Technology & Analytics

Cyber Insurance Startup Coalition Raises $10M

San Francisco-based insurance startup Coalition has raised $10 million in new financing. The company, which launched in late 2017, sells cyber insurance and offers cybersecurity tools to small and ...

Turn Commercial Drones Into Targeted Weapons? AI Could Help Hackers Do That

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are raising risks that malicious users will soon exploit the technology to mount automated hacking attacks, cause driverless car crashes or turn commercial ...

General Liability Erupts as New Casualty Insurance Problem, Plus 9 Other Marsh Market Predictions

Automobile liability has been the problem child for casualty insurers for years, but general liability is becoming the next trouble spot, Marsh asserts in a new report looking at the top 10 U.S. ...

Connected Car Data For Sale: War Over Profits Builds; Privacy Concerns Linger

Picture this: You're driving home from work, contemplating what to make for dinner, and as you idle at a red light near your neighborhood pizzeria, an ad offering $5 off a pepperoni pie pops up on ...

Building Smarter Cat Models: Why They Need an Upgrade

Not too long ago, a phone was just a phone. Along with a phone, you needed an alarm clock, a calculator, a CD player, a camera and many other electronic devices. Today, all of those capabilities and ...

The Sleeping Giants of Emerging Tech

Emerging technologies receive a great deal of interest and activity today in the insurance industry. Autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, drones, the Internet of Things and blockchain, among ...

Venture Capital Insurance Investment Objectives Vary in 2018

What types of investment opportunities are venture capitalists seeking in the property/casualty insurance space for 2018? Carrier Management spoke to investors from Oak HC/FT, Accel and Munich Re's ...

Weather Analytics Company Understory Wins Patent for Proprietary Sensor Tech

Understory secured a patent for sensor technology used as part of its private network to collect real-time weather data on the ground in great detail. Alex Kubicek, CEO of the Wisconsin-based weather ...