12
Nov 10 2025 // Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting the “AI Tools for MGAs” Demo Day, a series of free AI tool demonstrations designed exclusively for managing general agencies. The latest online event...
Markets/Coverages: Fidelis Launches Construction Consortium to Cover AI Data Centers
Nov 7 2025 // The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), the Bermuda-based managing general underwriter, announced the launch of a consortium that targets risks associated with the construction of AI data centers. With estimates suggesting that the...
Tech University Students Think Tiny Drones Inspired by Bats Could Save Lives
Nov 6 2025 // Don’t be fooled by the fog machine, spooky lights and fake bats: the robotics lab at Worcester Polytechnic Institute lab isn’t hosting a late Halloween party. Instead, it’s a testing ground for tiny...
Highlights from Applied Net 2025: Transforming Agencies with EZLynx Innovations
Nov 5 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. We had an incredible time at Applied Net 2025, where innovation, learning, and collaboration took center stage for EZLynx® users. With over 350 EZLynx customers in...
Florida-Based HCI’s Insurtech Raises $168M in Initial Public Offering
Nov 5 2025 // Insurance technology firm Exzeo Group, part of Tampa-based HCI Group, raised $168 million in its U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday, pricing its shares within its marketed range and becoming the latest insurance...
Insurtech Hippo Reverses Q3 Loss During ‘Breakout Quarter’
Nov 5 2025 // Insurtech Hippo posted third quarter 2025 net income of $98 million compared with a net loss of $9 million a year ago during the same period. San Jose, California-based Hippo’s Q3 combined ratio improved to 100—a...
Insurance Turns to AI as a Critical Enabler to Boost Agility
Nov 3 2025 // Insurance is being shaken by a trio of climate- and economy-driven challenges; severe natural disasters, inflation, and high interest rates have driven withdrawals and nonrenewals–leaving both agents and...
Tech Update: WCL Launches Digital Treaty Placement Platform in Bermuda
Oct 31 2025 // Web Connectivity Ltd. (WCL), a Zywave company, announced the launch of its enhanced platform for treaty risk placement in Bermuda, marking a milestone in the digital transformation of the reinsurance market. Developed in...
Universal Music Settles Lawsuit With AI Startup Udio
Oct 31 2025 // Universal Music Group NV signed an agreement with artificial intelligence-powered music startup Udio to settle a copyright lawsuit and collaborate on a new commercial music creation and streaming service. Udio will launch...
Texas Backs Permian Gas-Fired Power Plant With $1.1B Loan as AI Demand Soars
Oct 30 2025 // Texas is backing a proposed Permian Basin power plant fueled by natural gas with a $1.1 billion low-interest loan, the largest such project under a state program aimed to shore up supplies after widespread blackouts in...
Federal Judge in Mississippi Admits Staff Used AI to Draft Inaccurate Order
Oct 30 2025 // A federal judge in Mississippi has admitted that his staff used artificial intelligence to draft a flawed court order, after months of speculation and an inquiry from a U.S. senator. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate...
Aviva Ventures Backs Indico Data’s Insurance Operations AI
Oct 29 2025 // Boston-based Indico Data, which offers AI-based automation for insurance operations, has received an investment from Aviva Ventures, the corporate venture capital fund for Aviva, one of the UK’s largest insurers. The...
California Commissioner’s Regulation to Prevent Insurance Crises From Climate Disasters, Cyber Threats, AI
Oct 28 2025 // California Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing a regulation aimed at mitigating rising insurance costs and safeguarding the state’s insurance market from catastrophic risks and technological threats. Lara’s...
HK Startup Aims to Launch Satellites for 3D Wind Data, SCMP Says
Oct 27 2025 // Hong Kong startup Stellerus aims to create a constellation of satellites to become the world’s first provider of three-dimensional wind data provided by the devices, according to the South China Morning...
Bishop Street Underwriters Launches MGA Incubator
Oct 24 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced the rollout of Bishop Street Program Managers (BSPM), an incubator for developing managing general agents (MGA). Embedded within Bishop Street’s ecosystem and backed by its $600...
Applied Acquires Cytora: Supercharging the Digital Roundtrip of Insurance with AI
Oct 24 2025 // Remember in “The Avengers” movie when all the superheroes finally come together, and you just know something EPIC (see what I did there) is about to happen? That’s exactly how I felt when we finalized our...
Conservative Activist Sues Google Over AI-Generated Statements
Oct 24 2025 // Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sued Google on Wednesday, alleging the tech giant’s artificial intelligence systems generated “outrageously false” information about him. Starbuck said in the lawsuit,...
