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AI in Connected Cars Can Ease Rush Hour Congestion, Vanderbilt Research Shows

Nov 28 2022 // As millions of people travel the interstates this Thanksgiving, many will encounter patches of traffic at a standstill for no apparent reason – no construction or accident. Researchers say the problem is you.Human...

AI-Powered Claims Specialist omni:us Closes €12M Financing Round

Nov 15 2022 // omni:us, the Berlin-based provider of artificial intelligence-powered insurance claims automation, has closed its €12 million ($12.4 million) Series A+ expansion financing round with W&W subsidiary Württembergische...

AI Algorithms, Strict Place-of-Work Rules Potential Trouble Spots for Employment Claims

Nov 15 2022 // SAN DIEGO — Technological innovations and changing work arrangements brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic are among some of the emerging issues that can make employers vulnerable to discrimination lawsuits, a top...

Tech Update: Risk Solved and expert.ai Offer Language-to-Data Solution for Insurers; Zurich Insurance Launches Global API Marketplace

Nov 10 2022 // Risk Solved and expert.ai Offer for Language-to-Data Solution for InsurersRisk Solved Ltd, a global risk management platform provider, and expert.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) specialist in natural language...

EU Draft Rules Would Make It Easier to Sue Drone Makers, AI Systems

Sep 28 2022 // Individuals and companies that suffer harm from drones, robots and other products or services equipped with artificial intelligence software will find it easier to sue for compensation under EU draft rules seen by...

Viewpoint: Regulatory Interest in Big Data, AI More Than a Carrier Problem

Aug 4 2022 // The California Insurance Commissioner and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently issued a bulletin regarding industry bias and discrimination. The bulletin acknowledged allegations of bias and discrimination...

The Rising Value of Flexibility in Life, Work and AI

Aug 1 2022 // Innovation calls upon us to challenge existing paradigms.Women in technology understand this all too well. Many of us have stepped into roles that were traditionally dominated by men. We’ve had to swim upstream to...

Hey Siri, What’s Next for AI and Robotics in Insurance?

Jun 22 2022 // A lot has changed in the world of automation since Apple first launched its virtual assistant, Siri, on October 4, 2011. It’s a date that musician, actress, and public speaker, Susan Bennett, remembers well because...

Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards Excel in Customer Focus, AI, Sustainability

Jun 17 2022 // The winners of the seventh annual Innovation in Insurance Awards excelled in customer focus, creative applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation as well as sustainability, according to the awards’...

Munich Re Launches Validation Service for Artificial Intelligence Systems

May 18 2022 // Munich Re is aiming to enhance acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) with its new CertAI validation service, which provides objective validation that AI systems are trustworthy.Companies from a variety of industries...

Artificial Intelligence Being Used to Battle Western Wildfires

May 9 2022 // With wildfires becoming bigger and more destructive as the West dries out and heats up, agencies and officials tasked with preventing and battling the blazes could soon have a new tool to add to their arsenal of prescribed...

How AI Can Help Agents, Brokers and Insurers Build Empathy

Apr 4 2022 // Empathy isn’t a word small business owners typically associate with insurance companies. But that doesn’t mean empathy isn’t important to policyholders. Quite the opposite: Empathy demonstrated by...

NHTSA to Review if Pony.ai Complied With Crash Reporting Order

Mar 29 2022 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday said it will review whether startup technology firm Pony.ai complied with government reporting requirements for driverless crashes.Pony.ai earlier this...

Ransomware Hackers Used AI Images, Microsoft Flaw in Campaign

Mar 18 2022 // A group of ransomware hackers used a variety of techniques to try breaching hundreds of companies last year, exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows and using artificial intelligence technology to...

Lemonade Execs Expect ‘Peak Losses’ in 2022

Feb 25 2022 // With unfavorable development and product mix changes propelling fourth-quarter and full-year loss 2021 ratios into the 90s—up 20 points over comparable 2020 periods—Lemonade guided shareholders that results will get...

Insurers Deploy Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Fraud Fight

Feb 7 2022 // Insurers are getting a larger share of suspicious claim referrals from fraud-detection technology and are increasingly using artificial intelligence to sift through data, according to a new study by the Coalition Against...

All Additional Insureds Aren’t the Same

Feb 7 2022 // For at least the past couple of decades, it seems that in just about every contract, the upstream party wants to be an additional insured (AI) on the downstream party’s insurance. Most commonly, the request is for AI...

Insurers Deploy Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Fraud Fight

Jan 31 2022 // Insurers are getting a larger share of suspicious claim referrals from fraud-detection technology and are increasingly using artificial intelligence to sift through data, according to a new study by the Coalition Against...

Insurance Technology: Great American, Assurely Offer D&O for Tech Startups; Tractable AI Assesses Building Damages; Pie Offers Pay-As-You-Go

Jan 25 2022 // Great American Insurance and Assurely Offer D&O to Startup FirmsThe Executive Liability division of Great American Insurance Group and the insurtech, Assurely, announced an agreement to offer directors and officers...

American Financial Buys Artificial Intelligence Company Verikai

Jan 21 2022 // American Financial Group (AFG) recently acquired Verikai Inc., a machine learning and artificial intelligence company that utilizes a predictive risk tool for assessing insurance risk.AFG said it paid approximately $120...