Technology & Analytics
Why Carriers Aren’t Being Commoditized, but Value-ized
Big tech companies with relevant consumer data have been eyeing the insurance industry for the past few years and looking at how they can use their insights into customer behavior to reinvent the ...
Rate Hikes, Telematics, Data Science Leading Allstate Back to Profit
For the second time this month, a personal auto insurance giant devoted an investor conference to the topic of rate hikes, with Allstate executives also assuring listeners the carrier has various ...
Modernizing an Antiquated Industry One Data Point at a Time
We've all heard the corporate mantra, "The customer is at the center of everything we do." While admittedly cliche, it's not a mantra to be taken lightly by companies in the insurance industry. When ...
Ransomware Hackers Used AI Images, Microsoft Flaw in Campaign
A group of ransomware hackers used a variety of techniques to try breaching hundreds of companies last year, exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows and using artificial intelligence ...War in Ukraine Renews Questions Around Likelihood, Insurability of Cyber War
Since Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, questions have resurfaced about the likelihood of a global cyber war. While experts say there isn't a credible threat at ...
Tussle Over Connected Car Data Shifts Into High Gear; EU Mulling Regs
Where you go. What you pass. Where you stop. What you listen to. What you watch. Your good habits. Your bad habits. Companies in Europe and beyond are vying for control of the crown jewels of the ...
Lawyer-Turned InsurTech Founder Looks Into Cloud to Settle Tesla Claims
While Tesla has designs on using the data it collects to price insurance policies, the founder of an InsurTech is using it for the other end of insurance transactions—to unravel the story of ...
Who Owns Tesla Vehicle Performance Data?
At the end of an interview with the founder of Quantiv Risk, an InsurTech that helps carriers make sense of performance data from vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems, Carrier Management ...