Technology/Science
Metromile Will Let Customers Use Bitcoin to Buy Insurance, Get Claims Payments
Metromile plans to start letting customers use bitcoin to buy insurance or receive payments for insured claims, beginning later this year. The San Francisco-based InsurTech said the use of bitcoin ...
Liberty Mutual and TuSimple to Assess Autonomous Truck Safety
Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to work with TuSimple, a self-driving technology company, to assess if autonomous trucks are safer than human-driven vehicles. Specifically, the companies will compare ...
New FAA Rules Should Expand Commercial Use of Drones
New Federal Aviation Administration rules are expected to clear the way for expanded commercial use of drones, which are increasingly being used by insurers to assess property damage. The updated ...
Swiss Cybersecurity Firm Acronis Nails Down $250M Financing Round
Swiss cyber security firm Acronis said on Tuesday it has received more than $250 million in a financing round led by CVC Capital valuing it at more than $2.5 billion. Founded in Singapore in 2003, ...
MGA Startups During COVID Helped Accelerate Digitization: InsurTech Forum Preview
One of the more intriguing InsurTech trends over the last year has been an accelerated push by MGA startups to make insurance easier for consumers in a variety of ways. COVID-19 propelled that ...
Insurance Fraud Bureau, Shift Technology to Develop AI-Based Fraud Detection System
The Insurance Fraud Bureau and Shift Technology will partner on developing a new fraud detection system for the UK insurance sector. Expectations are that the new platform will be in play by early ...
American Family Spinout Arturo Raises $25M to Expand AI-Driven Predictive Analytics Platform
American Family Insurance spinout Arturo pulled in $25 million in venture financing – a big boost to the company's AI-driven, property-centric predictive analytics platform. "A deeper property ...
GEICO Must Pay $2.7M to Settle Claim After Rejecting $30,000 Payout
GEICO Indemnity Co.'s refusal to settle a bodily injury claim for $30,000 will cost it more than $2.7 million, under a ruling Monday by the Georgia Supreme Court. The high court's 7-0 decision ...