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The Latest Launches From Aon and Liberty Mutual
Aon developed a new cyber risk policy, designed, in part, to address "Internet of Things" risks. Liberty Mutual has two new excess casualty coverage products. *** Aon Risk Solutions says it has ...
IT, Big Data Experts Among 1,300 Employees Progressive Will Add by Year-End
The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies said it plans to hire more than 1,300 people by the end of 2016, focusing in part on beefing up its IT and big data capabilities. Information technology ...
Carrier Investments in Agency Tech Largely Not Paying Off: Agents Survey
Property/casualty insurance carriers investing in technology to help agents haven't yet made great strides in the minds of their agency partners, a late-2015 survey for Carrier Management reveals. ...
Hamilton CEO Duperreault: SME Joint Venture With AIG, Two Sigma Launches in Q4
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., American International Group, Inc. and Two Sigma Investments plan in the fourth quarter to start rolling out a technology-enabled, customer-centric insurance platform ...
Universal Property & Casualty’s Direct-to-Consumer Homeowners Site Hits Three More States
Universal Direct, a direct-to-consumer online platform for Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. homeowners insurance, is now available in Florida, Hawaii and North Carolina. With these ...
Firms Race to Gather Data Proving Drone Deliveries Are Safe
United Parcel Service Inc's launch this week of drone test flights simulating emergency medical-supply deliveries highlights a race for data to prove such deliveries can be performed safely. UPS's ...
UPS Tests Drones to Deliver Urgent Medical Deliveries
United Parcel Service Inc said it began testing the use of drones for emergency deliveries of medical supplies this week with a flight in rural Massachusetts, which the company hopes will eventually ...
P2P Insurance Startup Lemonade Makes New York Debut; Further Expansion ‘In Due Course’
Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade is open for business in New York, nine months after the startup's debut and initial venture funding announcement. The New York-based company said that it now ...