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Stock for UK’s Esure Soars on Possible $1.5B Bain Capital Offer
Britain's esure is in advanced talks over a possible 1.17 billion pound ($1.49 billion) bid from Bain Capital Private Equity, the insurance company said on Monday, sending its shares more than 30 ...
‘Killer Apps’ and the Amazon Effect on Legacy Carriers
Once upon a time, in 1994, Amazon entered the commercial marketplace as an online bookstore. While Amazon was not the first company to offer this service, it was the first to offer to deliver any ...
Hacking Programs Driven by Artificial Intelligence Feared as Next Big Cyber Problem
The nightmare scenario for computer security - artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses - may already have arrived. That warning from security researchers ...
Tokio Marine, a Metromile Investor, Licenses Its AI Claims Platform Tech
Tokio Marine Holdings, the Japanese insurance giant, is the first carrier to license Metromile's artificial intelligence-driven automated claims processing platform. The deal, announced Aug. 7, comes ...
German InsurTech Wefox, Survivor of Tussle With Lemonade, Nears Massive Financing
Wefox, one of Europe's fastest-growing insurance technology firms, is close to settling on a new "triple-digit million" euro funding round, with Softbank's Vision Fund among the suitors, three ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and AXIS Capital Holdings
Chubb is partnering with a company to offer a cyber loss mitigation service to certain policyholders in the UK and Ireland. AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. designed to, in part, scout out new technologies ...
Technology and Tariffs: Chubb CEO Greenberg Sounds Off
To carriers seeking to modernize and digitize, Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg has this to say: It's all about scale. Greenberg, speaking during the company's 2018 second quarter earnings call on July 26, ...
InsurTech Startup Groundspeed Analytics Raises $30 Million
Insurance technology startup Groundspeed Analytics, armed with $30 million in new venture financing, plans to hire more people and expand its product roster. The Michigan-based company (offices are ...