Technology & Analytics
The Great Hustle: Protecting Insurers From Fraud
Insurance fraud is as old as the insurance industry itself. Efforts to combat fraudulent insurance schemes can be traced back to the Middle Ages, but the menace still persists centuries later. In the ...
11 InsurTech Startups Join Lloyd’s Innovation Accelerator Program
Eleven new InsurTech startups are joining Lloyd's of London's innovation accelerator program. More than 130 applications came in from across the world for the third cohort of the Lloyd's Lab, its ...
How AI Advances ‘No-Touch’ Resolution of Workers Compensation Claims: Opinion
Many human hours are needed to sort, analyze and process workers compensation claims—the vast majority of which are low in value.
The U.S. workers comp ...
How Cyber Insurance Will Reshape Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is broken. It's a bold statement, but given the increasing frequency of cyber breaches, along with the presence of more varied and evolving threats, there is growing uncertainty about ...
Insurance Carriers Can Lead the Charge for a Digital Distribution Ecosystem
Imagine a fully connected insurance world. Social profiles refer customers to agency websites. Websites then engage prospective customers to fill out lead forms. Prospective customer data is passed ...
Hippo Pulls in $100M Financing Round; Broader U.S. Expansion Planned
Hippo Insurance said it has secured a $100 million financing round that will help propel a broader U.S. expansion of its super-quick online homeowners insurance. Global technology investment firm ...
Build vs. Buy: The Conundrum Facing the Commercial Insurance Industry as It Embraces AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) seemingly has been discussed everywhere over the last few years, and now it's made its way into the commercial insurance industry. Organizations are using AI and machine ...
New Zealand InsurTech Startup Cove Draws Investment From Greenlight Re
Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), a subsidiary of specialist property and casualty re/insurer Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., announced it has made a strategic investment in Cove Ltd., a New Zealand-based ...