Technology/Science
One Concern Envisions Wide Use for Its AI Disaster Mitigation Tech
Ahmad Wani was home in 2014 visiting his mother in Kashmir, in northern India, when the floods hit. For seven days, the family waited for help to come. Luckily, they did not lose their home, but many ...
Pie Insurance Gains Workers Comp Marketing Approval in 5 More States
Pie Insurance has started selling its online workers compensation insurance in five more states, bringing the total so far to 14. The Washington, D.C.-based managing general agent disclosed it has ...
Boeing’s Flying Car Prototype Hovers Briefly in Air During Initial Test Flight
Boeing Co said on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world's largest plane maker bids to revolutionize ...
Verisk, Guidewire Customers Can Now More Easily Get Policyholder MV Reports
Mutual Verisk and Guidewire Software customers can now easily order motor vehicle reports on current and potential policyholders. This is because Verisk's motor vehicle report accelerator now has ...
Amazon Autonomous Delivery Robots Coming to Seattle Suburbs
Amazon.com Inc. will use robots to deliver packages in the suburbs north of Seattle, its latest experiment to automate the last-mile of delivery that's a labor-intensive and costly component of ...
The Latest Launches From Bunker, BHSI, AXA and USAA
Bunker is now offering a real-time proof of insurance process for on-demand workers. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is expanding its North American Transactional Liability Insurance business ...
InsurTech MGA Clearcover Pulls in $43M Series B; American Family Among Investors
American Family Insurance joined onto a new $43 million financing round for Clearcover, a managing general agent with an artificial intelligence-driven platform focused on car insurance. The Chicaco, ...
QBE Joins $30M Financing Round for Machine Learning Startup HyperScience
HyperScience, a startup using machine learning to automate office work-related data entry and more, attracted $30 million in Series B financing from investors including Australian insurer QBE. New ...