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Climate, AI, Privacy, Racial Bias Among State Insurance Regulators’ 2021 Priorities

Feb 10 2021 // The country’s insurance regulators are vowing to prioritize the monitoring of the use of consumer and non-consumer data by companies, the use of artificial intelligence, and the availability and affordability of...

AI Startup that Uses AI and Partners with Re/insurers, Now Is Seeking Canadian IPO

Feb 10 2021 // Farmers Edge Inc., a firm that uses artificial intelligence to help growers boost crop yields, is seeking to raise about C$100 million ($79 million) in an initial public offering to strengthen its finances and repay...

Researchers Say Machine Learning Boosts Defense Against Multi-Stage Cyber Attacks

Feb 8 2021 // A machine learning algorithm may give organizations a powerful and cost-effective tool for defending against attacks on vulnerable computer networks and cyber-infrastructure, often called zero-day attacks, according to...

Amazon Plans Cameras with AI in Its Delivery Vans to Improve Driver Safety

Feb 5 2021 // Amazon.com has revealed plans to install AI-powered video cameras in its branded delivery vans, in a move that the world’s largest e-commerce firm says would improve safety of both drivers and the communities in...

Insurance Déjà Vu: Vaccines, AI, Litigation, Recession Made Headlines 10 Years Ago

Feb 1 2021 // How much have things changed for the insurance industry in the past decade? Judging by feature headlines from Insurance Journal published in February 2011, many of the issues and themes talked about then are again, or...

European Researchers Turn to AI to Build Better Weather Data

Jan 26 2021 // European scientists who feed critical climate data to industry and researchers said that their next great breakthrough in weather forecasting will be powered by artificial intelligence.The European Centre for Medium-Range...

Viewpoint: Cyber Insurance Policies Are Challenging to Underwrite. AI Can Help.

Jan 20 2021 // Advancements in artificial intelligence are in many ways a double-edged sword for the cyber insurance industry. Increasingly diverse and sophisticated cyber attacks have dramatically increased the demand for cyber...

Startup Loop Wins Funding for Fairer Auto Insurance Rating Model That Uses AI

Jan 19 2021 // Loop, a managing general agency focused on building an auto insurance model that does not utilize credit scores and ZIP codes, announced the close of a $3.25 million seed round last week.Freestyle.VC led the funding round,...

AI Ethics Scholar’s Exit Adds to Google’s Employment Practices Woes

Dec 7 2020 // Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google’s public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses of AI technology.But internally, Gebru, a...

Workers’ Comp Insurance MGU Method Adapts Cutting Edge AI Solution to Streamline Underwriting

Dec 1 2020 // Nashville, TN, December 1, 2020 – Method has partnered with Gradient AI to incorporate state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions into the underwriting process. Method utilizes...

Q&A on Mental Health Issues Among Employees and How AI Might Help

Nov 30 2020 // We are all familiar with the challenges of 2020, but we may still be underestimating how deep and wide they go.Seven in 10 employees say this has been the most stressful year of their working lives, according to a report...

AI-Based Risk Score Predicts Prognosis of Outpatients with COVID-19

Oct 28 2020 // A new artificial intelligence-based score considers multiple factors to predict the prognosis of individual patients with COVID-19 seen at urgent care clinics or emergency departments.The tool, nicknamed CoVA, was created...

Travelers Offers Artificial Intelligence for Companies to Assess Worker Safety

Sep 25 2020 // The Travelers Companies said it has started using artificial intelligence to offer business customers virtual and onsite ergonomic assessments.Travelers claims to be the first insurance carrier to provide the service....

EasySend Raises $16M to Enable Insurance Companies and Financial Institutions to Build a No-Code Digital Future

Sep 24 2020 // The investment will empower insurance companies, banks, and other financial institutions to build and optimize digital journeys with an AI-powered no-code platformTel Aviv, Israel – September 24, 2020 – EasySend, the...

Arceo.ai Names Gamble in New York to Lead Broker Relations

Aug 19 2020 // Cyber analytics firm Arceo.ai has named Thomas Gamble as executive vice president and global chief distribution officer. Gamble will be based in Arceo’s New York offices. Gamble has experience in mergers and...

Chinese Artificial Intelligence Firm Sues Apple for $1.4 Billion Over Siri

Aug 3 2020 // Chinese artificial intelligence company Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology Co. Ltd,. also known as Xiao-i, has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc, alleging it has infringed on its patents.The company is calling...

Insurance Broker Acrisure Acquires Tulco’s Artificial Intelligence Insurance Business

Jul 29 2020 // Insurance broker Acrisure announced that it has acquired artificial intelligence (AI) company Tulco LLC’s insurance practice with the aim of bringing data science, AI and machine learning capabilities to the...

There’s Still Work to Do Addressing Ethics in Autonomous Vehicles

Jul 9 2020 // There’s a fairly large flaw in the way that programmers are currently addressing ethical concerns related to artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicles (AVs). Namely, existing approaches don’t account...

AI-Powered Supply Chain Software in Demand Amid Coronavirus Disruption

Jun 19 2020 // For the past seven years, a Munich-based firm called riskmethods has tried to interest companies in buying software that allows them to track all their suppliers in a way that minimizes risks in operating globally spread...

Smart Cameras at Amazon Provide Real-Time Social Distancing Feedback to Employees

Jun 16 2020 // Amazon Inc. is pairing cameras with artificial intelligence to enforce social distancing among employees in its offices and warehouses. The system gives employees real time feedback on whether they are complying with the...