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State Farm Invests $1.2B in ADT; Adopts ‘Predict and Prevent’ Mindset
State Farm and ADT, a smart home provider, announced that State Farm will make a $1.2 billion equity investment in ADT, a move that will give the nation's largest insurer a 15 percent ownership stake ...
Ohio Mutual Insurance Group and SimpliSafe to Partner on Risk Mitigation Initiative
Regional insurer Ohio Mutual Insurance Group is partnering with home security systems maker SimpliSafe to offer preventative smart home protection against major insurance perils to homeowners in ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb, Hippo and HSB
Chubb has launched a new cyber insurance brand. Hippo is partnering with ADT to offer access to smart home services. HSB has introduced new workplace violence coverage for small and midsize ...
Insurers Dabbling With Smart Home Tech, but No Winning Model Has Emerged
An instinct for self-preservation has carriers dipping their toes into the smart home technology space, but no U.S. insurer has taken a full plunge so far. The industry hasn't settled on how it ...
Benefits of Home Tech for Carriers and Customers
Customers' preferences and expectations for interacting with their home insurance provider are shaped by other interactions in their daily lives. Companies like Uber, Netflix and Amazon have changed ...
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 ...