Technology & Analytics
biBERK’s COO on the Small Business Insurance Benefits of Predictive Analytics
The insurance technology space has emerged as one of the largest innovation ecosystems globally, with $4.74 billion invested in the space since 2011. InsurTech's use of big data, paired with ...
Trump Administration Will Unveil Revised Self-Driving Rules Later This Year
President Donald Trump's administration will unveil revised self-driving guidelines within the next few months, the head of the U.S. Transportation Department said on Monday, responding to ...
Find Ways to Innovate Where You Live
Not looking a gift horse in the mouth is generally accepted as a good idea, but it's not always easy to recognize the gift horse. With that famously accurate hindsight, it's easy to see that Grinnell ...
Guidewire’s Q3 Net Losses Spiked, But Revenue Soars as Acquisitions Absorbed
Guidewire Software Inc. grew revenue and concluded a major acquisition in its 2017 fiscal third quarter, but losses spiked. The California-based insurance software operation booked more than $1.8 ...
Cyber Attacks From Governments or Criminals Are Hard to Distinguish
Veteran espionage researcher Jon DiMaggio was hot on the trail three months ago of what on the face of it looked like a menacing new industrial espionage attack by Russian cyber spies. All the ...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Gen Re Helps Launch Innovation/Technology Collaborative in Germany
Berkshire Hathaway's Gen Re is among insurers who recently helped found InsurLab Germany, a collaborative designed to foster new technologies and innovation in the industry. The initiative formally ...
Inside Carrier Management’s 2Q Magazine: The Rise of AI and EI in Insurance
As part of its "Watson at Work" campaign, IBM in early April released a series of videos showing cognitive systems helping people do their jobs. One video shows Watson, IBM's cognitive computing ...
Man and Machine: The Future of Insurance Work and Workforce
Early this year, news of a large Japanese insurance company replacing 34 of their employees with artificial intelligence (AI) sent shockwaves throughout the industry. While automation is nothing new ...