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Short Seller Muddy Waters Accuses Lemonade of Neglecting Website Security Vulnerability
Lemonade co-founder Shai Wininger is denying accusations from an activist short seller that the insurer's website has a serious security vulnerability. Muddy Waters Capital claims in a May 13 open ...
Zywave Buys Up Modgic, Strengthening Its Workers Comp Software Offerings
Insurance technology provider Zywave has acquired Modgic, an Oregon-based provider of workers compensation and modification analysis software for the commercial insurance industry. Neither side ...
Federal Ransomware Advisories Create Cyber Insurer Exposure Risks
As the COVID-19 pandemic and the switch to remote work have highlighted cyber risks and drawn attention to the various methods cyber attackers are using, ransomware has continued to steal the ...
Amazon-Backed Digital Insurer in India Hopes to Raise $200M in New Financing
Acko General Insurance Ltd. is weighing a new funding round that could value the Indian online insurer at more than $1 billion, according to people familiar with matter. The Amazon.com Inc.-backed ...
Planck Pulls in $20M, Plans to Expand AI Data Platform Globally
Planck has attracted $20 million in additional venture capital cash. The InsurTech startup - centered around an AI-based data platform for commercial insurance - plans to use the investment to expand ...
Workers Comp Performed Strongly During Pandemic Even With Premium Plunge
Because of job losses and shrinking payrolls during the pandemic recession, the workers compensation industry's net written premium dropped 10 percent to $42 billion in 2020. However, private ...
Aon, Willis Towers Watson to Sell Some Assets to Gallagher for $3.6B
Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson will sell off some assets to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. for nearly $3.6 billion, settling antitrust questions raised by European regulators in their meg-merger ...
Risk Alerts: Cyber Threats to Automated Electric Vehicles, U.S. Infrastructure
Automated electric vehicles exposed to cyber threats. Researchers from the University of Georgia have identified cybersecurity weaknesses that could threaten the safety of connected and automated ...