Technology/Science
Amazon Reportedly Considering UK Insurance Comparison Site
Amazon.com Inc. is sounding out some of Europe's top insurance firms to see if they would contribute products to a UK price comparison website in what would be a major foray by the U.S. online retail ...
Executives On The Move at Slice Labs, AXIS Capital Holdings and Sompo International
Startup Slice Labs is bringing on a chief growth officer. AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. appointed a former Partner Re executive to a newly created executive position. An ex-Swiss Re executive is joining ...
W.R Berkley, Travelers, GEICO Among 12 New Members of The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance
Twelve more companies have joined The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance, which is billed as the risk management and insurance industry's first enterprise-level blockchain consortium. The membership level ...
Report: Cyber Crime Ring Planning Massive ATM Thefts
An organized crime ring is likely to attempt a "large-scale theft" of cash from U.S. ATMs in coming days, a closely watched cybersecurity website reported. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has ...
A Quantum Computing Startup With an Eye on Insurance Raises $2M
A Canadian company developing quantum intelligence for insurance and other industry sectors has raised a $2 million seed round of financing. Qindom, based in Toronto, raised the funding from an ...
Hackers Test Voting Systems for Breach Liabilities at Security Convention
Def Con, one of the world's largest security conventions, served as a laboratory for breaking into voting machines on Friday, extending its efforts to identify potential security flaws in technology ...
Pie Insurance Plans Scale-Up, Expansion With $11M in New Financing
Pie Insurance disclosed that it has raised $11 million in new financing, with plans to use the money to scale up its workers compensation MGA operations and propel an ongoing market expansion. ...
IIHS Tests Highlight Risks Behind Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems
Cars and trucks with electronic driver assist systems may not see stopped vehicles and could even steer you into a crash if you're not paying attention, an insurance industry group warns. The ...