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Aflac | March 20, 2020

Aflac has announced that its insurance subsidiaries – American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus (Aflac of Columbus) and American Family Life Assurance Company of New York (Aflac of New York) – have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zurich North America’s US corporate life and pensions (group benefits) business. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2020, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. A release said t...

CLAIMS

CCC | August 01, 2022

Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) and CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCC), a leading SaaS platform digitizing the P&C insurance economy, today announced that CCC’s new Ready for Guidewire validated accelerator for ClaimCenter – CCC® Safekeep – is now available to users in the Guidewire Marketplace. Insurers deploy digital strategies and AI to streamline workflows and improve their customer’s experience. Insurers’ ability to recover payments from third-party ...

INSURANCE TECHNOLOGY

NEXT Insurance | September 21, 2022

NEXT Insurance, a leading digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, and Intuit Inc., today announced the launch of NEXT Connect for Intuit QuickBooks, an embedded insurance solution that provides customers with seamless access to digital-first insurance products within the QuickBooks ecosystem. Small businesses and accountants can obtain insurance quotes and bind coverage without leaving their QuickBooks account. Additionally, users can benefit from NEXT's technologica...

Chubb | March 27, 2020

The hackers responsible for the Maze ransomware have claimed that they have hit major insurance company Chubb. The cyberattackers posted news of the attack on their website, claiming that they managed to encrypt devices on Chubb’s network this month. Bleeping Computer reported that as part of their modus operandi, the Maze hackers steal files from their victims before locking the devices with ransomware-based encryption. The stolen files are then used as leverage by the Maze hackers, who t...