Technology/Science
InsurTech Drone Startup Betterview Raises $2M From Maiden Re, Others
Betterview, an InsurTech startup focused on capturing and analyzing data from drones, has raised just over $2 million in venture financing. Compound Venture Capital led the $2.05 million seed round. ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and CNA/Aon Affinity
Chubb released new enterprise risk management policy forms for its commercial cyber policyholders in the U.S. and Canada. CNA and Aon Affinity, the affinity business of Aon plc, partnered to offer ...
An Underwriter’s Guide to Assessing Risk for IT Patching
EternalBlue, a computer worm believed to be developed by the NSA to take advantage of a vulnerability within Microsoft Windows, was made public approximately five months ago. While patches for this ...
On-Demand Delivery Drones Arrive in Iceland
An Israeli autonomous drone delivery company has started commercial operations in Reykjavik, Iceland, one of the first in the world to offer the service on demand. Tel Aviv-based Flytrex's drones ...
Automated Car Safety Systems Working; Preventing Crashes: Studies
Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to reduce crashes significantly, ...
Lemonade’s New Insurance Policy Lets Customers Update Coverage Terms Themselves
Lemonade has come out with an insurance policy that lets consumers update their policies themselves in real time on the web, actions that are typically left to agents and brokers. Lemonade ...
Safe Driving Algorithm Project Begins Involving Sompo Japan, Accenture and a Japanese Cab Company
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Accenture and a Japanese cab company will work jointly to develop a deep learning algorithm designed to help better understand driving behavior and improve safety in ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore and Beazley
Ironshore now has a team devoted to managing cyber claims across all of its product lines. Beazley debuted expanded protection meant to address schemes such as the kind where employees are illegally ...