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InsurTech Investment Remained High in a Robust Q2: Willis Towers Watson
InsurTech investment worldwide continued at high levels during the second quarter of 2019, marking the fourth consecutive quarter during which total new funding commitments exceeded $1.2 billion, ...
The Details on Arturo, a Deep-Learning Property Analytics Startup Actively Seeking Financing
Arturo's emergence was a bit atypical in terms of how the birth of an InsurTech has typically gone. Rather than beginning life as a pure play standalone startup, Arturo spun out of American Family ...
AIG’s Waldner Named as Insurer’s First-Ever Chief Sustainability Officer
A veteran American International Group executive has been named its first-ever Chief Sustainability Officer. In this role, Jennifer Waldner will be tasked with leading the development and ...
Insurers Wave Caution Flag at New Auto Safety Technology
Automakers are accelerating the rollout of technology designed to avoid crashes, but insurance companies are waving a caution flag at consumers eyeing discounts for buying collision-avoiding brakes ...
Executives See the Pace of Change as a Significant Emerging Risk: Gartner
Executive in multiple industries are anxious about keeping up with change, even as they struggle to take significant action to address this concern. In fact, they rank keeping up with the pace of ...
The Latest Launches From CSAA Insurance Group and Aon
CSAA Insurance Group is partnering with an analytics startup in order to improve its home inspections and boost the quality of its underwriting. Aon said it has partnered with an InsurTech digital ...
Global Insured Losses From Natural Disasters Reached $20B in H1: Aon
Global insured losses from natural disasters during the 2019 first half reached an estimated $20 billion, according to Aon's "Global Catastrophe Recap: First Half of 2019." The report noted that the ...
European Heatwave Smashes Records, Foreshadowing a Possible New Normal
Belgian zookeepers fed chickens in giant ice cubes to tigers on Wednesday as northern Europe baked in record temperatures during another heatwave that climate experts believe could become the new ...