Technology/Science
New InsurTech Financings Focused on Agencies, Cyber and Analytics
Broker Buddha raised $4.5 million to help advance its agency operations technology that simplifies commercial insurance application and renewals. Kovrr, a Tel Aviv-based predictive cyber risk ...
Execs Tasked With Cyber Risk Management Spend Little Time on Task: Marsh
A majority of busy board members and senior executives who are responsible for their organization's cyber risk management spent less than a day in the last year focusing on cyber risk issues, ...
The Hanover’s ‘Digital Assist’ Digital Strategy Explained
As insurers embrace InsurTech in multiple ways, The Hanover Insurance Group's Richard Lavey offers some advice: Not everything works as initially envisioned, and that's OK. "'If you build it, they ...
The Need for Both Innovation and Cybersecurity Forces Businesses to Strike a Balance
Companies are working to balance their desire for new innovations with their need for strong cyber defenses, a new report from CompTIA, a technology industry trade association, finds. CompTIA's ...
JPMorgan Hacker Expected to Plead Guilty Over Role in Widespread Cyber Attack
A Russian hacker at the center of an alleged scheme to steal financial data on more than 80 million JP Morgan Chase & Co. clients will plead guilty later this month, according to a U.S. court ...
The Latest Launches From Travelers and QBE North America
Travelers has started using 3-D technology designed to help speed up damage inspections for the claims process. QBE North America launched a revamped cyber product designed to better help protect ...
Vitale Comes Out of Retirement to Help Run Cyber Analytics InsurTech Arceo.ai
Veteran insurance industry executive Mario Vitale is jumping into the InsurTech world in a big way. He's the new president of Arceo.ai, a cybersecurity analytics startup based in San Francisco. ...
Nationwide Unveils Commercial Insurance Digital Storefront Developed With Bold Penguin Infrastructure
Nationwide said it has formally launched a commercial insurance digital storefront targeted to small businesses. Small business owners will be able to use the site online directly to generate a quote ...