Technology/Science
W.R. Berkley Hires Ex-Goldman Sachs Analyst to Assess Emerging Tech Company Investments
W.R. Berkley Corp. has hired a former Goldman, Sachs & Co. analyst to evaluate potential investments in emerging insurance technology companies. The executive, Michael Nannizzi, will be part of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...