Technology & Analytics
Travelers Starts Using AI for Ergonomic Assessments
The Travelers Companies said it has started using artificial intelligence to offer business customers virtual and onsite ergonomic assessments. Travelers, which is based in Hartford, Conn., claims to ...
Lockton Re Imagined: Bringing Choice to Reinsurance Brokerage
While some reinsurance brokers see opportunities to achieve significant economies of scale in the reinsurance market through acquisitions, others see opportunities to grow by providing reinsurance ...
AI Insurance: Who Is Insuring the Algorithms?
There are some algorithms in life that, even with the very best marketing, don't really matter too much. For example, if Netflix's recommendation algorithm points me toward the first episode of a ...
Kin Raises $35M; Florida Home Insurance Carrier Pilot to Expand
Kin Insurance raised $35 million in new venture funding, attracting multiple investors including the investment arm of AAA Insurer CSAA Insurance Group. The Chicago-based home insurer focused on ...
InsurTechs Focused on Commercial Auto and Climate Risk Secure New Funding
An InsurTech MGA focused on commercial auto insurance has raised $16 million in new Series A financing. A climate-risk related InsurTech raised $4.2 million in new seed financing. *** High Definition ...
Citing Social Justice, Root Pledges to End Credit Scoring for Auto Insurance Pricing
Root Insurance pledged to eliminate the use of credit scoring from its car insurance pricing model by 2025, a move the InsurTech said will help remove bias and discrimination from the process. ...
AI Tech Firm Expert System Raises $29.4M; Clients Include AXA XL, Lloyd’s, Zurich
Expert System, a global artificial intelligence company with many property/casualty insurance industry clients, raised $29.4 million in a new financing round. Of that total, $20 million came from ...
Buckle Raises $31M; Seller of Digital Rideshare Insurance Is Going National
Buckle disclosed it has raised $31 million in new venture financing, and the digital seller of rideshare insurance will use the money to expand operations nationally. HSCM Bermuda and Eos Venture ...