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Arch Partners With Non-Profit to Increase Women in Technology Positions
Arch Capital Group will partner with a non-profit dedicated to boosting the number of women in insurance technology positions. The Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer said it would link up with Women ...
Insurance Fraud Bureau, Shift Technology to Develop AI-Based Fraud Detection System
The Insurance Fraud Bureau and Shift Technology will partner on developing a new fraud detection system for the UK insurance sector. Expectations are that the new platform will be in play by early ...
American Family Spinout Arturo Raises $25M to Expand AI-Driven Predictive Analytics Platform
American Family Insurance spinout Arturo pulled in $25 million in venture financing – a big boost to the company's AI-driven, property-centric predictive analytics platform. "A deeper property ...
Europe’s Digital Health Pass Plans Confront Data Security and Fraud Risks
As Europe races to set up a digital health pass scheme to save the holiday season from the pandemic, technical and political obstacles are showing just how big a challenge the world faces in building ...
COVID-19 Knocks U.S. Inland Marine Insurance Behind in 2020: A.M. Best
The U.S. inland marine insurance segment experienced a "significant downturn in profitability" in 2020, with its loss ratio deteriorating by nearly 16 percentage points amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Fake Coal Dumped in Front of Lloyd’s HQ in Climate Change Protest
Lloyd's of London was the focus of climate change activists on Friday, when a group called "Insurance Rebellion" used a dump truck to deposit a large pile of fake coal in front of the Lloyd's ...
Top D&O Risks Include Cyber Attacks and Data Loss: WTW Survey
Cyber attacks and data loss are the top two risks facing directors & officers, with pandemic-related changes in working practices heightening these concerns, according to a global survey from ...
Insurer Representing Grounded Suez Ship Appeals Detention by Egypt
UK Club, an insurer of the Ever Given cargo ship which ran aground in the Suez Canal in March, said on Friday it had filed an appeal in an Egyptian court over the detention of the vessel by ...