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Tech Update: WTW Launches AI Monitoring Tool ‘Radar Vision’ for Insurers; Tariff Simulator Added to Marsh McLennan’s Sentrisk
Apr 30 2025 // WTW has announced the North American launch of Radar Vision, an AI-driven performance monitoring tool custom-built for insurers. The global insurance industry has been turbulent for a few years, with significant inflation...
Apple, Meta Fined as EU Presses Ahead With Tech Probes
Apr 24 2025 // Apple was fined 500 million euros ($570 million) on Wednesday and Meta 200 million euros, as European Union antitrust regulators handed out the first sanctions under landmark legislation aimed at curbing the power of Big...
Tech Update: Lloyd’s Backs BreachBits; ZoJacks Prevents Water Claims; Eagleview Expands Drone Options
Apr 24 2025 // Washington, D.C.-based BreachBits has received an investment of an undisclosed amount from Lloyd’s in what is the London-based global insurance marketplace’s third strategic innovation investment from among...
Texas-Based Insurtech Steadily Secures $30M Series C Round
Apr 23 2025 // Steadily, a provider of landlord insurance in the U.S., announced $30 million in Series C funding led by Two Sigma Ventures at a $355 million valuation. Steadily serves 18 million individual rental property owners who...
People Moves: Xceedance Names Sankaran Global COO; Naquin Joins ReSource Pro as GM, Tech Services
Apr 22 2025 // Xceedance Appoints Sankaran as Global Chief Operating Officer Subramanian Sankaran Xceedance, headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, named Subramanian (Subbu) Sankaran to the new role of global chief operating...
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...
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...
Insurtech 1Fort Raises $7.5M to Support AI Binding Tech for Brokers
Apr 17 2025 // 1Fort, the AI platform for business insurance, announced it raised $7.5 million in an oversubscribed funding round led by Bonfire Ventures. The round also included Draper Associates (Tim Draper); Karim Atiyeh, the founder...
People Moves: Zurich Hires Sullivan From CNA for US Middle Market Head of Tech; IMA Hires Crochet as National Energy Practice Leader
Apr 16 2025 // Jeannie Sullivan Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumberg, Illinois, hired Jeannie Sullivan as head of technology for its U.S. middle market team. She will report to Stan Bernard, head of industry practices for...
Markets/Coverages: Cyber MGA Resilience Launches Tech E&O Cover in UK and EU
Apr 11 2025 // Resilience, the specialist in cyber risk solutions, announced the introduction of coverage for technology errors and omissions (tech E&O) in the UK and Europe, supported through a new partnership with Accredited...
Claims Service, Tech, Communication Top Independent Agent Concerns
Apr 7 2025 // Claims, communication, and technology are the top three concerns for independent agents when placing new business with a carrier, according to insurtech Vertafore. The findings were the result of a survey of nearly 1,300...
Risk Digitization Top Tech Priority for US Insurers
Apr 4 2025 // Risk digitization was cited as the primary technology priority for revenue growth in a recent study from insurtech Cytora. Cytora surveyed 200 senior leaders from global insurance firms and found that 76% of respondents...
People Moves: The Hartford Expands Roles of Tech Leadership; Everest Appoints Fobert to Lead US Retail Casualty
Apr 1 2025 // Shekar Pannala The Hartford of Hartford, Connecticut said Shekar Pannala was named the company’s chief information officer and leads technology, as well as cybersecurity, infrastructure and cloud modernization. Prior...
Your Guide to Successfully Adopting an All-In-One Agency Management System
Mar 25 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. Are you juggling multiple systems to manage client data, policies, and communications? Maybe your business is stuck with outdated legacy systems or you’re relying on...
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...
Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poses New Risk to Grid Operators
Mar 21 2025 // Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were alarmed when a big chunk of those...
Automakers, Tech Industry Urge Trump to Speed Self-Driving Car Deployment
Mar 20 2025 // Major automakers and tech groups on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to take steps to speed deployment of self-driving cars, citing a number of regulatory hurdles. The Alliance For Automotive Innovation, a group...
Sinistar Named to Guidewire Insurtech Vanguards Program
Mar 19 2025 // Montreal, QC & New York, NY, March 18, 2025 – Sinistar, a full-service insurance technology platform that connects insurers to a large and rapidly growing community of property owners (hosts) ready to accommodate...
California Insurance Wholesalers Launch Women and Insurtech Initiatives
Mar 19 2025 // The California Insurance Wholesalers Association launched two new initiatives: CIWA Women and an Insurtech Committee. CIWA Women is designed to promote women’s interests, development and empowerment in the...
Texas Tech Medical School Settles Suit Over Alleged Race-Based Admissions Practices
Mar 14 2025 // A group led by Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, is claiming victory after it got a commitment from Texas Tech’s medical school not to consider race in admission decisions, which...
