On-demand insurance platform Slice Labs Inc. has hired Philippe Lafreniere as chief growth officer to work with carriers on the development of digital insurance products serving business and consumers. Lafreniere brings 25 years of global insurance technology experience to the …
PLNAR, an augmented reality service that creates, fully measured, real-time 3D models of any room, has raised $3.9 million in a Series A investment round led by insurtech and healthcare venture capital fund ManchesterStory Group. Additional funding came from The …
U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday sought to correct a section of President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul that threatened to prevent sexual harassment victims from claiming a tax deduction for the legal costs they incur while pursuing their cases. In a …
Of all the horrific details contained in the Pennsylvania grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, one sentence stands out: “The main thing was not to help children, but to avoid `scandal.”’ When sex-abuse cases dominate …
Some Bayer AG investors were surprised to learn about the thousands of farmers lining up before U.S. courts to argue that Roundup — the blockbuster weedkiller the German company recently acquired when it bought Monsanto Co. — had given them …
Specialty insurer Jewelers Mutual Group has purchased the assets of TransGuardian Inc., a high-value item shipping and logistics software company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Jewelers Mutual partnered with TransGuardian in 2017 to develop its JM Shipping Solution, …
President Donald Trump said on Friday he had asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to study the impact of allowing companies to file reports with the financial regulator every six months instead of every quarter. “That would allow greater …
Richard DePiero has joined Sompo Pro, the U.S. professional liability insurer unit of Sompo International, as senior vice president, U.S. Cyber Product leader. DePiero will be responsible for Sompo Pro’s U.S. cyber and network security offerings. He brings more than …
Although cyber risk premiums have expanded sizably in recent years with loss ratios that compare favorably to other product lines, the danger of accumulation risks is a key concern for the market, according to a study released by insurance industry …
The epidemic of physician burnout may be the source of even more medical errors than unsafe medical workplace conditions, a new study led by Stanford researchers has found. Physician burnout is at least equally responsible for medical errors as unsafe …
