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Looming Government Shutdown Would Halt NFIP Flood Policies, Disrupting Home Sales
Sep 28 2023 // A U.S. government shutdown, perhaps as soon as Saturday night, will force the National Flood Insurance Program to suspend issuing of new policies, potentially causing a major disruption for home buyers. The National Home...
Ariel Re Relaunches Clean Energy Division, Focusing on Tech Performance Insurance
Sep 27 2023 // Ariel Re, the Bermuda-based re/insurer, has relaunched its Clean Energy division as “Ariel Green,” in recognition of the increasingly crucial role of technology performance insurance in accelerating innovation...
Insurtech MGA Loadsure Partners With WeatherOptics to Boost Cargo Risk Calculations
Sep 27 2023 // Loadsure, the London-based insurtech and managing general agent, has partnered with WeatherOptics, a leading weather intelligence platform, with the aim of bringing weather intelligence into its risk calculations. Loadsure...
Tech Startups in US, France, Germany Help in Fight Against Wildfires
Sep 25 2023 // This year has been a challenging one for Phil Schneider, who hasn’t seen wildfire behavior like this in his 47-year firefighting career. Blazes raged through more than 2,000 acres of wildland in recent months in his...
Maritime Industry Eyes Nuclear Power for Ships as Tech Advances; Insurers Are Wary
Sep 21 2023 // The maritime industry is exploring whether nuclear fuel can be used to power commercial ships as advancements in technology open up such options, industry officials said. Nevertheless, any possible nuclear fuel solutions...
Tech Update: Conduit Re Uses hyperexponential’s Pricing Decision Intelligence Platform
Sep 21 2023 // Conduit Re, the Bermuda-based global reinsurer, is achieving end-to-end underwriting with pricing decision intelligence (PDI) company hyperexponential. Using the PDI platform, hx Renew, Conduit Re is now able to rapidly...
Origami Risk Acquires Illinois’ Dais Technology
Sep 18 2023 // Origami Risk announced it has acquired Chicago, Illinois-based Dais Technology, a provider of no-code insurance technology. The acquisition increases Dais’ market reach and client support capabilities and expands...
People Moves: Embroker Appoints Linetsky as Chief Technology Officer; Colonial Surety Names Grzelak CFO
Sep 15 2023 // Embroker Appoints Linetsky as New Chief Technology Officer Embroker, headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., appointed Gene Linetsky its new chief technology officer (CTO). Linetsky has more than 30 years of experience....
After Countrywide Pause, InsurTech Hippo Slowly Reemerging Next Week
Sep 8 2023 // A profitability problem that would have otherwise taken insurtech Hippo half a year to correct is on the mend after just 30 days, the chief executive officer said at an investor conference Thursday. Speaking at the Keefe,...
People Moves: Hunter Leads New Axis Inland Marine Unit; Patel Joins Socotra as Chief Product and Technology Officer
Aug 25 2023 // Axis Launches North American Inland Marine Unit Led by Hunter Kristen Hunter joined AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, as head of newly launched inland marine, North America. Previously,...
Big Tech Braces for Roll-Out of EU’s Digital Services Act
Aug 24 2023 // More than a dozen of the world’s biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union’s sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and...
Tech Firm Behind Kentucky School Bus Route Snafu Had Problems in Ohio
Aug 17 2023 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The company behind a disastrous change to a Kentucky city`s school bus routes that resulted in more than a week of canceled classes had similar problems in two cities in neighboring Ohio last...
The National Alliance Launches CISR High School Program at Central Tech Campuses
Aug 15 2023 // Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 14, 2023 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces that Central Technology Center has successfully completed the first year of the Certified Insurance Service...
Detroit Police Chief Implements New Policies on Facial-Recognition Technology Following Arrest of Pregnant Woman
Aug 11 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – The Detroit police chief said he`s setting new policies on the use of facial-recognition technology after a woman who was eight months pregnant said she was wrongly charged with robbery and carjacking in a...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on Insurtechs in Cannabis
Aug 11 2023 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv You don’t hear a lot about insurtechs and cannabis, but one firm aims to change that paradigm. SquareRisk principals say they aim to transform the wholesale distribution model for...
Overcoming Fear of Change: How Effective Onboarding Fuels Success with Underwriting Technology
Aug 10 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Insurance Quantified. Recently, while catching up with a longtime insurance executive, I asked him about the highlights of his career. This person had traveled the world to meet...
Investors Double-Down on Cyber Insurtech Resilience With $100M Series D Round
Aug 7 2023 // Investors in cyber risk solution company Resilience have contributed again – $100 million in a series D equity financing round – a testament to the company’s business model and results, its leaders said. With...
Amwins Report Keys on Disruption in Cannabis Space
Aug 2 2023 // The disruption in the cannabis space is having an impact on that insurance specialty from coast to coast, a new report out from Amwins shows. The report, Amwins State of The Market Report 2023: A Focus on the Cannabis...
Pelicans’ Zion Williamson and Family Sued for $1.8M by Tech Company
Jul 28 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson, his stepfather and his mother allegedly have failed to pay back $1.8 million of a $2 million loan from a California-based technology company. In a civil...
Insurance Technology: Embroker Partners with Dashlane and Cowbell; Betterview and EagleView Launch Property Intelligence Alliance
Jul 26 2023 // Embroker announced a partnership with password-management provider Dashlane and cyber insurer Cowbell to increase customer security and expand cyber liability coverage. “Through Cowbell and Dashlane, we are not only...
