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Argo Group CEO Watson: InsurTechs Are Better Versions of 1990s Startups
Argo Group CEO Mark Watson compared InsurTech companies to the dot-com startups from the late 1990s, many of which crashed and burned. He argued that these newer models, however, come with a lot more ...
Emerging Tech Deployment Still Rare: Novarica CIO Study
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, sensors, robotic process automation, smart home automation, and chatbots are not yet widely deployed among property/casualty insurers, according to ...
Did Russia Meddle in Brexit? Facebook Widens Probe to Find Out
Facebook said on Wednesday it would conduct a new, comprehensive search of its records for possible propaganda that Russian operatives may have spread during the run-up to Britain's 2016 referendum ...
Purviance Succeeding DeCarlo as AmWINS CEO; DeCarlo Becoming Executive Chair
Charlotte-based global wholesale broker AmWINS Group announced that Scott M. Purviance will succeed M. Steven DeCarlo as the company's chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2018. DeCarlo, who has ...
Judge Rejects Wells Fargo Bid to End Predatory Lending Lawsuit
A federal judge in Philadelphia on Tuesday rejected Wells Fargo & Co'.s bid to dismiss that city's lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. mortgage lender of predatory lending targeting black and ...
SCOTUS Agrees to Hear Case Over Constitutionality of ALJ Appointments
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house judges were appointed in violation of the Constitution, agreeing to hear a case that could upend ...
Cyber Most Feared Business Interruption Trigger: Allianz Risk Report
Business interruption and cyber incidents interlink as the major threat facing companies over the coming year, according to a report published by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). ...
Lemonade Co-Founder Calls Out Amazon for Poaching Employees
With two social media posts, Lemonade Co-Founder Shai Wininger called out Amazon for poaching the employees of his insurance carrier powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, also ...