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New products announced by startups this week show companies expanding their portfolios to manage more kinds of risk.

Carriers should partner with upstart companies to speed digitalization, consultant adds.

The companies worked together to extend drivers personal injury insurance for on-the-job incidents.

With 496 deals completed so far this year, insurance, wealth management, lending and blockchain-related companies continue to attract new dollars.

Transportation company began testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh last year.

Waymo accuses several employees of Otto, a self-driving startup Uber acquired in August, of lifting technical information from Google’s autonomous car project.