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Uber Avoids Criminal Charges in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Crash
Uber Technologies Inc is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the company's self-driving cars struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors said on Tuesday. ...
Pie Insurance, Armed With $45M Financing, Plans Further Expansion for Online Workers Comp Biz
Pie Insurance is eyeing an expanded geographic reach and new distribution avenues for its online workers compensation insurance, fueled by a newly closed $45 million venture financing. A number of ...
Cyber Risk Prevention a Factor in InsurTech Investments’ Continued Climb: Willis Towers Watson
There were 63 InsurTech investment deals worth nearly $1.6 billion in the 2018 fourth quarter, according to a new Willis Towers Watson report. That's a 24 percent jump in deal count compared to the ...
TheGuarantors, a Real Estate Rental InsurTech, Pulls in $15M Series B
TheGuarantors, an InsurTech focused on the real estate rental industry, has pulled in $15 million for its Series B financing. Plans call for using the cash infusion to expand the company's platform ...
‘Sextortion’ Is Yet Another Emerging Cyber Risk for Businesses to Worry About: Beazley
A new form of online bribery is emerging where cyber criminals attempt to extort cryptocurrency by claiming to have potentially embarrassing evidence of people using adult websites on work computers, ...
Small and Midsize Businesses at Higher Risk of Cyber Attack, Chubb Warns
Small and midsize businesses are much more likely to experience cyber attacks than large companies. In fact, 62 percent of all cyber crime targets are small and midsize businesses. It costs, on ...
Beyond Fender-Benders: How Self-Driving Cars Are Killing Auto Insurance
Dan Peate, a venture capitalist and entrepreneur in Southern California, was thinking of buying a Tesla Model X a few years ago—until he called his insurance company and found out how much his ...
Being a Digital-First Carrier: 3 Key Components of Digital Transformation
The proliferation of technology usage within insurance is ironic. The industry historically labeled as a tech laggard now has more InsurTech available than insurance companies often know what to do ...