Technology/Science
The Latest Launches From Metromile and Dovetail
Metromile, a pay-per-mile auto insurer, is teaming with a major auto company to provide car insurance to owners of some of its vehicles. Dovetail, a digital MGA in the small commercial insurance ...
InsurTech NY Is Sponsoring Virtual Industry Job Fair on Oct. 29
InsurTech NY will be holding what it is billing as the first dedicated virtual job fair and networking event for InsurTech startups and the insurance industry. Scheduled for Oct. 29, 2020, the event ...
Cowbell Cyber Expands Into Texas and More
Cowbell Cyber, which uses artificial intelligence to sell cyber cover for small to mid-sized businesses, has expanded into Texas, Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The company said its Cowbell Prime ...
The Latest Launches From Cowbell Cyber and Mercury Insurance
Cowbell Cyber said it has beefed up its signature insurance platform. Mercury Insurance is now offering New York and New Jersey homeowners an app that allows for touchless DIY inspection services.
Chinese InsurTech Waterdrop Raises $230M From Swiss Re, Others; U.S. IPO Planned
Chinese online insurance technology platform Waterdrop Inc has raised $230 million in a new funding round led by reinsurer Swiss Re and Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings, it said on Thursday. ...
State Auto Plans Broad Rollout of Agent Platform Developed With Amazon
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company is planning a national rollout of a platform designed with Amazon to help independent insurance agents better serve the insurer's policyholders. A beta ...
Researchers Worry That ‘Whiteness’ of AI Erases People of Color: Risk Alerts
Researchers from the University of Cambridge are worried that the "overwhelming whiteness" of artificial intelligence may remove people of color from humanity's vision of the future. Teens and young ...
American Family Ventures’ New $213M Fund Seeks Early Stage InsurTech Startups
American Family Ventures has launched a new $213 million fund that invests in early stage InsurTech startups. "The insurance industry is embarking on profound transformation," AFV managing director ...
Duck Creek’s Nasdaq Debut Sees Shares Soar From IPO Start
Shares of Duck Creek Technologies Inc soared on their Nasdaq debut on Friday, after the software company serving the property and casualty insurance market raised $405 million in its upsized initial ...