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InsurTech Coalition Raises $90 Million to Fuel Cyber Insurance Global Growth Plan
Coalition, an InsurTech startup focused on cyber insurance and security, disclosed it raised $90 million in new venture financing earlier this year to fuel development of new products and a global ...
DataCubes Becomes Convr, and Its CEO Explains Why
DataCubes has changed its name. Moving ahead, it will now be known as Convr (pronounced "con-ver.") The Illinois-based InsurTech startup launched in 2016 with an AI-focused platform designed to help ...
Cyber Attack Targets easyJet, Netting Personal Details for 9 Million Customers
A cyber attack on British airline easyJet accessed the email and travel details of around nine million customers, as well as the credit card details of more than 2,000 of them, it said on Tuesday. ...
Ethiopian Airlines Expects Boeing 738 MAX Compensation Agreement by June 30
Ethiopian Airlines expects a settlement with planemaker Boeing by end of June over compensation related to the 737 MAX grounding in March 2019 following two fatal crashes, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam ...
Carrier Groups Ready Proposal for Federal Pandemic Loss Fund–Not PRIA
Property/casualty insurance industry carrier groups are working to develop a proposed federal program to replace revenues lost by businesses shut down during pandemics like COVID-19, but it won't be ...
Executives On The Move at QBE and Great American
QBE North America hired a former Chubb executive as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Great American Insurance Group named a new divisional vice president within its Ocean Marine ...
COVID-19 Will Make Reinsurers Lose More Money in 2020: S&P
Reinsurers globally will lose money in 2020, a reality Standard & Poor's said COVID-19-related losses stand to make worse. What's more, the level of red ink could worsen substantially depending ...
A.M. Best Says Stress Tests Show Most Insurers Can Handle Balance Sheet Pandemic Hit
Analysts at the AM Best ratings firm say their initial stress tests of insurance companies globally to gauge the preliminary impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on their financial strength found good ...