Technology/Science
Autonomous Vehicles, Smart Homes Lead to Shifts in Exposures—and Underwriting
Today's insurers want to be there for their customers—literally. With sensors of various kinds in policyholders' cars, homes and personal devices, "exposure data tracking" is rapidly becoming a ...
P/C Insurers See $ in IoT, Smart Home Tech; Limited Data Access Hampers Potential
Internet of Things and smart home technology offer significant growth potential for property/casualty insurers, but data access limits could restrict how big the boom becomes, according to a new ...
2017 Insurance Industry Mergers Could Reach Record Levels: Conning
Signs point to 2017 being another year of "robust" mergers and acquisitions, thanks in part to a number of ongoing industry trends and a current government climate that show no sign of letting up, ...
The Hartford Hires Shuman to Fill New Chief Digital/Customer Experience Officer Slot
The Hartford created a brand new executive slot designed to help it compete in the digital age, and a former manager with the company is returning from Travelers to fill the position: chief digital ...
SVIA Launches InsurTech Innovation Lab
Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator (SVIA) has launched its Innovation Lab, offering expertise and resources to accelerate development of InsurTech products, services and industry initiatives needed ...
Insurers Risk Triggering Government Regulation Without Responsible Big Data Usage: Fitch
For insurers, the new world of big data and analytics is one that's relatively unregulated. With that in mind, executives would do well to use these technologies responsibly so they don't stimulate ...
Slice Labs’ Pay-Per-Use Rideshare Insurance App Enters Real-World Test Phase
About a year after its debut, insurance tech startup Slice Labs said it has completed a pay-per-use rideshare insurance app. The next step: testing the technology with "a select set" of rideshare ...
Tips for Avoiding Email Abuse
Email and other messaging tools make it too easy to abuse communication, pushing us to talk even when we have nothing of substance to say, writes Tomas Kucera, VP of Business Operations at ...