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Up-Market Home Insurtech Openly Opens for Business in 2 States After Raising $7.6M
Dec 2 2019 // The tech-enabled high-end home insurance provider Openly has begun selling in Illinois and Arizona at the same time it announced a $7.65M seed round of funding led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture...
Up-Market Home Insurtech Openly Opens for Business in 2 States After Raising $7.6M
Nov 26 2019 // The tech-enabled high-end home insurance provider Openly announced it has begun selling in Illinois and Arizona at the same time it announced a $7.65M seed round of funding led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s...
Digital MGA C-Quence Joins with Insurtech Cytora to Transform Mid-Market Insurance
Nov 26 2019 // C-Quence, the digital managing general agent (MGA), and Cytora, the insurtech startup that operates an artificial intelligence-powered platform, are joining forces to “turbocharge innovation” in commercial...
FEMA Envisions High-Tech Flood Insurance Program Using Parametrics, Blockchain
Nov 26 2019 // Blockchain technology and parametric insurance should be included in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s toolbox as it strives to close the nation’s flood insurance coverage gap, according to a draft...
Home Insurance Insurtech Hippo Buys Home Services Startup Sheltr
Nov 25 2019 // Digital home insurance managing general agency Hippo Insurance has acquired an early-stage startup in a bid to beef up its digital home insurance services for clients, Carrier Management reported. The insurtech said it...
Confessions of a Diehard Fan of Insurance Data: Part 1
Nov 24 2019 // If Bill Pieroni were a Major League Baseball executive, he would be one of those sabermetric types like Oakland’s Billy Beane, heralded by the book “Moneyball.” His team’s manager would have...
Watch Out Finance, Business, Tech Workers. Artificial Intelligence Is Coming.
Nov 21 2019 // Artificial intelligence is coming for America’s high-paid professions as it creates winners and losers across the labor market like never before. White-collar jobs and better-educated occupations along with...
Attempted Cyberattack Disrupts Louisiana Government Websites
Nov 20 2019 // Many of Louisiana’s state government websites and email systems were shut down because of what the governor’s office is describing as an attempted ransomware attack. The problem Monday disrupted business...
Insurtech Vouch Raises $45M, Announces Launch in California
Nov 20 2019 // Vouch Insurance this week announced a $45 million Series B investment round led by Y Combinator Continuity. Vouch also announced its launch in California, which the firm said represents 50 percent of the business insurance...
Aon to Acquire CoverWallet, Small-Medium Business Digital Insurance Agency
Nov 20 2019 // Global insurance broker Aon has agreed to acquire CoverWallet, a leading digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized businesses. The acquisition provides Aon with additional access to what it sees as a...
Salesforce Unveils Software Using Amazon AI to Speed Up Call Center Responses
Nov 20 2019 // Business software provider Salesforce.com Inc. said on Tuesday it would use artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit to improve customer service apps. Salesforce makes...
Microsoft Puts Israeli Facial Recognition Startup Under Ethics Microscope
Nov 18 2019 // Microsoft Corp. has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed by an Israeli startup it funded complies with its ethics principles, the company...
Florida Expands Access to Insurtech Services and Devices
Nov 18 2019 // On June 28, 2019, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 301 into law and, in doing so, loosened regulatory restrictions and allowed insurers and their agents to utilize innovative technologies to reduce perils to...
Digital Agents Have the Advantage When It Comes to Informed Insurance Consumers
Nov 18 2019 // Consider this. A couple decides to buy a home and uses online resources throughout the process. They visit Zillow.com to look at available properties. Next, they go to their bank’s website for a mortgage application...
Going Public: BRP CEO Baldwin On the Company’s IPO, What’s Next
Nov 18 2019 // Florida-based broker Baldwin Risk Partners (BRP) has come a long way since it was formed less than 10 years ago. The company has grown exponentially both through acquisitions and expansion and it is now beginning a new...
FCC Seen Backing Away from Reserving More Airwaves for Automakers’ Talking Cars
Nov 17 2019 // The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed taking back some of the spectrum long promised to automakers and re-allocating it to other wireless uses, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s a...
Robotaxi Tech Proving Difficult to Perfect: Daimler CEO
Nov 15 2019 // Daimler has taken a “reality check” on self-driving “robotaxis,” acknowledging that making them safe is proving harder than first thought amid questions over their future earnings potential. Chief...
Hartford InsurTech Hub Welcomes Top Startups for 2020
Nov 15 2019 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, has announced its 2020 cohort of startups. The past two cohorts have consisted of ten startups, and with the help of the Hub’s partners, the accelerator program...
FAA Chief Vows Improved Safety Reviews of New Aircrafts and Pilot Technology
Nov 14 2019 // Aviation regulators around the world need to do a better job of assessing hazards in aircraft designs and understanding how pilots might be tripped up by complex technology in the wake of the two fatal crashes on Boeing...
Insurtech Root Expands Into Renters Market; Product Launched in 3 States
Nov 14 2019 // Root Insurance, a property casualty insurtech, has launched a streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized for consumers starting at $6 a month. In addition to covering customers’ personal property and...
