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New Lawsuit Filed Against Virginia Tech Over Hazing
May 29 2020 // Another former cadet has filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech over being suspended in connection with a blood-pinning ceremony. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges the university violated the due process...
Workers’ Compensation Insurtech Pie Raises $127 Million With Plan to Acquire Carriers
May 28 2020 // Workers’ compensation provider Pie Insurance announced the closing of $127 million in new financing and capital commitments. Gallatin Point Capital joined the insurtech’s current investors in the capital raise,...
Insurtech Trov Partners with LatAm Insurer Sura to Bring On-Demand Insurance to Brazil
May 28 2020 // Trov, the San Francisco-based insurtech company, is partnering with Latin American insurer Seguros Sura to bring on-demand insurance products to the Brazilian market. Recent regulatory changes in Brazil have enabled...
Trump Executive Order Aims to Shrink Liability Shield for Social Media Giants
May 28 2020 // Donald Trump has been raging against Twitter Inc. since the social media platform that helped vault him to the presidency slapped fact-check links on a pair of his tweets. Now, he’s poised to take action Thursday...
Openly, Premium Home Insurance Company, Rapidly Expanding into New States
May 27 2020 // Boston, MA, MAY 27, 2020— Openly Insurance, a tech-forward company that specializes in premium homeowners insurance and is backed by powerhouse investors such as Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI investment fund, is...
Cyber Seller Coalition Counters Insurtech Funding Dip, Raises $90 Million for Expansion
May 21 2020 // Coalition, an insurtech managing general agency focused on cyber insurance and security, disclosed it raised $90 million in new venture financing earlier this year to fuel development of new products and a global...
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Proving Not Much of a Help Thus Far
May 21 2020 // Harnessing today’s technology to fight the coronavirus pandemic is turning out to be more complicated than it first appeared. The first U.S. states that rolled out smartphone apps for tracing the contacts of COVID-19...
Navigating today’s uncertain insurance climate using Automation. How one company is helping Texas Agents figure it all out!
May 20 2020 // West Palm Beach, FL, May 20, 2020 – Challenging times call for new strategies; these days the keystone for professional success lies with innovation! One tech company based out of South Florida blazes a trail for...
Aon Promotes Petrevski to Data, Analytic Services Leader
May 19 2020 // Global insurance broker Aon has promoted Steve Petrevski as senior vice president and general manager of Data & Analytic Services. Petrevski will be responsible for developing and executing Aon’s data and...
Insurtechs Will Not Shape the Industry’s Future Alone
May 18 2020 // Insurtech was once the Wild West of the insurance industry. Many of Insurtech’s early players came from outside insurance after observing the industry struggle to deliver what was, in their view, a competitive...
Generali and Insurtech Descartes Underwriting to Develop Parametric Insurance Cover
May 15 2020 // Generali’s P&C unit Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C) and insurtech company Descartes Underwriting have formed a strategic partnership to develop parametric products designed to help close the growing...
Insurtech Zego Expands Partnership with RSA to Provide Cover for UK Van Fleets
May 14 2020 // London-based insurtech Zego has expanded its partnership with RSA Insurance to provide flexible cover for van fleets. Zego is offering usage-based policies to delivery, courier or trade van fleets of 20-200 vehicles in the...
Q1 Insurtech Fundraising Drops 54% on COVID-19 Disruption: Willis Towers Watson
May 8 2020 // Overall funding for insurtech investments decreased by 54% during the first quarter as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, compared to a record high in Q1 last year, according to a report from Willis Towers...
Senators Seek to Address Privacy Concerns Over Tech Firms’ Covid-19 Contact Tracing
May 4 2020 // A group of Republican U.S. senators said Thursday they would introduce legislation to address consumer privacy concerns surrounding technology companies’ efforts to help build contact tracing apps to fight the new...
AI Specialist omni:us Partners with Insurtech Rokk3r to Enter Latin American Market
May 4 2020 // omni:us, the insurance-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solution business, has announced a partnership with Rokk3r, a global innovation technology and consulting company, to enable the AI company to enter the Latin...
Insurtech Branch Now Offering Auto, Homeowners Insurance in Texas
May 1 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurtech, Branch, has opened operations in Texas, the company’s fifth statewide expansion since launching in Ohio in August 2019. Branch says it is shaking up the insurance industry providing a...
Insurtech Demo Day 2020
Apr 29 2020 // Just a week shy of our Virtual Insurtech Summit, to air Wednesday, May 6th, I attended the virtual Demo Day of the Hartford Insurtech Hub on Tuesday, April 28th. As the host for our upcoming Summit, I’ve spent time...
Employers Hope to Limit Liability by Catching Social Distancing Scofflaws on Video
Apr 28 2020 // Stores and workplaces eager to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus are equipping existing security cameras with artificial intelligence software that can track compliance with health guidelines including social...
Three More Lawsuits Filed Against Virginia Tech in Hazing Case
Apr 27 2020 // Three Virginia Tech students are suing the university in federal court over how it handled allegations that they were involved in hazing. The lawsuits were filed last week by former Corps of Cadets members who say they...
China’s Ping An Reports Q1 Profit Drop of 42.7% on Coronavirus Business Disruption
Apr 23 2020 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of China Ltd, on Thursday reported a 42.7% drop in first-quarter profit, its biggest fall in quarterly profits in more than eight years, as the coronavirus outbreak disrupted its...
