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Florida County Leads With High-Tech 911 Emergency Response System
Jul 16 2025 // NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — When an emergency happens in Collier County, Florida, the 911 calls go to one of the most high-tech communications centers in the U.S., where callers can send text and video from the scene to...
Old Republic Surety Goes High-Tech with Pittsburgh Pirates Video Project
Jul 14 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. A major league ballpark can be a feast for the senses, from colorful fan gear to a tasty barbecue sandwich. There’s always plenty of action down on the...
US Sanctions Target North Korean Fake-Tech-Worker Scheme
Jul 10 2025 // The US slapped sanctions on individuals and companies linked to a scheme that involves recruiting North Koreans to pose as American tech workers and help fund Kim Jong Un’s regime. The Treasury Department’s...
Insurtech Inshur Raises $35 Million From Trinity Capital for US Expansion, AI Tech
Jul 9 2025 // Inshur said it as received a $35 million capital raise from alternative asset manager Trinity Capital to invest in research and development of artificial intelligence technology to support its embedded auto insurance...
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...
Wildfire Experience Inspires New Contents Claims Insurtech
Jul 7 2025 // When Michael Balarezo emerged from the basement office of his Boulder, Colorado, home in December 2021, smoke plumes from the nearby Marshall Fire were visible from his driveway. Balarezo, his wife, and daughter swiftly...
Building Tech-Ready Teams: How agencies are seeking out new skill sets to embrace technology
Jul 7 2025 // Insurance professionals across the country know how to adapt. From rising catastrophic weather events to shifting carrier appetites and increased regulatory and legal complexity, today’s market is putting more...
Cyberattack on Brazil Tech Provider Hits Reserve Accounts of Some Financial Institutions
Jul 3 2025 // Brazil’s central bank said on Wednesday that technology services provider C&M Software, which serves financial institutions lacking connectivity infrastructure, had reported a cyberattack on its systems. The bank...
Zurich Insurance Buys Canadian Insurance Technology Firm BOXX
Jul 3 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group AG agreed to buy BOXX Insurance Inc, a Canadian cyber risk management firm, marking the Swiss insurer’s latest push into the insurance technology sector. The acquisition will see BOXX becoming...
Resource Pro Acquires Tech Services Firm Propellint
Jul 2 2025 // Insurance operations specialist ReSource Pro has acquired Propellint, a Hartford, Connecticut-based tech services firm that specializes in implementing claims administration software. The deal expands New York-based...
Tech Industry Trade Group Sues Arkansas Over Social Media Laws
Jun 30 2025 // A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms and would allow parents of children who killed themselves to sue over content on the...
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...
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...
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...
UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs
Jun 20 2025 // To the untrained eye, the red shipping container at Felixstowe looked no different to the thousands of others stacked up at Britain’s busiest seaport. Destined for Africa, its contents were listed as “household...
Premium Insurance Demand Rises With Global Travel Disruptions
Jun 16 2025 // With flight cancellations, delays and other disruptions on the rise, leisure travelers are being increasingly discerning over the level and type of insurance they buy and businesses are turning to specialist advisory...
People Moves: Big ‘I’ Names Connors ACT Executive Director; WTW Makes Senior Hires to Insurance Consulting and Technology Business
Jun 13 2025 // Big ‘I’ Names Connors ACT Executive Director Kasey Connors The Big “I” appointed Kasey Connors as executive director of the Big “I” Agents Council for Technology (ACT). Connors is a...
UK Risk Managers Identify ‘Tech, AI and Cyber’ as Top Concern in AIRMIC Survey
Jun 12 2025 // UK risk managers identified five key themes that could affect their businesses, topped by “technology, AI and cyber,” according to AIRMIC, the British risk management group, which conducted a survey of its...
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...
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...
