Top Headlines from Feb 23–Mar 1, 2026
Subscribe on LinkedInADT has acquired Origin AI for $170 million in cash, adding AI-based WiFi sensing technology designed to detect human presence and activity in the home without cameras, audio, or wearables. Origin’s platform analyzes changes in WiFi signals to understand occupancy, motion, and anomalies, which ADT expects will help reduce false alarms, add context to alarm events, and support new use cases such as aging-in-place monitoring and occupancy-based automation.
Commercial insurance broker Harper announced $47 million in combined Seed and Series A funding, led by Emergence Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Peak XV, Antler, 10X Founders, Fellows Fund, and Outset Capital. Founded in 2024, the San Francisco-based startup claims to have attracted ~5k businesses in 13 months. It serves a variety of industries including trucking, tech, construction, and hospitality.
Flood data company Floodbase and Liberty Mutual announced the launch of an instant quoting application for parametric flood (re)insurance in the US. The solution allows wholesale and retail brokers to price parametric flood coverage in minutes leveraging Liberty Mutual’s pricing engine and the Floodbase API.
Source: Coverager — Read More • Floodbase • Liberty Mutual
Openly has partnered with claimtouch to automate pricing and valuation for personal property claims. Openly says the integration of claimtouch’s Personal Property Platform with its claims management system enables adjusters to generate detailed contents inventories and estimates more efficiently, replacing manual valuation processes with automated, data-driven pricing.
Source: Insurance Innovation Reporter — Read More • Openly • claimtouch
ReSource Pro has partnered with Attestiv to integrate artificial intelligence-based media authentication into insurance underwriting and claims workflows. The collaboration is designed to help carriers and managing general agents identify manipulated photos, deepfaked videos and altered documents submitted through digital intake channels. The integration embeds Attestiv’s real-time media authentication technology directly into underwriting and claims systems.
Source: Insurance Innovation Reporter — Read More • ReSource Pro • Attestiv
CoverGo has announced the launch of a suite of AI agents built specifically for insurance, marking a significant step toward fully AI-driven operations across health, life, and property & casualty lines. CoverGo’s new domain-trained AI agents are embedded directly into core insurance operations, enabling automated execution across underwriting, distribution, policy servicing, and claims management.
