Innovation
Lloyd’s CEO Beale Urges Regulators: ‘Try and Keep Up’ With Technology Innovations
As insurers try to innovate and address the rapidly changing needs of their clients, Lloyd's of London CEO Inga Beale has a message for regulators who oversee them: "Try and keep up." Beale, speaking ...
Artificial Intelligence Takes On Policy Form Development
Artificial intelligence (AI), which has made its mark in insurance in efforts to automate underwriting, rating, and claims adjusting, is now being deployed to read, categorize, and even modify the ...
The Latest Launches From Great American, Generali and XL Catlin
Great American Insurance Group is working with another party to launch a national coverage program for repair shops in the U.S. focused on antique and classic car restoration. Generali's Global ...
Nationwide Makes Strategic Investment in InsurTech Startup Betterview
Nationwide said its venture arm has made a strategic investment in Betterview, a machine learning InsurTech startup that focuses on capturing and analyzing data from drones, satellite and other ...
U.S. P/C Insurers Have Huge Data/Analytics Plans; Limited Understanding a Challenge: Willis Towers Watson
Property/casualty insurers in the U.S. have big plans to boost their use of advanced analytics and data in their businesses in multiple ways, but there are potential roadblocks, according to a new ...
Regulators Say ‘Sandbox’ Approach May Work to Accommodate Tech-Driven Insurance Innovations
How should regulators address technology-driven insurance innovations that don't fit well under existing rules? A "regulatory sandbox" might be the way forward, a panel of regulators said at the ...
QBE Invests in a Third AI Startup, With Plans to Use the Tech Internally
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.'s venture capital arm is betting once again on artificial intelligence with its third investment in the space—this time with a startup focused on developing the technology ...
The Latest Launches From RMS and Marsh/Validus Specialty
RMS unveiled a new catastrophe model designed to address earthquake and tsunami risks in Japan. Marsh and Validus Specialty launched a new insurance product designed to manage U.S.-based fintech ...