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7012 Regs and Cyber insurance on collision course with small business

CTOvision

The regulations themselves are a part of, and a driver to, a set of complex problems for industry — presently, with risk being transferred away from DoD to its contractors who will find risk rebounding to them via their “cyber” insurance policies. First of all, what is UCTI? What is it not?

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Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins insurance tech startup; Cyemptive Technologies adds exec

GeekWire

Former Microsoft and Amazon Alexa engineering leader Sonny Patel was named CTO and CPO of insurance tech startup Socotra. Socotra Photo) — Sonny Patel was hired by San Francisco-based insurance tech startup Socotra as CTO and CPO. Founded in 2015, Socotra sells cloud-based tools for insurance tech companies.

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Safeguarding Success: The Vital Role of Cybersecurity in the Insurance Industry

Valerian Tech

Introduction In today's digitally connected world, cybersecurity is a top concern for businesses across all sectors, and insurance companies are no exception. In this blog post, we will explore the different dimensions of cybersecurity for insurance companies.

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Internal email: Expedia Group lays off some tech workers in latest move to reshape its workforce

GeekWire

The primary focus of the internal email was not the cutbacks among rank-and-file employees but a series of changes in executive leadership, including one departure and one new hire. Jonathan Finch, former Global CTO for Amazon Insurance, is joining Expedia Group and will lead its InsurTech business.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s new executive VP; Puppet preps for IPO; Vacasa adds tech vets to board

GeekWire

Michael Day , CEO at Topa Insurance Group, and Mark Hill , chief digital officer at CSL Behring, will join as independent members. “As Day previously held leadership roles at CSAA Insurance, MTV Networks, Disney, and Deloitte. Jeff Bezos-backed General Fusion hired Jay Brister as chief development officer. Portland, Ore.-based

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

GeekWire

Heavily-funded delivery service Gopuff hired three more Seattle-based leaders: Former Beyond Meat COO Sanjay Shah as SVP of North America fulfillment. He was most recently SVP of product management at speciality auto insurance provider Hagerty and previously VP of digital at restaurant chain sweetgreen. Vinayak Hegde. Wheels Up Photo).

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Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated from Y Combinator

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Watto AI, an AI program that generates consulting reports. Gleam, a platform for insurance brokers to implement self-funded health plans for SMBs and startups. Airbnb, Stripe, DoorDash, Instacart, Reddit, Twitch, and many others went through the program. Founded in 2005, YC is one of the leading startup accelerators.

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