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Mobile Broadband Access and Auto Collision Frequency Uncorrelated, Actuaries Find

Mobile broadband access—used as an indicator of the likelihood that drivers may be using mobile devices while driving—appears to have no impact on collision frequency, according to a recent ...

Practical Tips for Disrupting Insurance Distribution

Creating anything less than an online agency directly offering bindable insurance rates from a limited selection of carriers won't cut it for technology companies trying to disrupt insurance ...

CAS Launches Program Leading to Predictive Analytics, Data Science Credentials

Specialists in predictive analytics and data science will soon be able to add credentials reflecting their expertise to their résumés and business cards, provided they meet the requirements of a ...

Price Optimization or Price Discrimination? Regulators Weigh In

Insurers' growing use of predictive data analytics is predicated on enhancing operational efficiency, improving decision-making and offering more detailed pricing of products. It's that last practice ...

Hold on. My Phone Says I’m Having a Heart Attack: Top Tech Trends Revealed

"We're going to see more changes in the next 25 years than we've seen in the last 100," a futurist told a group of insurance professionals at an industry meeting last week. The pronouncement by ...

Advice From a Futurist

If you think the colors of the triangular yield sign on North American roadways are yellow and black, then you might not be ready to lead your organizations into the future. While futurist Jack ...

Making the Economics of Telematics Work for Auto Insurers

The crossroads of auto insurance these days is telematics, the use of an electronic device to monitor how an automobile is being driven. The device monitors where a car is and how it is being driven, ...

If Cars Drive Themselves, How Will Actuaries Make Sense of Data to Price the Risks?

Scientists and engineers predict the day is near when cars drive themselves, but that doesn't mean that traveling on the highway will be entirely carefree. There will be accidents, and someone will ...

Casualty Actuarial Society Forms Cyber Risk Task Force

The Casualty Actuarial Society has announced the formation of the Task Force on Cyber Risk, an initiative that reflects the rapid growth of cyber risk and the pressing need to find effective means of ...

Tornado Frequency Trends Deceptive, Actuary Says

To develop adequate rates, actuaries don't just need to spot what the next trend will be that will push up claims frequencies or average loss costs. They also need to sort out what the next trend ...