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Death of Crypto Exchange Founder Means Startup Can’t Retrieve Digital Assets
Digital-asset exchange Quadriga CX has a $200 million problem with no obvious solution -- just the latest cautionary tale in the unregulated world of cryptocurrencies. The online startup can't ...
Hiscox, Chubb Among Investors With CoverHound’s New $58M Series D Financing
Multiple carriers participated in CoverHound's new $58 million Series D financing, money the online insurance comparison shopping platform plans to use to fuel global expansion. Hiscox led the round, ...
Insurers Struggle to Keep Up With Sharing Economy Demands
As more and more consumers click for services and borrow rather than buy, the sharing economy is benefitting. According to Harvard Business Review, the sharing or on-demand economy is attracting more ...
Two AI InsurTech Startups Win Zurich Insurance’s First Global Innovation Competition
Two startups focused on artificial intelligence are the big winners of Zurich Insurance Group's first-ever innovation competition. Chisel AI, based in Toronto, is the Gold winner in the Zurich ...
Accenture Starts Selling AI Automation Software Platform Tested Internally
Accenture Plc, the global consulting firm, will begin selling software and services that it's already used internally to automate tasks and redeploy about 40,000 workers. The new platform, that's ...
One Concern Envisions Wide Use for Its AI Disaster Mitigation Tech
Ahmad Wani was home in 2014 visiting his mother in Kashmir, in northern India, when the floods hit. For seven days, the family waited for help to come. Luckily, they did not lose their home, but many ...
Decoding the Hidden Value of Unstructured Text Data
Data science is about supporting decisions with insights, advice or predictions based on rigorous analysis of prior business facts, decisions and outcomes. One of the biggest challenges for insurers ...
Pie Insurance Gains Workers Comp Marketing Approval in 5 More States
Pie Insurance has started selling its online workers compensation insurance in five more states, bringing the total so far to 14. The Washington, D.C.-based managing general agent disclosed it has ...