Technology & Analytics
Global Insurance Accelerator Begins Search for New Director; Hemesath to Take New Role
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) has begun a search for a new managing director. Brian Hemesath, the current managing director who has taken GIA from concept to a leadership role in InsurTech, ...
Two Major Actuarial Societies – CAS and SOA – Will Explore a Merger
The Casualty Actuarial Society and the Society of Actuaries plan to explore a merger. Presidents of both societies announced that the CAS and SOA boards had agreed to pursue combining, with the idea ...
Slice Labs, Marketing On-Demand Insurance Platform, Raises Another $20M From Multiple Carriers
Slice Labs disclosed it has pulled in another $20 million in venture financing, with plans to use the money to accelerate globalization of its platform that enables on-demand insurance. The ...
Berlin-Based InsurTech Startup Debuts Home Content Insurance Cover; Micro Policies Planned
InsurTech startup Coya has launched home content insurance cover, designed to be "affordable, transparent and easily accessible." But Berlin-based Coya said home insurance is just the start and that ...
Cautious Carriers Often Pursue Innovation Warily: A.M. Best
Insurers are reluctant pursuers of innovation, cautious about disruption that new technology and systems can cause, even as they see the need for such changes. A new A.M. Best survey found that most ...
The Latest Launches From Nationwide, Starr Insurance and Hippo
Nationwide will debut an online insurance platform targeted toward businesses with fewer than five employees. Starr Insurance Companies said it is launching a construction-related insurance policy ...
State Farm to Use Drones for Assessing Hurricane Florence Damage
Drones will be allowed to fly long distances and over populated areas across four states to assess damage from Hurricane Florence, after U.S. aviation regulators granted the first such approvals to ...
Using Technology to Reduce Discovery Costs
Civil litigation is expensive in the United States. A plaintiff can file a suit based on evidence it knows or assumes will be in the defendant's files. To access that evidence, parties must ...