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    P&C Insurer Trials Blockchain for Catastrophe Coverage

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    By Stan Higgins One of Japan’s largest property insurers is co-developing a prototype blockchain system for insurance derivatives. Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings announced today that it is working with a firm called Soramitsu to develop a means to purchasing and...

    Bank of America, Microsoft Partner on Blockchain Trade Finance

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    BY Pete Rizzo, Bank of America and Microsoft have announced their intent to build and test blockchain applications for trade finance. As part of the deal, Bank of America will work directly with Microsoft Treasury (a group responsible for managing transactions related...

    Blockchain Database Startup BigchainDB Raises €3 Million

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    By Michael del Castillo, A startup seeking to scale blockchain for enterprise use has raised €3m ($3.37m) in venture capital to do for databases what bitcoin’s blockchain did for ledgers. Led by Earlybird Ventures and featuring participation from Anthemis Group,...

    Mercedes-Maybach Protects Against bullets and blasts

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    By C.C. Weiss, The Guard version of the Pullman is upgraded with steel plating and other armor. Mercedes-Benz “Pullman” cars have a long, distinguished history of chauffeuring dignitaries and VIPs, the type of folks that generally require a little extra...
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