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UConn, Georgia Tech Students Win ACORD Challenge Using AI Tools in Pet Insurance
Dec 11 2025 // The insurance industry data standards organization ACORD announced today that University of Connecticut graduate student Manasa Ramaka has won the ACORD Student Challenge 2025, a national competition that asks university...
Asahi Sales Drop Worsens as Cyber Hack Disruption Lingers
Dec 10 2025 // Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.’s November beer and other alcohol sales in Japan fell more than the previous month, underscoring the challenges the company faces in recovering from a cyberattack that crippled production...
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...
Health Department Unveils Strategy to Expand its Adoption of AI Tech
Dec 8 2025 // The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday outlined a strategy to expand its use of artificial intelligence, building on the Trump administration’s enthusiastic embrace of the rapidly advancing...
Leveling Up Fleet Safety with Inspection Technology
Dec 8 2025 // Pre- and post-trip inspections are a daily requirement for carriers. Many fleets still rely on paper Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports, or DVIR, that drivers must fill out by hand, but this approach can lead to illegible...
People Moves: Westfield Specialty International Taps Zurich’s Watson to Lead New Cyber Offering; Liberty Names Delvos From Corvus as Head of Cyber and Tech E&O, Europe
Dec 4 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Westfield Specialty International and Liberty Specialty Markets. A summary of these new hires follows here. Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps...
Tech Industry Drive to Block State AI Laws Hits Wall in Congress
Dec 3 2025 // A powerful coalition of tech companies backed by the White House’s artificial intelligence chief appears to have failed to persuade lawmakers to use a must-pass defense bill to block state governments from regulating...
Thailand’s Record Floods Paralyze Key Hubs for Tech and Car Parts
Dec 2 2025 // Thailand said floods that have devastated much of the country’s south have “paralyzed” the flow of high tech components and car parts to neighboring Malaysia, potentially benefiting rival exporters in...
Amazon, Google Named by EU Among ‘Critical’ Tech Providers for Finance Industry
Nov 19 2025 // European Union regulators on Tuesday designated 19 technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft, as critical third-party computing providers for the bloc’s finance industry. Under...
Has Insurtech Funding Found a Floor?
Nov 19 2025 // Two separate reports published this month show that while quarterly insurtech deal counts have plummeted from heights attained in 2021 and 2022, dollar levels invested in insurtechs have stabilized since late 2022. While...
How Big Tech Is Faring Against US Antitrust Lawsuits?
Nov 19 2025 // A federal judge ruling that Meta Platforms does not hold an illegal social media monopoly handed Big Tech its first decisive win against the antitrust crackdown started in President Donald Trump’s first term. Here...
Insurtech Hippo Reverses Q3 Loss During ‘Breakout Quarter’
Nov 17 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Fire at Airport Cargo Complex Disrupts Bangladesh’s Garment Exports
Oct 21 2025 // A massive fire at the import cargo complex of Dhaka airport has caused extensive damage to goods and materials belonging to major garment exporters, with losses and impacts on trade likely to run into millions of dollars,...
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...
4 Things to Consider to Streamline an Agency Tech Stack
Oct 20 2025 // As agencies plan their 2026 budgets, they face an exciting opportunity to unlock more value through technology. My advice to agency leaders? It’s time to streamline your tech stack. What does this look like?...
