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Zurich Insurance Begins Competition to Find Cutting-Edge InsurTech Collaborators
Zurich Insurance Group believes a competition will help it find cutting-edge startups and entrepreneurs with whom to collaborate in the InsurTech space. The Swiss insurer launched what it is calling ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Invests in India-Based Digital Payments Company
Berkshire Hathaway Inc has acquired a 25 billion rupees ($356 million) stake in the parent of digital payments company Paytm, a source said, its first investment in an Indian startup as it moves into ...
Toyota Reportedly Will Invest $500M in Uber With a Focus on Self-Driving Cars
Toyota Motor Corp. is expanding an alliance with Uber Technologies Inc. through a new investment and a plan to get self-driving cars on the road, said a person familiar with the matter. The Japanese ...
Internet Trade Groups File Appeal Urging U.S. Court to Bring Back ‘Net Neutrality’ Rules
A coalition of trade groups representing companies including Alphabet Inc, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc, urged a U.S. appeals court to reinstate landmark "net neutrality" rules adopted in 2015 to ...
Opportunity in Disruption: Preparing for InsurTech’s Elon Musk or Steve Jobs
I recently wrote an article for Carrier Management offering some thoughts about the possibility that an InsurTech would develop a killer app. A killer app, as its name suggests, slays the ...
Opinion: Insurers Should Relax and Embrace Amazon’s Potential
Whenever Amazon.com Inc. eyes expansion into a new industry, the stalwarts of that space shudder. A Reuters report on Thursday that the e-commerce giant has been talking to insurers about introducing ...
Execs See AI as Reshaping Finance But Disagree on What It Is
Global financial leaders are convinced artificial intelligence is poised to reshape their industry, and they're ready to invest big. They just can't agree on what it is. The World Economic Forum ...
Amazon Reportedly Considering UK Insurance Comparison Site
Amazon.com Inc. is sounding out some of Europe's top insurance firms to see if they would contribute products to a UK price comparison website in what would be a major foray by the U.S. online retail ...