Technology & Analytics
Shift Technology Raises $220M to Advance AI-Driven Insurance Technology
Shift Technology raised a whopping $220 million in new venture investment designed to advance its products and services that rely on artificial intelligence and big data technology to optimize ...
Progressive ‘Crushing It’ on Profit: Berkshire’s Jain and Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett and Vice Chair Ajit Jain admit that GEICO ranks behind Progressive in its ability "match rate to risk," but both competitors will soon surpass State Farm and ...
Six Tech Levers Driving Digital Transformation in the New Normal
With new variants of the virus emerging, it may seem a bit premature to anticipate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, but many organizations are accelerating digital transformation initiatives that ...
Metromile Will Let Customers Use Bitcoin to Buy Insurance, Get Claims Payments
Metromile plans to start letting customers use bitcoin to buy insurance or receive payments for insured claims, beginning later this year. The San Francisco-based InsurTech said the use of bitcoin ...
New FAA Rules Should Expand Commercial Use of Drones
New Federal Aviation Administration rules are expected to clear the way for expanded commercial use of drones, which are increasingly being used by insurers to assess property damage. The updated ...
Insurers Are Waking Up to Multi-Factor Authentication
Insurance use cases for multi-factor authentication (MFA) include distributor access, external user access (e.g., claims vendors, financial advisers), internal user access and policyholder access. ...
MGA Startups During COVID Helped Accelerate Digitization: InsurTech Forum Preview
One of the more intriguing InsurTech trends over the last year has been an accelerated push by MGA startups to make insurance easier for consumers in a variety of ways. COVID-19 propelled that ...
Toyota to Test Its Self-Driving Cars in a Newly-Built, Sensor-Laden City
In late February, Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda gathered with a handful of Shinto priests in a white tent at the foot of Mount Fuji. The group prayed — as is customary when embarking on ...