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#1 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...
#2 As Execs Eye AI for Fraud Detection, Deloitte Predicts Billions in Savings
May 14 2025 // With a growing share of insurance executives viewing generative artificial intelligence as a tool for streamlining and improving functions like fraud detection, Deloitte predicts that AI technologies could save the...
#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 Former XL CEO McGavick Returns to Insurance With AI Firm Mea Platform
May 13 2025 // Mike McGavick is returning to the insurance world as a strategic advisor and board chairman of Mea Platform, an artificial intelligence firm focusing on transactions and operations for carriers, managing general agents,...
#5 AI’s Urgent Need for Power Spurs Return of Dirtier Gas Turbines
Jun 4 2025 // If Stargate’s first AI data center is completed next year as planned, the 900-acre site will need enough round-the-clock electricity to support 300,000 homes. But securing that power isn’t as simple as plugging...
#6 In Lawsuit Over Teen’s Death, Judge Rejects Free Speech Rights for AI Chatbots
May 23 2025 // A federal judge on Wednesday rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now. The developers behind Character.AI are seeking to...
#7 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...
#8 Tax Bill’s Bid to Ban New AI Rules Faces Bipartisan Blowback
Jun 5 2025 // A Republican attempt to block states from enforcing new artificial intelligence rules over the next decade has drawn growing bipartisan objections, exposing tension in Washington over allowing for more unchecked AI...
#9 State AI Regulation Ban Tucked Into Republican Tax, Fiscal Bill
May 14 2025 // A powerful House committee has tucked language preventing states from regulating artificial intelligence into President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, a move that would benefit many of the US’s...
#10 Wildfire Experience Inspires New Contents Claims Insurtech
May 29 2025 // When Michael Balarezo emerged from the basement office of his Boulder, Colo., home in December 2021, smoke plumes from the nearby Marshall Fire were visible from his driveway. Balarezo, his wife and daughter swiftly stowed...
#11 Reddit Sues Anthropic, Says AI Company Exploited User Data
Jun 6 2025 // Reddit Inc. sued artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, saying it has used the social media company’s content without permission to train its AI models. The lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday in San Francisco...
#12 Business Moves: Insurtech wefox to Sell Italian Businesses to PE Firm J.C. Flowers
May 14 2025 // German Insurtech wefox has agreed to sell its Italian businesses, wefox MGA S.r.l. and wefox Services Italy S.r.l., to U.S. private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed....
#13 AI Regulation Ban Meets Opposition From State Attorneys General
May 22 2025 // A Republican proposal to block states from regulating artificial intelligence for 10 years drew opposition on from a bipartisan group of attorneys general in California, New York, Ohio and other states that have regulated...
#14 New York Times Agrees to License Content to Amazon for AI Use
May 29 2025 // The New York Times Co. has reached a deal to license its editorial content to Amazon.com Inc. for use across its artificial intelligence platforms, marking the first such agreement the newspaper company has struck after...
#15 Pennsylvania AG Reaches Settlement With AI-Based Property Management Platform
Jun 3 2025 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced a settlement with Home365, LLC, regarding the Las Vegas-based property management company’s alleged failures to timely address Pennsylvania tenants’...
#16 LA County Wildfire Alert Mistakenly Sent to Millions Due to Tech Glitch
May 15 2025 // A technological glitch caused an emergency alert to be mistakenly sent to millions of Los Angeles County residents in January rather than only those in the proximity of a wildfire, according to a congressional report. The...
#17 Carrier Management announces agenda and speakers for its 2025 InsurTech Summit
May 12 2025 // San Diego, CA. May 12, 2025 — Today, Carrier Management announced the agenda and speakers for The InsurTech Summit 2025. The event is designed for: carrier executives, entrepreneurs and investors, insurance...
#18 Dutch Insurer Scraps Old-Style Chat Bots Amid Uneven AI Rollout
May 28 2025 // NN Group NV is replacing pre-programmed chat bots in client-facing roles with a version that can interact more naturally with humans, further evidence of the continued but uneven roll-out of artificial intelligence in...
#19 AI’s Need for Power Spurs Return of Dirty Gas Turbines
Jun 5 2025 // If Stargate’s first AI data center is completed next year as planned, the 900-acre site will need enough round-the-clock electricity to support 300,000 homes. But securing that power isn’t as simple as plugging...
#20 Italy’s Data Watchdog Fines AI Company Replika’s Developer $5.6 Million
May 20 2025 // Italy’s data protection agency has fined the developer of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika 5 million euros ($5.64 million) for breaching rules designed to protect users’ personal data, the...
