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Virginia House Committee Tackles Consumer Protections, Cybersecurity
Jan 21 2020 // In one of the more modern meeting rooms at the over two centuries old State Capitol, 22 lawmakers gather on Mondays to confront the increasing cybersecurity threats looming over Virginia residents. This session the House...
Coastal Insurance Underwriters Acquires Assets of Florida Tech Company Cybercom
Jan 17 2020 // Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a Ponte Vedra Beach Florida based MGU and program administrator, acquired the assets of Cybercom International Corp. on Jan. 2, 2020. Cybercom International Corporation, Inc. (CIC) was...
Stone Named Director of Information & Technology at SLTX
Jan 16 2020 // Sholonda Stone has joined the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) as director of Information & Technology Services (ITS). Stone previously served as systems administrator for SLTX from 2013-2017. Since then,...
UK Insurtech Startup battleface Receives Investment from Fintech Ventures Fund
Jan 16 2020 // Insurtech startup battleface Inc., a UK firm that provides travel insurance products for unconventional travelers worldwide, announced it has successfully closed its seed financing round with backing from leading strategic...
Captive Insurance Agents Turning Independent: How to Choose New Software
Jan 15 2020 // There’s a storm brewing for many captive insurance agencies and their agents, and that storm may be lengthy. As an example, Nationwide is one of a number of captive insurance companies actively converting their...
Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Acquires Assets of Tech Company Partner
Jan 15 2020 // Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, January 15, 2020 – Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (Coastal), a Ponte Vedra Beach Florida based MGU and program administrator, announced the acquisition of Cybercom International...
Industry Trends to Exploit for 2020
Jan 13 2020 // The insurance industry is so intertwined into the economy and society, that just about any noticeable change in either will have some impact for the insurance industry. That is why it is imperative for agency owners to...
How Technology Can Transform the Way Agencies Sell and Service Commercial Lines
Jan 13 2020 // Consumers are embracing digital purchasing habits, and that is creating new challenges for independent insurance agencies. At first these were only seen on the personal lines side of the business — in the forms of...
How Big Tech Hopes to Turn Cars into Connected Revenue Machines
Jan 9 2020 // Technology companies transformed smartphones and televisions into continuous fountains of revenue. Now, big tech wants to work with automakers to do the same thing for your car. With the widespread rollout of autonomous...
SLTX’s Mitchell Joins IIAT as Director
Jan 8 2020 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has hired Tara Mitchell as a director. Mitchell will lead IIAT’s technology initiatives to innovate and streamline business practices and bring greater value to IIAT...
Trump Administration Seeks to Limit ‘Overreach’ of Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Jan 8 2020 // The White House on Tuesday proposed regulatory principles to govern the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) aimed at limiting authorities’ “overreach,” and said it wants European officials...
InsurTechNY Opens Application Window for 2020 InsurTech Startup Competition
Jan 7 2020 // InsurTechNY, an InsurTech community in the New York metro area spanning carriers, brokers, startups and investors, has opened the application window for the 2020 InsurTech Startup Competition. The competition has two...
Commercial Lines Insurtech Bold Penguin Acquires E&S Brokerage Tech Platform xagent
Jan 2 2020 // Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance exchange technology platform launched in 2016, announced it has acquired xagent, an independent, single-entry, multi-quote platform for standard and surplus lines business insurance...
Program Underwriters Seek ‘New, New’ Spaces While Administrators Embrace Insurtech
Dec 31 2019 // Fueled by efficiencies introduced by insurtechs and underwriters’ interest in niche classes, the insurance program business has experienced impressive growth the last few years. But heavy interest is also forcing...
Why Small Business Liability Insurance Must Be Advanced Into the Digital Age
Dec 30 2019 // Liability insurance as we know it no longer suits a large fraction of today’s and tomorrow’s small-business owners. Brokers and insurers are at a crossroads on how to serve small businesses’ changing...
Doctor Claims Apple Watch Infringes His Heart Monitoring Technology Patent
Dec 30 2019 // A New York University cardiologist claims Apple Inc.’s Watch uses his patented heartbeat-monitoring invention and he wants compensation. Dr. Joseph Wiesel, who teaches at NYU School of Medicine, filed a suit Friday...
How High Tech Competition Is Transforming NFL Helmets
Dec 23 2019 // Long gone are the days of the leather shell and single-bar face mask. Today’s football helmets are technological marvels, using cutting edge materials and design elements to make the headgear the safest it’s...
Neptune Flood of Florida Hires Eckstein as Executive Director
Dec 19 2019 // Florida-based insurtech, Neptune Flood Incorporated has hired Jean-Luc Eckstein has been hired as executive director. Eckstein joins Neptune Flood from Fortune 500 technology provider, CDW, where he sold software and...
Zurich Partners with Insurtech Vindati on Motor Truck Cargo Program
Dec 17 2019 // Zurich and insurtech managing general underwriter Vindati have launched a new stand-alone Motor Truck Cargo (MTC) program now available to for hire common and contract truckers. Written through an exclusive agreement...
Applied Systems to Acquire Indio to Digitize Commercial Lines Sales
Dec 16 2019 // Leading insurance technology firm Applied Systems has agreed to acquire digital insurance technology startup Indio Technologies. The move will enable Applied Systems to offer Indio’s digitized commercial insurance...
