Innovation
This Year’s Global Insurance Symposium Innovators Promote Better Use of Existing Industry Products
For all the talk of technology disrupting insurance, most of the innovations unveiled at the 2018 Global Insurance Symposium were focused on helping consumers, agents, brokers and carriers make ...
Insurers Are Exploring Whether They Must Use Blockchain to Compete or Collaborate
Blockchain isn't coming to insurance. It's already here. Leading insurance organizations are participating in alliances to adapt blockchain capabilities to insurance transactions, according to ...
One Regulatory Barrier Solved in the Quest for Flying Drone Taxis
On-demand robotic flying taxis and drone deliveries are years away from reality, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has removed at least one barrier to their operation. Responding to work by ...
Beazley Unveils Digital Insurance Weather Policy That Relies on ‘Plain English’
Specialist insurer Beazley launched a digital insurance policy in the U.S. that can be customized and describes in plain English precisely what coverage the customer has bought. Beazley Weather Guard ...
Innovators Putting Italy on the InsurTech Carrier Map
A former carrier executive, a strategy consultant in the InsurTech space and a banking expert are teaming up to launch the first InsurTech carrier of the Italian market. Andrea Battista, the former ...
The Latest Launches From Allianz and Liberty Mutual
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty plans to start offering drone-safety products to insureds to help them manage drone-related risks, by way of a partnership with an Israeli company. Liberty ...
Tesla Autopilot Chief Departs After Two Years on the Job
Tesla Inc.'s Autopilot chief Jim Keller has left the company, the latest in a rash of executive departures at the electric-car maker led by Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk. Keller, who joined the ...
The Latest Launches From Beazley, Travelers and Munich Re America
Beazley added a helpline to help UK policyholders evaluate coverage affected by the new General Data Protection Regulation. The Travelers Companies Inc. now has new digital capabilities within its ...