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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...
The War on Wildfires Is Going High-Tech
Dec 27 2024 // Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of Beirut known for its 18th century monastery and stands of pine forest. Usually this would be...
Ships Canceled, Smelter Hit As Mozambique Braces for More Post-Election Disruption
Dec 20 2024 // Post-election protests rocking Mozambique since late October have interrupted trade and hampered a major aluminum smelter, with the southeast African nation braced for more disruption next week. The Constitutional Council...
Trump’s Antitrust Trio Heralds Big-Tech Crackdown to Continue
Dec 13 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump’s antitrust picks are likely to take a hard-line on the tech giants, and a harder line on corporate consolidation than the average Republican. All three of the new administration’s...
Krispy Kreme Hack Disrupts Online Ordering, Other Operations
Dec 11 2024 // Krispy Kreme Inc. said a cybersecurity incident had disrupted some of its operations, including online ordering in parts of the US. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it was notified on Nov. 29 of...
Alaska Airlines Tech Issue Briefly Grounded Planes in Seattle
Dec 4 2024 // A technology issue at Alaska Airlines resulted in the temporary grounding of flights in Seattle on Monday morning and problems into the afternoon for people trying to book flights on its website, the airline said. The...
United Says FAA Staffing Shortages Causing Disruption at Newark Hub
Nov 27 2024 // United Airlines said on Tuesday that an acute shortage of air traffic controllers was causing “significant disruption” for travelers at its busy Newark, New Jersey, hub outside of New York City. The airline...
Markets/Coverages: McGill, TMK and Convex Launch Trade Disruption Facility
Nov 26 2024 // McGill and Partners, the London-based global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has launched a new trade disruption insurance facility in collaboration with Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) and Convex, offering limits of...
Storm Bert Brings Flooding and Disruption to UK and France
Nov 25 2024 // Storm Bert left a trail of disruption across the UK, with hundreds of flood warnings in place for Wales and the west of England. Five people were reported to have died by local media, after the storm brought heavy rain and...
Tech Update: WTW Unveils Machine-Led Solution to Enhance Insurance Reserving
Nov 8 2024 // Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of ResQ Machine-led Reserving, which WTW describes as a game-changing technology for insurers and reinsurers to enhance accuracy and efficiency in property/casualty reserving. ResQ...
Digital Transformation in Insurance Marketing: How to Leverage Technology to Drive Growth and Engagement
Nov 4 2024 // The insurance industry has historically been slow to adopt new technologies – often relying on traditional outreach, marketing and client management methods. However, digital transformation has taken hold across the...
‘Pivotal’ Q3 Sees Insurtech Root Achieves Net Income Profit for the First Time
Oct 31 2024 // For the first time in the company’s history, Root Inc. recorded a quarterly net income profit. The Columbus, Ohio-based parent company of Root Insurance founded in 2015 recorded third quarter net income of about $23...
Transforming Cyber and Tech E&O Insurance with Underwriter Link
Oct 30 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. As Cyber and Technology Errors & Omissions (Tech E&O) risks grow, insurers face increasing pressure to provide accurate, fast, and competitive coverage....
Texas Grid Chief Says Big Tech Must Pay More for Power Upgrades
Oct 25 2024 // Technology giants developing big artificial intelligence data centers in Texas will need to pay more for electricity infrastructure upgrades to prevent those costs from burdening households and other businesses, according...
