"The biggest source of growth that wehad in Spain this year was through CoverWallet in SMEs, and that'swhy we thought also to expand this into Switzerland starting thisyear," Mario Greco, CEO of Zurich Insurance Group, said during thecompany's February earnings call, according to a company pressrelease. (Photo: Shutterstock)

LexisNexis Risk Solutions announcedthat Nissan North America hasjoined the LexisNexis Telematics Exchange. The LexisNexisTelematics Exchange normalizes and scores telematics data fromnumerous sources to more accurately determine an individualdriver's patterns of behavior and level of risk.

Hippo, the California-based InsurTechcompany involved in home insurance, has partneredwith GIA Map, a provider of geospatialunderwriting solutions for admitted and surplus lines insurancecompanies. The partnership enables Hippo to integrate its policymanagement system, application process and annual reassessment withGIA Map's live and historical geospatial data.

Decision Research Corporation (DRC)announced that Beazley has launched their smallenterprise business package on the DRC Policy Platform. Inconjunction, they have also launched their environmental liabilityunderwriting system and their Beazley breach responserater.

DataCubes, a platform for commercialproperty & casualty underwriting, has partneredwith Tangram Insurance Services Inc., afull-service managing general underwriter and programmanager offering specialty programs. Tangram is utilizingDataCubes' artificial intelligence-powered intake technology, d3Intake, to strengthen underwriting productivity and to offerincreased value to their carrier and broker partners through theirspecialty insurance programs.

Coverys, a provider of medicalprofessional liability insurance, has migrated their existingon-premises deployment of the Duck Creek Suite, in production since2015, to Duck Creek OnDemand. The carrier citedcontinuous currency and reduced information technology workloads askey factors in the decision.

Indio Technologies, a managementsoftware platform for property & casualty insurance providers,has partnered with United ValleyInsurance Services to streamline the P&Capplication and renewal process for its members. This partnershipwill allow for the agencies in United Valley Insurance Services'network to gain access to Indio's database of 4,500+ digitallyenhanced "smart" insurance applications, Indio's full e-signaturesolution known as IndioSign and secure document storage.

ZurichInsurance Group and CoverWallet have launched a platformfor small and medium-enterprise (SME) insurance in Switzerland.Through the platform, which is powered by CoverWallet and offersZurich's insurance policies, SMEs can quickly learn about the typesof coverage they need, get real-time quotes, purchase insurance andmanage their policies online.

FLIRSystems Inc. has made astrategic investment in DroneBase, aglobal drone operations company that provides businesses access toone of the largest Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (UAS) pilotnetworks. The investment establishes FLIR as the exclusive providerof thermal product solutions and as the official small UAS thermalimaging training provider for the DroneBase enterprisepilot network through the FLIR Infrared Training Center.

State Fund has partneredwith Kura MD, a provider of telehealth services,to provide injured workers access to skilled physicians 24 hours aday, seven days a week from a desktop computer, tablet or mobilephone.

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