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Startup Focused on Digital Customer Interactions for Insurers and Others Raises $14.5M
A startup focused on developing a platform guiding digital customer interactions for insurers and other businesses has raised $14.5 million in new financing. Lightico said that Mangrove Capital ...
Executives On The Move at The Hartford and W.R. Berkley
The Hartford named a long-time executive with the company to lead its Middle and Large Commercial insurance business in the Northeast. An executive previously with The Navigators Group is joining ...
Buffett Commits Roughly $3.6B in Berkshire Hathaway Stock to Five Charities
Warren Buffett is donating roughly $3.6 billion of Berkshire Hathaway Inc stock to five charities, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the biggest contribution in Buffett's plan to ...
Lloyd’s Seeks Clarity Regarding Insurance Policies With Cyber Cover
Lloyd's of London wants all insurance and reinsurance policies to clearly state whether coverage will be provided for losses caused by a cyber attack, saying this was in the best interest of both ...
Asia Expansion Helped Push Global Insurance Premiums Past $5 Trillion in 2018: Swiss Re
Carriers' expansion in Asia helped push global insurance premiums past the $5 trillion mark for the first time in 2018, Swiss Re said in its latest sigma report. That growth came generally from ...
Data Breaches Take Months to Discover, but They Happen Within Minutes
While it typically only takes a short amount of time for a successful breach to compromise data, the amount of time it takes for a breach to be discovered is more likely to be months. This means ...
China Pledges to Remove Financial Company Foreign Ownership Limits by 2020
China said it will bring forward plans to remove foreign ownership limits on financial companies, as it speeds up efforts to open the $44 trillion industry to overseas competitors. Full foreign ...
Giving a Presentation? Focus on Making the Message Clear and Relatable
Nearly every executive has experienced or will experience giving a presentation to an audience. In turn, many audiences have seen an executive presentation that drones on and on and veers into too ...