Technology/Science
European Researchers See AI as Building Better Weather Data
European scientists who feed critical climate data to industry and researchers said that their next great breakthrough in weather forecasting will be powered by artificial intelligence. The European ...
InsurTech Joshu Raises $3.7M for Commercial Insurance Digital Platform
The InsurTech Joshu raised $3.7 million in seed funding to advance its digital tools designed to help carriers and MGAs bring their commercial insurance business online. Blumberg Capital led the ...
2021 InsurTech NY Early-Stage Competition Looks to Bermuda
InsurTech NY and the Bermuda Business Development Agency are teaming up for the 2021 InsurTech Early-Stage Competition. Bermuda's lucrative reinsurance market could benefit from the arrangement, ...
American Family Acquiring InsurTech Bold Penguin
Madison, Wisc.-based American Family Insurance announced Thursday that it is acquiring Columbus, Ohio-based Bold Penguin, an InsurTech that simplifies the process of obtaining small business ...
The Latest Launches From QBE North America, Aclaimant and Pathpoint
QBE North America is partnering with a technology company to use its software for recognizing ergonomics issues in the workplace. Aclaimant released new technology designed to help its work safety ...
For Brown & Brown, Acquiring CoverHound Accelerates Tech Modernization Efforts
Property/casualty insurance companies far and wide are considering whether to develop technology platforms in-house or modernize some other way. Brown & Brown chose an acquisition to get there. ...
CM Exclusive: Google’s Insurance Strategy Could Be a Game Changer
The announcement that Dr. Henna Karna, formerly global chief data officer at insurer AXA XL, had been retained by Google to lead a new insurance initiative was greeted by the insurance and InsurTech ...
VIDEO: Is ‘Insurance-As-A-Service’ Coming in 2021?
Could a trend from the fintech world—"finance-as-a-service" platforms allowing non-financial product or service providers to embed financial capabilities into their customer experiences—soon ...