Innovation
Ideas, Innovation and Mentorship Mix at Global Insurance Accelerator
Iowa, and Des Moines in particular, in the 1980s fostered a business climate that enabled insurance and financial institutions to prosper. Today, the focus is on creating an environment that supports ...
XL Catlin Backs Startup Developing On-Demand, Pay-Per-Use Insurance for Rideshare Drivers
XL Catlin's investment arm is helping to back an insurance startup designed to provide on-demand, pay-per-use insurance for rideshare drivers. Slice Labs is the new startup, and it disclosed $3.9 ...
Responsive Natural Language Technology Promises Better Customer Experience
Natural language technology may offer one way for property insurance carriers to change a disappointing trend revealed in a recent customer survey about insurer claims service, some experts believe. ...
Driverless Cars May Go Nowhere Unless Congress Passes Nationwide Rules
A patchwork of state laws governing the operation of self-driving cars threatens to stall their development, supporters told lawmakers as U.S. senators began consideration of a national standard for ...
Are Leaders Giving Employees the Tools to Innovate? New Study Says No
Although executives in a variety of industries pay lip service to the idea that innovation is the responsibility of everyone their companies, employees below the management level are not getting the ...
Allstate: 400 Jobs Will Flesh Out New Chicago Innovation Hub
Allstate Corp. plans to bring nearly 400 jobs to Chicago focused on innovation and technology in a bid to improve customer service. Plans call for establishing an innovation hub at the Merchandise ...
Pretotyping Explained: Why Google, Tech Innovators Set Out to Fail Fast
Pretotyping is the key to market innovation, according to a technology entrepreneur who once held the title of innovation agitator at Google. Alberto Savoia, the founder of Pretotype Labs and former ...
Exclusive: Google Reportedly Will Shut Down Online Insurance Site
It appears Google Compare's grand experiment in online comparison shopping for auto insurance is dead – for now at least. Insurance Journal has learned that two of Google Compare's major partners ...