CTO / Technology
Former Tesla Exec Joins Metromile as Head of Data Operations
Metromile hired former Tesla executive Colleen Qiu as its new vice president and Head of Data, representing another recent high-profile executive hire from outside the insurance industry. In May, the ...
Octo Telematics Plans Hiring Surge
Octo Telematics said it expects to hire more than 100 people – a 30 percent growth of its headcount - in a bid to strengthen the talent it has developing current and future technologies. The ...
N26, a Fintech and On-Demand Insurer, Could Hit $10B Valuation in New Fundraising
N26 GmbH is holding discussions with investors to raise several hundred million dollars in a fundraising that could value the German fintech at about $10 billion, according to people familiar with ...
P/C Insurers Plan to Boost Their Use of Actuarial Automation: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers plan to accelerate their use of automation for actuarial work, a new Willis Towers Watson survey found. What's more, COVID-19 has been a major factor in the trend. The ...
Bridging the Disability Gap
Failure to ensure your company is accessible to people with disabilities can affect your talent pool and your bottom line, warned Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft's chief accessibility officer, during a ...
Ransomware Attack on U.S. IT Firm Slammed Up to 1,500 Businesses
Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centered on U.S. information technology firm Kaseya, its chief executive said on Monday. Fred Voccola, the ...
InsurTech Product News From Milliman, Tractable
Milliman unveiled a suite of flood InsurTech products that the consulting firm said it designed to ease market entry for private insurers, startups and MGAs. Separately, InsurTech unicorn Tractable ...
Top 5 Challenges for the Modern Insurance CIO
The role of the insurance CIO has transformed over the last few years. Previously a bastion for SLAs (service level agreements) and KPIs, the CIO focused on the narrow realm of the cost center rather ...