Innovation
The Latest Launches From Travelers and QBE North America
Travelers has started using 3-D technology designed to help speed up damage inspections for the claims process. QBE North America launched a revamped cyber product designed to better help protect ...
Vitale Comes Out of Retirement to Help Run Cyber Analytics InsurTech Arceo.ai
Veteran insurance industry executive Mario Vitale is jumping into the InsurTech world in a big way. He's the new president of Arceo.ai, a cybersecurity analytics startup based in San Francisco. ...
Innovating at the Edges of Society and the Economy
Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new ...
Autonomous Vehicle Systems Fall Short (So Far) With Driving Complexities
To the human driver, it would have been an obvious obstacle: a police car and fire truck, emergency lights blazing, blocking the lane ahead. But to the Tesla Inc. Model S traveling down a Southern ...
Next Insurance Makes Room for Agents After All
Next Insurance has begun formally marketing a portal designed to help independent agents quickly quote and sell its policies. Next said the system, dubbed "Next for Agents," had been in beta testing ...
Reinsurance Industry Continues Dabbling With Technology, But It’s Time to Dive In
If you look at the history of technology, a huge new trend has completely transformed a business sector every 10-15 years. However, usually the introduction of a new digital development is ...
The Latest Launches From Coalition, Liberty Mutual/Ironshore and Aon
Coalition launched an incentive program designed to encourage policyholders to implement cyber attack mitigation known as MFA. Liberty Mutual's Ironshore Environmental is introducing a smartphone app ...
Root Insurance Secures $350M Financing to Fuel Accelerated Expansion
Root Insurance confirmed it has pulled in a $350 million venture capital infusion, a few weeks after news of the imminent financing leaked early. The Wall Street Journal reported in late August that ...