Risk Alerts: Deepfake Satellite Imagery; Baby Cushion Dangers
Artificial intelligence can be used to falsify satellite imagery. Baby cushions from The Boppy Company have been recalled due to safety risks.***
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Meet ‘Spot,’ Farmers’ New Four-Legged Mobile Robot
Farmers Insurance will soon use a digitally controlled, four-legged mobile robot to assist with in-field catastrophe claims handling and non-catastrophe property inspections. Plans call for debuting ...
Ford, Walmart and Argo AI to Jointly Launch Autonomous Vehicle Delivery Service
Self-driving startup Argo AI, automaker Ford Motor Co and Walmart Inc will together launch an autonomous vehicle delivery service in Miami, Austin, and Washington, D.C, the companies said on ...
Volatile Cyber Market Struggles to Boost Reinsurance Capacity
The cyber insurance market could benefit greatly from more reinsurance cover but it has been a challenge to attract interest. Part of the reason is because the cyber market is a relatively new one ...
Digital Business Insurance MGA Vouch Pulls in $90M Investment; Partners With SiriusPoint
Vouch, a digital business insurance platform for startups, has closed on a $90 million round of financing, with plans to use the investment for new products and embedded insurance for its various ...
Forced Return to Workplace Could Lead to Lawsuits: Risk Alerts
Many employees are being forced to return to the workplace despite requesting accommodations for mental health issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, agoraphobia or PTSD. This has led to a spike ...
Carriers Marketing Usage-Based Auto Insurance Have Multiple Obstacles to Overcome: S&P Analysis
Usage-based personal auto insurance may be drawing ever-increasing attention. Its wider adoption is stymied, however, by customer age and demographics, privacy concerns, misunderstanding about the ...
New Product Alert: Cloud Outage Insurance, Amped-Up Specialty Insurance, Cyber Cover Twist
ELEMENT and Parametrix Insurance are partnering on parametric cloud outage insurance for companies in Germany. Mosaic Insurance and DXC Technology have launched an insurance technology platform that ...
Who Do You Trust? When Behavioral Science Fails
Late last week, I was reviewing my Twitter feed and came across a tweet that made no sense to me. While it's a common occurrence for me to be baffled by Twitter exchanges, this particular tweet ...