Innovation
Trump Administration Will Unveil Revised Self-Driving Rules Later This Year
President Donald Trump's administration will unveil revised self-driving guidelines within the next few months, the head of the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday, responding to ...
The Latest Launches From Farmers, PURE and Markel
Farmers Insurance launched a new roadside assistance program that works through a customer's cell phone. The Pure Group of Insurance Companies has expanded a key E&S program into South Carolina. ...
Find Ways to Innovate Where You Live
Not looking a gift horse in the mouth is generally accepted as a good idea, but it's not always easy to recognize the gift horse. With that famously accurate hindsight, it's easy to see that Grinnell ...
Guidewire’s Q3 Net Losses Spiked, But Revenue Soars as Acquisitions Absorbed
Guidewire Software Inc. grew revenue and concluded a major acquisition in its 2017 fiscal third quarter, but losses spiked. The California-based insurance software operation booked more than $1.8 ...
New Consumer Tech Drives Opportunities for Novel Personal Insurance Products: Conning
Innovation often opens the door to new products that would never have been possible. Conning asserts in a new report that this is happening with personal lines insurance, thanks to consumers' ...
What Warren Buffett Said About AI
There will be labor force "roadkill" that comes alongside the substantial benefits that society derives from the rising use of artificial intelligence, Berkshire Hathaway's Chairman Warren Buffett ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Gen Re Helps Launch Innovation/Technology Collaborative in Germany
Berkshire Hathaway's Gen Re is among insurers who recently helped found InsurLab Germany, a collaborative designed to foster new technologies and innovation in the industry. The initiative formally ...
Inside Carrier Management’s 2Q Magazine: The Rise of AI and EI in Insurance
As part of its "Watson at Work" campaign, IBM in early April released a series of videos showing cognitive systems helping people do their jobs. One video shows Watson, IBM's cognitive computing ...