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Tech Industry Trade Group Sues Arkansas Over Social Media Laws
Jun 30 2025 // A tech industry trade group sued Arkansas Friday over two new laws that would place limits on content on social media platforms and would allow parents of children who killed themselves to sue over content on the...
PwC’s AI Chief Says Firm Has Cut Prices as Tech Saves Staff Time
Jun 30 2025 // PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, one of the world’s largest professional advisory firms, has cut prices for some services as clients raised the fact that the consultancy is using artificial intelligence to complete its...
Tech Firms Warn ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacks Are Targeting Aviation Sector
Jun 30 2025 // Tech companies Google and Palo Alto Networks are sounding the alarm over the “Scattered Spider” hacking group’s interest in the aviation sector. In a statement posted on LinkedIn on Friday, Sam Rubin, an...
E&S Insurtech Ledgebrook Raises $65 Million
Jun 25 2025 // Ledgebrook Inc, a technology-driven excess and surplus lines managing general agency, recently completed the close of a $65 million funding round. The oversubscribed Series C round was led by existing investor The Stephens...
UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs
Jun 20 2025 // To the untrained eye, the red shipping container at Felixstowe looked no different to the thousands of others stacked up at Britain’s busiest seaport. Destined for Africa, its contents were listed as “household...
Premium Insurance Demand Rises With Global Travel Disruptions
Jun 16 2025 // With flight cancellations, delays and other disruptions on the rise, leisure travelers are being increasingly discerning over the level and type of insurance they buy and businesses are turning to specialist advisory...
People Moves: Big ‘I’ Names Connors ACT Executive Director; WTW Makes Senior Hires to Insurance Consulting and Technology Business
Jun 13 2025 // Big ‘I’ Names Connors ACT Executive Director Kasey Connors The Big “I” appointed Kasey Connors as executive director of the Big “I” Agents Council for Technology (ACT). Connors is a...
UK Risk Managers Identify ‘Tech, AI and Cyber’ as Top Concern in AIRMIC Survey
Jun 12 2025 // UK risk managers identified five key themes that could affect their businesses, topped by “technology, AI and cyber,” according to AIRMIC, the British risk management group, which conducted a survey of its...
Insurtech Slide Targets $2B-Plus Valuation in IPO
Jun 9 2025 // Insurance tech company Slide is aiming for a valuation of up to $2.12 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, joining a lineup of insurance companies that have made impressive stock market debuts in recent...
Wildfire Experience Inspires New Contents Claims Insurtech
May 29 2025 // When Michael Balarezo emerged from the basement office of his Boulder, Colo., home in December 2021, smoke plumes from the nearby Marshall Fire were visible from his driveway. Balarezo, his wife and daughter swiftly stowed...
Acrisure Secures $2.1 Billion Funding Round for M&A, Tech
May 21 2025 // Acrisure said it has entered into a definitive agreement for the issuance of new convertible senior preferred stock in a $2.1 billion capital raise led by Bain Capital. Acrisure said the company’s valuation stands at...
People Moves: World Insurance Associates Names Youshock Head of Personal Lines; Belair Appointed President of Technology at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions
May 21 2025 // Michelle Youshock World Insurance Associates Names Youshock Head of Personal Lines World Insurance Associates LLC, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, named Michelle Youshock head of personal lines, replacing Jim Hickey,...
Thoma Bravo’s Nearmap to Buy Insurance Tech Firm Itel for Over $1.3B
May 21 2025 // Thoma Bravo-backed Nearmap has agreed to buy insurance technology provider itel from private equity firm GTCR, the companies said on Tuesday, as it looks to expand its offerings across property portfolios. The deal values...
Could Your Tech Stack Use a Spring Cleaning? How to Reduce Insurance IT Complexity with APIs
May 20 2025 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Today’s insurance agencies rely on an average of 5.7 to 11.9 different technology platforms for day-to-day operations, depending on their total revenue. For...
LA County Wildfire Alert Mistakenly Sent to Millions Due to Tech Glitch
May 15 2025 // A technological glitch caused an emergency alert to be mistakenly sent to millions of Los Angeles County residents in January rather than only those in the proximity of a wildfire, according to a congressional report. The...
Business Moves: Insurtech wefox to Sell Italian Businesses to PE Firm J.C. Flowers
May 14 2025 // Insurtech wefox has agreed to sell its Italian businesses, wefox MGA S.r.l. and wefox Services Italy S.r.l., to U.S. private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in...
London Workers Hit by Travel Disruption After Power Outage
May 12 2025 // London commuters face significant disruption to their journeys after a power failure knocked out parts of the capital’s underground network. Trains are delayed or not running on all or some sections of the Bakerloo,...
Carrier Management announces agenda and speakers for its 2025 InsurTech Summit
May 12 2025 // San Diego, CA. May 12, 2025 — Today, Carrier Management announced the agenda and speakers for The InsurTech Summit 2025. The event is designed for: carrier executives, entrepreneurs and investors, insurance...
US Seeks Forced Sale of Google Ad Technology Products
May 7 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google should be forced to sell off two of its businesses that help websites buy, sell and serve online advertising after a judge found the company illegally monopolized those markets, the Justice...
DoorDash Is Latest Tech Firm to Commit Millions to New York City Elections
May 6 2025 // DoorDash Inc. is committing $5 million to back political candidates in New York City and state-level races in New Jersey this year, becoming the latest technology company to disclose its lobbying efforts ahead of local...
