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AI-Powered Supply Chain Software in Demand Amid Coronavirus Disruption
Jun 19 2020 // For the past seven years, a Munich-based firm called riskmethods has tried to interest companies in buying software that allows them to track all their suppliers in a way that minimizes risks in operating globally spread...
Justice Department Outlines Proposed Overhaul of Social Media Immunity
Jun 19 2020 // The Justice Department on Wednesday outlined a broad overhaul of legal protections for online platforms such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. if they deliberately promote illegal speech on their...
Hotels’ Coronavirus Recovery Offerings Include Robots, Purifiers, Nonstop Elevators
Jun 19 2020 // Set in the kelly-green hills of Ireland’s County Clare, Dromoland Castle is the type of getaway that never sits empty. Why would it, with a pampering spa tucked behind 16th century walls, a par-72 championship golf...
Insurtech Buckle Acquires Atlas Financial’s Commercial Auto Subsidiary, Gateway
Jun 17 2020 // Buckle, an insurtech startup focused on rideshare insurance, has acquired Gateway Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Atlas Financial Holdings, for an undisclosed price. The move allows Buckle to...
Trump Administration to Unveil Proposal for Changing Immunity for Tech Platforms
Jun 17 2020 // The U.S. Justice Department will propose legislation as soon as Wednesday to try to remove protections that big tech platforms like Alphabet’s Google and Facebook have had for decades, a department official said on...
Sailors Stranded by COVID Restrictions Could Refuse to Work, Causing Trade Disruption
Jun 17 2020 // Merchant ship crew members stranded at sea for months due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions could now start refusing to further extend their contracts and stop working, potentially disrupting global trade, the...
Nationwide Insurance Joins Investors in Planck’s $16 Million Financing Round
Jun 15 2020 // Nationwide, eyeing the possibilities with technology startup Planck’s small commercial insurance data platform, has joined the company’s latest financing round. Planck recently raised $16 million in a Series B...
How Construction Companies Can Make the Most of Technology Advancements
Jun 15 2020 // As one of the oldest industries, construction has been notoriously slow to adopt technological advancements and embrace the digital age. However, in the last decade, many innovative technologies have gained traction in the...
Insuretech Noblr Enters Louisiana Auto Insurance Market
Jun 12 2020 // Behavior-based auto insurance from Noblr is now available in Louisiana, the company said. The company provides an app-powered, personalized car insurance experience that rewards members’ good driving behaviors with...
Sompo Forms Technology Industry Unit, Taps Carroll to Lead
Jun 12 2020 // Sompo International Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda-based specialty property/casualty insurer, has formed a new team offering products to the technology industry through its network of retail brokers. This new unit will build on...
Insurtech Zego Partners with Telematics Firm ABAX to Lower Fleet Insurance Costs
Jun 11 2020 // Insurtech Zego has partnered with global telematics firm ABAX in a move designed to drive down the cost of insurance for fleet owners. While some fleets already use on-board telematics devices to improve efficiency, many...
Captives Can Be an Insurtech Accelerator
Jun 10 2020 // With the immense financial and operational challenges brought on by the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, many insurers have had to dramatically cut back on insurtech funding. Insurtech solutions were starting to help...
Germany’s Rhine River at Dangerously Low Levels, Which Could Disrupt Shipping
Jun 9 2020 // Germany’s Rhine River is entering dry summer months with water levels at their lowest in two decades, prompting fears of shipping disruption on Europe’s most important inland waterway. After spring showers...
About-Face: IBM to Exit and Oppose Facial Recognition Technology
Jun 9 2020 // International Business Machines Corp. will no longer offer general purpose facial recognition or analysis software, new Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said in a letter to the members of the United States Congress...
Stadiums May Test Fans’ Privacy Boundaries With Virus Prevention Technologies
Jun 5 2020 // The metal detectors every sports fan has become accustomed to at the gate might soon be accompanied by thermal body scanners as part of the gargantuan task of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus and other airborne...
Insurtech MGA Hippo to Buy Its Carrier Partner Spinnaker Insurance
Jun 5 2020 // Home insurance insurtech agency Hippo plans to acquire New Jersey-based Spinnaker Insurance Co., an insurer with which it has has had a three-year partnership. The deal, first reported by Carrier Management, is designed to...
Zebra Technology Adds Social Distancing Alerts to Warehouse Workers’ Scanners
Jun 4 2020 // Zebra Technologies Corp., which sells barcode scanners and other computers used in warehouses globally, introduced a feature on Thursday that sounds an alert when workers breach physical distancing guidelines over the...
Tech Group Sues Trump Over Order Weakening Social Media Immunity
Jun 3 2020 // An advocacy group backed by the tech industry sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his executive order that would weaken a law protecting online platforms including social media companies that label or fact-check...
Cyclone Nisarga to Disrupt India’s Mumbai Financial Hub
Jun 2 2020 // Mumbai, the financial capital of Asia’s third-largest economy, is likely to be affected by a cyclonic storm Wednesday, potentially causing widespread disruption in business and hurting efforts to fight the virus...
Homeowners Insurtech Openly Expands into Kentucky
Jun 1 2020 // Openly Insurance, a tech-forward company that specializes in premium homeowners insurance, is expanding into Kentucky, the fifth state it is offering its product in to date. Kentucky makes it the fifth state to now offer...
