Leadership & Strategy
DroneBase Raises $12M in New Financing; Insurers Among Drone Operator’s Customers
DroneBase raised $12 million in new funding to expand its drone operations services for insurers and other businesses. Union Square Ventures and Upfront Ventures co-led the round. DJI and new ...
Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Boosts Stake in Apple, Buys Teva Shares
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday disclosed a new stake in generic drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd and said it bought more shares of Apple Inc, which surpassed Wells ...
‘Hyper-Learning’ Could Be Good Tool to Rapidly Transform Your Company
Hyper-learning — the process of continuously learning and unlearning — is a way to help transform companies and other large organizations trying to adapt in the Digital Age, a University of ...
The Latest Launches From QBE, GuideOne/Roost and Zurich/CoverWallet
QBE North America has teamed up with a company to expand access to some of its professional liability coverage. GuideOne Insurance has started offering Roost Smart Water Leak and Freeze Detectors in ...
Weather Analytics Company Understory Wins Patent for Proprietary Sensor Tech
Understory secured a patent for sensor technology used as part of its private network to collect real-time weather data on the ground in great detail. Alex Kubicek, CEO of the Wisconsin-based weather ...
March 1 Autonomous Car Summit Planned by U.S. Transportation Dept.
Auto manufacturers, technology companies, road safety advocates and policy makers will attend a March 1 conference over potential government actions that could speed the rollout of autonomous cars, ...
Tech Innovation Moves From Coalition/HackerOne and Munich Re/StarMind
Coalition will partner with HackerOne to offer its cyber insurance small business clients programs to reduce hacking risks. Munich Re will start using artificial intelligence technology from Starmind ...
AIG, AXA Vets to Staff Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance’s New Dubai Office
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company will start doing business in Dubai and staff its office there with AIG and AXA veterans. BHSI has its insurance license from the Dubai Financial ...