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A Quantum Computing Startup With an Eye on Insurance Raises $2M
A Canadian company developing quantum intelligence for insurance and other industry sectors has raised a $2 million seed round of financing. Qindom, based in Toronto, raised the funding from an ...
Brexit Drastically Draining EU Workers From the UK
Further evidence that Brexit is deterring European Union workers emerged in figures published Tuesday. The number of EU nationals working in the U.K. in the three months through June plunged by ...
Trump’s Fight to Rollback Tailpipe Emissions Limits Leaves California Pondering Plan B
Even as California professes optimism in its legal fight against President Donald Trump's rollback of tailpipe emissions limits, the state is eyeing a fallback plan that could test how much its ...
Hackers Test Voting Systems for Breach Liabilities at Security Convention
Def Con, one of the world's largest security conventions, served as a laboratory for breaking into voting machines on Friday, extending its efforts to identify potential security flaws in technology ...
The Latest Launches From Starr Companies, AIR Worldwide and Church Mutual
Starr Companies plans to underwrite an insurance product designed for a particular Canadian visa program. AIR Worldwide released an updated U.S. wildfire model. Church Mutual, meanwhile, is teaming ...
Executives On The Move at Everest Re Group, XL Catlin and AXIS Capital Holdings
A former Chubb executive is joining Everest Re Group in a leadership role at its Reinsurance division. Ex-executives from Willis Towers Watson and Nationwide Insurance are starting as underwriters at ...
Insurance Is a ‘Well-Kept Secret,’ and Other Millennial Insights
What is the best part about working in insurance? For a group of millennials speaking with Insurance Journal at a July roundtable, the answer was simple. "The people," roundtable participants agreed. ...
Trading Apps Leave Investors Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks: Report
Dozens of applications used for online trading by retail investors have cybersecurity vulnerabilities, some of which could lead to hackers siphoning funds from account holders, according to security ...