| Today's Headlines | June 18, 2021 |
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Insurance use cases for multi-factor authentication (MFA) include distributor access, external user access (e.g., claims vendors, financial advisers), internal user access and policyholder access. Legislation and regulators are increasingly mandating MFA to ensure greater security as well as to reduce identity theft and other forms of fraud. Examples include the New York State cybersecurity regulation... read more | | |
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The National Hurricane Center on Thursday issued a tropical storm warning for the Gulf Coast from Intracoastal City, Louisiana, to the Alabama/Florida border, including Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas, and metropolitan New Orleans. By Friday morning, the warning had been extended eastward for the Florida Panhandle from the Alabama/Florida border to the Okaloosa/Walton County line. The... read more | | |
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The InsurTech Tractable has pulled in $60 million in fresh venture capital. Executives expect to use the money to further the company's artificial intelligence technology for accident and disaster recovery, and also develop new products. read more | | |
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many insurers to embrace more technology, there has been some talk of how InsurTechs can step in and help insurers navigate the ever-changing digital space. read more | | |
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A former AIG chief data officer is the new CEO at CLARA Analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence technology for the commercial insurance industry. read more | | |
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Britain's finance ministry called on the European Union to open talks on financial services, after the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday urged the bloc to avoid protectionism. read more | | |
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Major reinsurers have already pulled back from providing bespoke cover for coal projects as part of efforts to meet global climate change commitments, but now comes the hard part - finding ways to exclude coal from bulk-buy contracts, known as "treaty" reinsurance. read more | | |
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A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit in which shareholders of Google parent Alphabet Inc accused the company of fraudulently concealing security vulnerabilities, including in its Google+ social network. read more | | |
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Trupanion, the Seattle-based medical insurer for cats and dogs, is pursuing an international expansion and has hired an executive to help guide the effort. Simon Wheeler will be its executive vice president of International Business. A 30-year veteran of the animal health industry, Wheeler will join Trupanion in October from Swedish-based Agria Pet Insurance Ltd.... read more | | |
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| | New consumer trends reveal the path carriers can follow to thrive in this ... read more | |
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| | Against the backdrop of digital transformation and the pandemic, insurers can ... read more | |
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| | Striking the right balance between automation and the human touch is a top ... read more | |
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| | 60% of CIOs say their organization's technical debt has risen over the past ... read more | |
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| | The insurance industry faces significant disruption from multiple fronts, ... read more | |
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