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Insurance and Technology: A Dynamic Duo for Modern Agencies
Feb 20 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance. In the ever-evolving landscape of the insurance industry, a powerful alliance has emerged – the dynamic duo of insurance and technology. This partnership...
Statewide Computer Outage Disrupts Nebraska Government Operations
Feb 13 2025 // A systemwide outage of Nebraska goverment computers shut down everything from the work of the Legislature to driver’s licensing offices for several hours Thursday. The state Office of the Chief Information Officer...
Australia Bans DeepSeek From Government Tech Over Security
Feb 5 2025 // Australia has banned DeepSeek AI services from all government systems and devices, becoming one of the first countries to take direct action against a Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook Silicon Valley and...
Insurtech Qumis Raises $2.2M to Automate Policy Reviews With AI
Jan 30 2025 // Qumis, a lawyer-built AI-driven platform designed to transform insurance knowledge work, announced the close of an oversubscribed $2.2 million pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Armory Square Ventures with...
Alphabet’s Waymo to Test Autonomous Driving Technology in New Cities
Jan 30 2025 // Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo announced on Wednesday it plans to expand testing of its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities in 2025. After testing the Waymo Driver in multiple cities, the company...
Tech Update: Aventum Invests $12 Million to Create Proprietary Tech Function
Jan 29 2025 // Aventum, the London-based international re/insurance group, is investing $12 million over two years to create an inhouse proprietary tech function across its global operations. The group now has 25% of its global workforce...
UnitedHealth Says Hack at Tech Unit Impacted 190 Million People
Jan 28 2025 // The cyberattack at UnitedHealth Group’s tech unit last year affected the personal information of 190 million people, the health conglomerate said on Jan. 24, making it the largest healthcare data breach in the United...
Insurtechs’ Approach to Wildfire Insurance: Part III – Faura
Jan 23 2025 // While the Los Angeles wildfires inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses continue to creep higher. CoreLogic said the industry price tag of the Palisades and Eaton fires could land between $35 billion...
People Moves: Arch Promotes Thompson to Offshore Energy Underwriting Manager; WTW Names Mamone as Head of Tech Delivery and Strategy
Jan 22 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and Willis Towers Watson. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Promotes Thompson to Offshore Energy Underwriting...
AXA XL Supports UK’s First Development-Stage Accelerator for Climate Tech Businesses
Jan 22 2025 // AXA XL is partnering with London GreenCity, the UK’s first accelerator for development-stage climate tech entrepreneurs, to offer expertise in insurance and risk management to the accelerator’s members. London...
Insurtechs’ Approach to Wildfire Insurance: Part II – Kettle
Jan 22 2025 // While the Los Angeles wildfires inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses continue to creep higher. CoreLogic said the industry price tag of the Palisades and Eaton fires could land between $35 billion...
Insurtechs’ Approach to Wildfire Insurance: Part I – Delos
Jan 21 2025 // While the Los Angeles wildfires inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses continue to creep higher. CoreLogic said the industry price tag of the Palisades and Eaton fires could land between $35 billion...
Baltic Sea Cable Cuts Can’t Be Accident, EU Tech Chief Says
Jan 14 2025 // The European Union’s new digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, suggested the repeated damage to undersea cables in the Baltic Sea couldn’t be fully accidental, as leaders from the region prepare to gather for a NATO...
Business Moves: Aon’s NFP Buys Irish HR Consultant; CoreLogic Purchases Australian Technology Firm
Jan 13 2025 // Aon’s NFP Acquires Irish Human Resources Consultancy and Training Specialist NFP, the New York City-based brokerage and consulting firm and Aon subsidiary, announced its acquisition of The HR Suite, a leading human...
People Moves: Canopius Names CAC’s Burke US Head of Cyber and Technology; Gerber Hired as AXA XL’s Head of Energy Transition, Americas
Jan 9 2025 // Laura Burke Canopius, headquartered in Chicago, appointed Laura Burke as U.S. head of cyber and technology. Burke assumes the role after serving as the company’s executive vice president, cyber and technology, since...
10 Must-Ask Questions Before You Choose an Agency Management System
Jan 8 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. Management systems can make or break a new agency. In the best cases, an agency management system (AMS) can be the behind-the-scenes mastermind keeping everything running...
Deep Vector Closes $1.5M Round Co-Led by Aperture and InsurTech NY
Jan 8 2025 // Deep Vector, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for analyzing underwriting documents, closed its seed round of $1.5 million, co-led by Aperture Venture Capital and InsurTech NY. Deep Vector helps insurers and brokers...
Artificial Intelligence Energy Demand Is Driving Climate Tech Investing
Jan 8 2025 // Energy startups have overtaken the makers of electric cars and batteries as the top global climate tech investment for the first time since 2020. They’ve done so as the growing demand for artificial intelligence has...
Old Republic Starts New Company for Cyber, Tech E&O
Jan 7 2025 // Old Republic International Corp. said it is forming a new subsidiary for cyber and technology errors and omissions insurance products. CJ Pruzinsky Old Republic Cyber Inc. will be led by CJ Pruzinsky, formerly of...
People Moves: Hiscox USA Names Lamantia Chief Technology Officer
Jan 2 2025 // Frank Lamantia Hiscox hired Frank Lamantia as chief technology officer, effective January 21. He will report to Mary Boyd, CEO of Hiscox USA, as well as Chris Loake, chief information officer of Hiscox Group, and will...
