Commercial insurance

More publicly available digital information means underwriters have greater access to information on potential risk.

Before there was Foresight, a commercial worker’s compensation insurtech, there was Safesite, a safety management platform and app.

Nationwide recently announced a new partnership and the expansion of another as the company continues to grow its Internet of Things capabilities.

The company announced the launch of its first offering in February, a telematics-based platform that is designed to modernize commercial fleet insurance by using vast amounts of driving data gathered from sensors on trucks.

More than 126,000 commercial buildings in London are at risk from flash flooding. Climate change will heighten that threat.

As the effects of the pandemic continue to play out, market activity indicates commercial lines insurers are reprioritizing their tech-oriented projects, with some plans continuing to move forward while others have slowed down.

Amazon says it isn’t legally culpable because the driver worked for Harper Logistics LLC, one of thousands of small businesses launched in recent years specifically to deliver Amazon packages. By focusing on the key role played by the algorithms, Rana’s attorney, Scott Harrison, is looking to prove that the company controls the operation, managing everything from how many packages drivers must deliver to whether they should be kept on or fired.