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Like so many other businesses, Credit Karma was not spared by the pandemic and its rippling effects on the economy. Their business was prone to the same macro conditions, particularly the tightening of lending standards and credit limits. Join Paul Centopani, National Mortgage News' reporter and Andy Taylor, Credit Karma's General Manager of Home & Mortgage as they discuss how FinTechs can pivot to adapt to the new normal.

Our survey of 121 leaders at insurers, insurtechs, and other parties finds an industry excited to apply the accelerated consumer digitalization due to social-distancing mandates and other mitigation efforts to the insurance industry.

Insurance company will more than triple its commitment to insurtech startup investment.

Commercial insurance distribution platform is co-founded by At-Bay veterans.

Celent finds the two most important corporate goals impacting 2021 tech plans are growth and process optimization.

Key regulators, including several Senators and a Biden advisor, are focused on the issue.

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Cybersecurity is top priority for the life insurer, says tech leader.

Claims costs went up despite fewer miles driven, and other surprising results.

Laura Deaner joins the company from S&P Global.

Pandemic-challenged year sees the number of deals increase at a higher rate than the value of those deals, though both still rose.

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Emerging consumer attitudes toward privacy threaten to overturn long-standing industry assumptions about customer data and personalization.

The benefit goes beyond compliance: It allows an organization to demonstrate that they are prioritizing the consumer's privacy expectations.

With the growing vulnerabilities and uncertainty of our highly globalized and connected world, actions in one place can spread rapidly to have global effects.

Tractable's computer-vision offering can appraise user-submitted photos for most claims, the companies say.

Embedded insurance solutions have become a key strategy that both insurance carriers and brands are turning to in order to stay competitive.

The 75,000 checks exchanged between the two carriers are now being processed on the blockchain.

Ashok Krishnan is the carrier's new chief data and analytics officer, based in London.