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Guidepost Solutions LLC

Unlocking the Power of Precision: Data Quality and Accessibility for Corporate Security Departments

Amidst the relentless waves of pandemic-induced uncertainty, organizations found themselves at a crossroads, compelled to reimagine how their businesses operated. For example, when stay at home orders continued to be extended...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Testing for AI bias: Colorado Division of Insurance proposes first-of-its kind regulation requiring life insurers to test their...

On September 28, 2023, the Colorado Division of Insurance (CDI) released the first-of-its kind draft proposed regulation (Testing Regulation) for testing the outcomes of certain life insurance underwriting practices for...more

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Global Legal Insights Fintech 2023: BVI

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Approaches and developments - The government of the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) and the BVI Financial Services Commission (“FSC”) – the principal financial services regulator – have progressed important initiatives in...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Credit Crunch: An Update for Borrowers

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The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank on March 10 and 12, 2023, respectively, sent shockwaves through the venture capital, entrepreneur, technology innovation, and life sciences communities, as well as those...more

Harris Beach PLLC

Bank Collapses Shake Financial and Tech Sectors

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The past week delivered three major shocks to the financial and tech worlds: first, the March 8 failure of Silvergate Bank; second, the sudden, March 10 failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”); and third, the weekend collapse...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Insurance Industry: Reflections on 2022, Predictions for 2023

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For many in the insurance industry, 2022 was a year of growth, a year dedicated to gaining traction after the residual effects of 2020. As we enter 2023, we reflect beyond the macro dynamics of other markets, in hopes of...more

Clark Hill PLC

Insurtech Briefly Podcast: Licensing, Google and Lead Gens

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On this episode of Insurtech Briefly, Robert Tomilson and Scott Galla discuss the purpose of licensing for insurance intermediaries and what happens when a private company expands licensure requirements for lead generators. ...more

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Introducing the Insurtech Briefly Podcast

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Welcome to Insurtech Briefly, where Clark Hill attorneys Robert Tomilson and Scott Galla talk innovations in the insurance industry. ...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Technology IPOs – A Meeting of Cultures at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange

Israeli tech companies have recently joined the wave of initial public offerings on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. This is not the first time tech companies have gone public on the TASE and it will take some time to see if this...more

White & Case LLP

Financial institutions M&A: Sector trends - July 2020: As the technicolour gloss of unicorns fade, investors attempt to back the...

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Financial Institutions M&A sector trends: Fintech — H1 2020 and outlook for H2 2020. H1 2020 heralds an entirely new era for fintech, a market segment which scarcely existed at the time of the global financial crisis. Many...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

State Regulators Announcing Changes to Insurance Law Requirements In Response to COVID-19

Like each of us, insurance regulators throughout the United States are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Like the broader insurance industry, insurtech companies are striving to ensure continued operations, and insurance...more

Locke Lord LLP

Hartford InsurTech Hub Chooses 11 New Startups

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On November 13, 2019, Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, concluded their Selection Days where investors, partners and mentors met with 21 promising startups. During the Selection Days, each startup had an...more

Saul Ewing LLP

On Demand Insurance is Here But Will it Stay?

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On demand insurance allows insurance policies to be purchased via the internet or smartphone applications. Millennials are more than twice as likely as prior generations to purchase an insurance policy in this manner. Valerie...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insurtech Deals on the Rise

In what many consider a banner year for fintech megadeals, insurtech has begun to take center stage. In early August 2019, Roper Technologies agreed to acquire life insurance software solutions provider iPipeline for $1.6...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Insuretech and Beyond – An Evolving Litigation Landscape Association of Life Insurance Counsel Annual Meeting May 2019

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In recent years, the life insurance industry has greatly enhanced the speed and efficiency of its underwriting decisions. This change in the underwriting process is due in large part to the use of new technology in data...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Even Insurance Will Be Disrupted by Autonomous Vehicles

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There are long lists of industries that will be disrupted by Autonomous Vehicles. Not surprisingly, Insurance is expected to be one of them. Some see tremendous opportunities arising from the increase in Autonomous Vehicles....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DFS Issues Guidance to Life Insurers on Use of “External Data” in Underwriting Decisions

On January 18, 2019, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued Circular Letter No. 1 (2019) to advise life insurers regarding the type of data that they may use when underwriting policies. The guidance was...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Big Data Is a Big Deal: A Brief Guide to Data Analytics and the Insurance Industry

Admit it: you have a nagging feeling that you should learn more about the insurance industry’s use of big data and algorithms, but you don’t know where to begin. Relax. Here are six questions (and answers) to help you get...more

Mintz

InsureTech Connect 2017 Panel Discussion: Maximizing Profits via Products and Alternative Business Model Innovation

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After being in the insurance industry for several decades in a variety of roles, I frequently get asked which insurtechs I think are going to be successful. In sum, I believe the insurtechs best positioned for success are...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Insurance Regulators and Startups Discuss Pitfalls and Engagement at InsureTech Connect 2017

• Recent shifts in insurance regulation are driven by consumer demand. • Traps for the unwary mean that insurtech startups should engage with regulators early and often. • Brokers need to know how to navigate the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Future of Insurtech: Opportunities and Challenges

The emerging insurance tech (“insurtech”) industry is growing at breakneck speed. While in 2011 insurtech startups received $140 million in funding from 28 total deals, investment increased more than tenfold in 2016, with...more

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Five Questions for Investors in Insurtech

Decisions you make when founding and/or investing in an insurtech venture can dictate your regulatory obligations, tax liability, operational structure and, ultimately, profitability. Here are five seemingly simple...more

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How Insurtechs Maximize Profits and Competitive Advantage

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The potential to disrupt the historic insurance industry model has made insurtech one of the hottest new areas of innovation and investment, with entrepreneurs developing technologies at a breakneck pace and venture capital...more

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