Technology/Science
Can InsurTechs Compete With Carriers and Agencies on Main Street?
As an industry, insurance has always been a technology pioneer of sorts—so it comes as no surprise that in these halcyon days of digital commerce, more than 700 new insurance technology vendors, ...
WorkFusion Raises $50M; Process Automation Software Can Modernize Insurance Claims
Process automation software company WorkFusion raised a $50 million financing to help expand its global operations. WorkFusion's technology automates high-volume processes by combining artificial ...
Equifax Fails to Prevent Mass. Data Breach Lawsuit From Advancing
Massachusetts can move forward with a lawsuit accusing credit reporting firm Equifax Inc of failing to safeguard its databases or provide prompt notice of a breach that exposed the personal data of ...
Better Ways Needed for Human Drivers to Take Over Autonomous Vehicles When Necessary: Experts
Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and ...
Predictive Analytics Help Commercial Lines Insurers Boost Profit, Reduce Underwriting Volatility: A.M. Best
The increasing use of predictive analytics among commercial lines insurers has helped improve their bottom lines and led to more balanced underwriting cycles, A.M. Best concluded in a new special ...
Data System in Third U.S. Pipeline Company Hobbled After Cyber Attack
A third U.S. pipeline company reported its electronic system for communicating with customers has stopped working, a day after a cyberattack resulted in a similar shutdown. The Department of Homeland ...
Uber Self-Driving Car Fatality: Daughter of Victim Settles, Other Family Retain Lawyer
More family members of a woman killed by an Uber Technologies Inc self-driving vehicle have hired legal counsel, indicating the ride services firm's legal problems may not be over in the first ...
Atlanta Struggles to Recover From Cyber Attack, Relying on Paper and Phones
Atlanta's top officials holed up in their offices on Saturday as they worked to restore critical systems knocked out by a nine-day-old cyber attack that plunged the Southeastern U.S. metropolis into ...