Technology/Science
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 ...
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 ...
Apple Nears Road Testing Start of Self-Driving Car Software
Apple Inc. will soon take its self-driving car software platform to public streets for the first time, a major step that gets the world's largest technology company into a crowded race to reshape ...
The Latest Launches From Farmers, ISO/Verisk and More
Farmers Insurance is expanding into more states with a billing product designed to make the workers compensation coverage process easier for small businesses. ISO launched an interactive dashboard ...
Usage-Based Insurance Apps: Opportunity or Obstacle?
It's been almost a decade since Progressive launched its usage-based insurance (UBI) program, Snapshot, aimed at more closely aligning driving behavior with auto insurance rates. And although other ...
Twitter Drops Lawsuit After U.S. Govt. Withdraws Quest to I.D. Trump Critic
Twitter Inc on Friday dropped a lawsuit it filed the previous day against the U.S. Homeland Security Department, saying the government had withdrawn a summons for records about who was behind an ...
Enrich Customer Data to Gain Strategic Advantage
The ability to capture and use customer insights to shape the buying experience can offer insurers a strategic advantage, but most companies are using only a fraction of the data in their possession, ...
Young Agents Want the Tech Tools Needed to Compete Against InsurTechs
With so much attention lavished on InsurTech startups that vow to replace them, young insurance agents feel they are being shortchanged in the race to invest in insurance technology. Just give them ...