Technology/Science
Root Expands Into Four More States With Telematics-Based Auto Insurance Cover
Root, a telematics-based auto insurance startup, has expanded into four additional states, bringing the total in which it operates to 10. New state approvals to operate are from Pennsylvania, Texas, ...
Looming EU Data Law Spurring Booming Demand for Privacy Experts
Business is booming for software and privacy experts as companies across the globe spend millions of dollars to comply with a landmark European data protection law, even as many uncertainties remain ...
Armed With a $25M Infusion, Hippo Envisions National Homeowners Insurance Expansion
Hippo has nailed down $25 million in new Series B funding, a cash infusion the provider of super-quick homeowners insurance will use to fuel a hiring and geographical expansion. Comcast Ventures and ...
The Latest Launches From Willis Re and Munich Re
Willis Re beefed up its cyber risk portfolio modeling tool to include a new, key feature. A deal Munich Re forged with another company enables its insurance carrier clients to obtain drone ...
Global Elite’s Biggest Risk Worries: Cyber Attacks and War in the Age of Trump
The threat of large-scale cyberattacks and a "deteriorating geopolitical landscape" since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump have jumped to the top of the global ...
Argo Group CEO Watson: InsurTechs Are Better Versions of 1990s Startups
Argo Group CEO Mark Watson compared InsurTech companies to the dot-com startups from the late 1990s, many of which crashed and burned. He argued that these newer models, however, come with a lot more ...
Emerging Tech Deployment Still Rare: Novarica CIO Study
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, sensors, robotic process automation, smart home automation, and chatbots are not yet widely deployed among property/casualty insurers, according to ...
Lemonade Co-Founder Calls Out Amazon for Poaching Employees
With two social media posts, Lemonade Co-Founder Shai Wininger called out Amazon for poaching the employees of his insurance carrier powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, also ...