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Insurers Are Rapidly Adding ‘Virtual’ Customer Service Tools
Frustrated with automated answering machines before you finally get to speak with a customer service representative? When it comes to insurance, you'll just as likely end up dealing with a robot as a ...
The Power of Good Press
Which industry is responsible for the following? • Steps in to help put people's lives back together again following floods, tornadoes, hurricanes and fire. • Provides the means with which ...
Commercial Lines InsurTechs Ask Kodiak, Bold Penguin Collaborating
Ask Kodiak, a cloud-based coverage search platform provided, announced Tuesday that its search capabilities related to carrier appetite, eligibility and product highlights have been integrated with ...
Through the Roof: Drone Startup Hits 6,000-Inspection Milestone
BetterView, an insurance technology startup that captures and analyzes data from drones, announced early this month that it has performed more than 6,000 roof top inspections for insurers since its ...
Swiss Re Set to Launch Singapore Sub in ’18 Strengthening Asia Commitment
Swiss Re plans to launch in 2018 a subsidiary in Singapore, which will become the company's regional headquarters for its reinsurance operations in Asia. The company, Swiss Re Asia, will be wholly ...
Robot Surveillance Tech Could Aid Hurricane Damage Assessment, Other Risky Tasks
Cornell University researchers are developing a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around, and if necessary, interpret what they see. This would allow the robots to ...
The Latest Launches From Grinnell Re and CNA
Grinnell Re is expanding with the launch of a new national reinsurance program. CNA is rolling out a number of new Aging Services general liability, professional liability, employee benefits ...
Google Glass, Voice-to-Text Still Create Driver Distractions: Research
Manual-entry tasks such as texting cause slower reaction times and more eyes-off-road glances than voice-to-text input with smartphones and Google Glass. But all of the secondary tasks beyond driving ...