big data and analytics News
UK VC Fund Focused on Insurance Makes First Two InsurTech Investments
Eos Venture Partners' strategic InsurTech fund has made its first two investments. The UK-based specialist venture capital fund, working through its debut EVP 1 fund, committed early financing to ...
What Concerns Regulators About Data Analytics
In dystopian fantasies, artificial intelligence and robots take over the world, acting on their own and becoming completely uncontrollable for their human creators. We're not there yet, and may never ...
New EU Data Protection Law May Lead to Diminished Underwriting Quality: A.M. Best
Complying with the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation is leading insurers and reinsurers to dilute the types of data they gather—something that could diminish underwriting ...
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 ...
Willis Towers Watson Selling Telematics Tech to Octo; Both Will Jointly Develop More
Willis Towers Watson plans to sell its usage-based insurance assets to Octo Telematics, a UK telematics company focused on the auto insurance industry. Once the deal concludes, both companies will ...
Hamilton USA Worth About $110M to AIG; Macia Will Remain as CEO After Sale
American International Group's plan to acquire Hamilton USA is worth about $110 million, and its existing leader will remain in place once the deal goes through. The purchase price amounts to ...
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 ...
IT, Big Data Experts Among 1,300 Employees Progressive Will Add by Year-End
The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies said it plans to hire more than 1,300 people by the end of 2016, focusing in part on beefing up its IT and big data capabilities. Information technology ...