Technology & Analytics
Tech Bytes: New Partnerships at Blink Parametric, Duck Creek, SageSure and Hippo
InsurTech company Blink Parametric announced its partnership with AwayCare, a managing general agent (MGA) and provider of travel insurance products in Canada. The coverage will be underwritten by ...
Look Ma, No Hands: Semi Logs 80-Mile Public Road Trip Without Human
A semitruck completed an 80-mile route in Arizona with no human on board and no human intervention during the trip using technology developed by TuSimple, the company said Wednesday. The San Diego ...
Underwriting Wildfire Risk
The 2021 California wildfire season continued the worrying trend of more extreme fires than the historical norm. As of December 12, 8,786 wildfires had destroyed over 2.5 million acres, about 1 ...
P/C Insurers Less Bullish on Telematics: WTW Analytics Survey
Although property/casualty insurance carrier executives and technical professionals remain bullish on the prospect that advanced analytics can enhance growth and bottom-line performance, ...
Zurich Will Acquire AlphaChat, an Estonia-Based Conversational AI Company
Zurich Insurance Group agreed to acquire Estonia-based company AlphaChat, which provides conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology for customer service automation, to further enhance the ...
Former CoverHound CEO Moore Joins Olive.com as a Lead Advisor
InsurTech InsurTech entrepreneur Keith Moore has a new gig: Executive Advisor to olive.com, a digital vehicle protection plan platform. More was chairman and CEO of CoverHound a digital ...
P/C Insurance Digital Claims Management Stalling: J.D. Power
The property/casualty insurance industry is falling behind financial services and utilities providers when it comes to the digital customer experience, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Claims ...