Technology/Science
Boeing’s Flying Car Prototype Hovers Briefly in Air During Initial Test Flight
Boeing Co said on Wednesday its flying car prototype hovered briefly in the air during an inaugural test flight, a small but significant step as the world's largest plane maker bids to revolutionize ...
Verisk, Guidewire Customers Can Now More Easily Get Policyholder MV Reports
Mutual Verisk and Guidewire Software customers can now easily order motor vehicle reports on current and potential policyholders. This is because Verisk's motor vehicle report accelerator now has ...
Amazon Autonomous Delivery Robots Coming to Seattle Suburbs
Amazon.com Inc. will use robots to deliver packages in the suburbs north of Seattle, its latest experiment to automate the last-mile of delivery that's a labor-intensive and costly component of ...
The Latest Launches From Bunker, BHSI, AXA and USAA
Bunker is now offering a real-time proof of insurance process for on-demand workers. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance is expanding its North American Transactional Liability Insurance business ...
InsurTech MGA Clearcover Pulls in $43M Series B; American Family Among Investors
American Family Insurance joined onto a new $43 million financing round for Clearcover, a managing general agent with an artificial intelligence-driven platform focused on car insurance. The Chicaco, ...
QBE Joins $30M Financing Round for Machine Learning Startup HyperScience
HyperScience, a startup using machine learning to automate office work-related data entry and more, attracted $30 million in Series B financing from investors including Australian insurer QBE. New ...
U.S. Proposes Dramatic Expansion of Commercial Drone Flights
The federal government has unveiled a long-awaited set of proposals to dramatically expand civilian drone flights while also tightening security, critical steps for an industry seeking to expand into ...
Fortellix Raises $14M to Automate Generation of Safety Data for Driverless Vehicles
An Israeli-based startup focused on automating the generation of safety verification data for autonomous vehicles has raised a $14 million Series A financing round. Fortellix raised the money from ...