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Samsung, Following Archrival Apple, Will Start Testing Self-Driving Vehicles in CA
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it has received a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California, marking the entry of the world's largest smart phone maker four months after iPhone ...
An Underwriter’s Guide to Assessing Risk for IT Patching
EternalBlue, a computer worm believed to be developed by the NSA to take advantage of a vulnerability within Microsoft Windows, was made public approximately five months ago. While patches for this ...
On-Demand Delivery Drones Arrive in Iceland
An Israeli autonomous drone delivery company has started commercial operations in Reykjavik, Iceland, one of the first in the world to offer the service on demand. Tel Aviv-based Flytrex's drones ...
Lemonade’s New Insurance Policy Lets Customers Update Coverage Terms Themselves
Lemonade has come out with an insurance policy that lets consumers update their policies themselves in real time on the web, actions that are typically left to agents and brokers. Lemonade ...
Safe Driving Algorithm Project Begins Involving Sompo Japan, Accenture and a Japanese Cab Company
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Accenture and a Japanese cab company will work jointly to develop a deep learning algorithm designed to help better understand driving behavior and improve safety in ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore and Beazley
Ironshore now has a team devoted to managing cyber claims across all of its product lines. Beazley debuted expanded protection meant to address schemes such as the kind where employees are illegally ...
Introducing the QBE, Arrowhead Partnership for Small Commercial
When it was announced in June that San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. was selected as the program administrator for QBE North America's small commercial insurance ...
Telematics Startup Roost Raises $10.4M From Three International Insurance Companies
Roost, a developer of home telematics for property insurance carriers, raised $10.4 million from three international insurance industry companies. Aviva Ventures led the Series B financing; ...