Technology & Analytics
Self-Driving Car Legislation Passes U.S. Senate Commerce Committee
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill to speed self-driving cars to market without human controls and bar states from imposing regulatory road blocks. The bill ...
Consumers Worry Autonomous Vehicles Will be Vulnerable to Cyber Breaches: AIG Study
As property/casualty insurers contemplate how to insurer autonomous vehicles, a new AIG study reveals consumers worry these cars and trucks of the future are particularly vulnerable to cyber ...
InsureTech Connect Conference Highlights: Does Anyone Need a Toothbrush?
Insurance company employees wondering where all their bosses are this week should not be worried. It's a good bet the executives are safe in Las Vegas at the second annual InsureTech Connect ...
Pie Insurance Debuts, With Small Business WC as a Target
Pie Insurance, an InsurTech startup focused on the small business workers compensation market, recently closed a $4.3 million seed financing round and the company is debuting this week with an online ...
Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative Expands With 23 New Members
The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) announced it has expanded with 23 new brokers and re/insurers entrants, which will help with B3i's upcoming market testing program. B3i's new ...
Insuretech Connect Conference in Las Vegas to Go On as Scheduled
The Insuretech Connect Conference scheduled to open today in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace will still be held as planned in the wake of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, according to the ...
Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon Give Insurers Innovation Inspiration
As insurers seek inspiration to drive innovation, it makes sense to turn to modern-day tech titans to find useful ideas that might be adapted for the insurance industry. Innovation is the lifeblood ...
US. Senators Announce Deal on Self-Driving Car Legislation
Two U.S. senators said late on Wednesday that they had reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at easing hurdles to getting self-driving cars to drivers. U.S. Senator John Thune, a Republican ...