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Insurity, a leading provider of cloud-based software for insurance carriers, brokers, and managing general agents (MGAs), has announced a strategic partnership with InsCipher to streamline tax compliance, enhance operational efficiency, and empower insurers to navigate the complexities of the regulatory landscape.By integrating their solutions, Insurity and InsCipher will enable insurance entities to simplify surplus lines tax management and improve reporting accuracy, according to InsurTech Insights.Through this partnership, Insurity’s policy administration solutions will seamlessly connect with InsCipher’s automated tax processing software, facilitating the effortless transfer of Excess & Surplus (E&S) policy data between the platforms.This integration will help insurers automate surplus lines…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rehearsing “Swan Lake” a few weeks ago in a sweaty studio, trying to iron out some last-minute kinks, ballerina Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 fouettés — those crowd-pleasing whiplash turns on one leg performed by Odile, the devious Black Swan.“No fouettés today — save them for tonight,” directed Phelan’s coach at New York City Ballet, Kathleen Tracey. Dancer and coach agreed: preserving Phelan’s precious leg muscles took priority over rehearsing the fiendishly difficult move.Phelan was a few hours away from performing the dual role of Odette and Odile for the second…

Axyon AI, a provider of Predictive AI-powered solutions for investment management, has announced a strategic partnership with ALLINDEX, a FinTech company specialising in AI-driven index creation and thematic securities baskets.The collaboration aims to enhance thematic investment strategies by integrating Axyon AI’s predictive AI capabilities with ALLINDEX’s thematic research tools.This partnership will enable investors to utilise AI-driven insights to customise and optimise investment portfolios with greater efficiency and precision.Axyon AI specialises in Predictive AI solutions designed to support institutional investors in developing advanced data-driven strategies.The company has been a pioneer in AI-powered predictive analytics, providing investment managers with AI-generated signals and…

Mesh Payments, a leading travel and expense (T&E) management platform for modern enterprises, has announced a strategic partnership with ALTOUR to provide enterprises with an integrated, technology-driven solution that simplifies corporate travel and expense processes for businesses of all sizes.The partnership is designed to enhance operational efficiency, cost control, and the traveller experience by combining ALTOUR’s industry-leading travel management services with Mesh’s unified global travel and expense reconciliation platform, according to FF News.This integration allows enterprises to streamline their T&E operations while maintaining flexibility in travel booking and spend management.Mesh Payments specialises in providing businesses with a comprehensive T&E management…

Salesforce plans to invest $1 billion in Singapore over the next five years as it seeks to fuel the adoption of its AI agent development platform, Agentforce. Salesforce claimed that Agentforce can help alleviate Singapore’s ongoing labor issues and augment the country’s workforce and enterprises by creating “digital workforces” that combine humans with autonomous AI agents. The initiative follows a recent $500 million commitment in Saudi Arabia and another $500 million investment in Argentina by the cloud software giant to expand its AI and cloud services, including Agentforce. The company has been investing in Singapore for nearly two decades, and…

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, has partnered with Blackhawk Network (BHN), a leading global branded payments provider, to expand its Gift Card Store into Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands.This expansion builds on the platform’s successful launches in the US in 2023 and the UK in July 2024, according to FF News.The partnership aims to enhance consumer choice by providing access to a broad selection of national and global brand gift cards.Customers will be able to purchase these cards via Klarna’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) products or through its instant debit option, Pay in Full.Klarna, known…

Industrial giants Siemens and Schneider Electric have released their March 2025 Patch Tuesday ICS security advisories. The cybersecurity agency CISA has also published two advisories.  Schneider Electric has published three new advisories to inform customers about three vulnerabilities affecting EcoStruxure products. The most serious is a critical issue in Power Automation System User Interface and Microgrid Operation Large that can be exploited by an attacker to execute commands when the default password has not been changed.  The other vulnerabilities are a high-severity authentication bypass that can allow an attacker to take control of the EcoStruxure Power Automation System User Interface,…

In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has cited “highly chemically processed foods” as a chief culprit behind an epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S., including ailments such as obesity, diabetes and autoimmune disorders.Such foods are “poisoning” people, particularly children, Kennedy said during Senate confirmation hearings. He has vowed to work to remove such foods from federal programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. “I will do everything in my power to put the health of…

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, playing video games and allowing scientists to document every morsel of food that went into his mouth.From big bowls of salad to platters of meatballs and spaghetti sauce, Srisatta noshed his way through a nutrition study aimed at understanding the health effects of ultraprocessed foods, the controversial fare that now accounts for more than 70% of the U.S. food supply. He allowed The Associated Press to tag along for a day.“Today my lunch was chicken nuggets, some chips,…

As the insurance sector continues its shift towards digital solutions, companies must adopt robust, scalable, and secure technology infrastructures. Cloud-based platforms, automation, and real-time data processing are now essential to maintaining a competitive edge. DevOps has become a fundamental part of this transformation, helping insurers and InsurTech firms accelerate development cycles, streamline deployments, and fortify security. ChainThat is embracing this approach with an advanced DevSecOps framework, ensuring its solutions are innovative, resilient, and compliant with industry standards.DevOps is more than just a practice at ChainThat—it is a core strategy that underpins its ability to develop and deliver cutting-edge InsurTech solutions.…