Latest Automation Optimization Headlines

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How to Maximize Agency Productivity

Sep 17 2018 // Maximizing employee productivity has a direct impact on the bottom line. Managing workloads is something most managers or supervisors try to do. But it doesn’t really work to just shift accounts from one account...

How, Why and Where Insurance Agencies Should Use Data Analytics

Aug 22 2018 // As the data insurance agencies and brokerages continues to grow, agency managers are faced with having to answer how, why and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the “why”...

NTT DATA UK to Provide Robotics Services for TMK’s Marine Transactions

Jul 16 2018 // NTT DATA UK, a Tokyo-based consulting and IT services provider, announced it has entered into a partnership to provide robotics services to Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK).NTT DATA UK’s Cargo 10 Virtual Worker is the first...

Analytics Advice for Agencies How, Why and Where Agencies Should Use Data Analytics

Jul 16 2018 // The data insurance agencies and brokerages possess is ever-growing. Thus, agency managers need to be able to answer how, why, and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data.The answer to the...

Robots Portend Grim Future for Working Class: Viewpoint

Jul 6 2018 // Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and one of the pioneers of the world wide web, once declared:“The spread of computers and the internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and...

Willis Towers Watson Launches Update of ResQ Reserving Software

Jun 22 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has launched a new version of its loss-reserving software, ResQ. ResQ 4.1 provides property and casualty (P/C) insurers with new reporting capabilities to further advance the software’s technical...

EU’s Data Privacy Law Places AI Use in Insurance Under Closer Scrutiny

May 22 2018 // Regulators are beginning to teach robots who’s the boss.After spending billions of dollars on cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies, Europe’s banks and insurers face tougher scrutiny of the tools...

Why Insurance Industry Should Embrace, Not Fear, Artificial Intelligence

May 22 2018 // Artificial intelligence isn’t the cold, job killing disruptor many fear it to be – at least it won’t be for many years to come, says Jeff Somers, president of Insureon.Insureon, a bit of a disruptor itself,...

Insurers Urge Focus on Safety and Data Sharing in Autonomous Vehicles

May 18 2018 // While automated driving systems hold great promise to save lives and reduce crashes, the focus must remain on validating the safety of the technology every step of the way, according to the National Association of Mutual...

Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers

May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...

Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers

Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...

Car Makers Urged to Relay Limitations, Downplay Hype in Marketing Autonomous Systems

Apr 16 2018 // Deadly crashes involving Tesla Inc. and Uber Technologies vehicles operating entirely or in part under automated systems have made a once-abstract problem very real for auto industry lawyers gathered at a recent...

Safety Experts Weigh In on Autonomous Car Standards After Uber, Tesla Fatal Crashes

Apr 4 2018 // Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and technology experts said...

Startup California Construction Company Working on Robotic Vehicles

Mar 20 2018 // As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and leveling soil for building projects.Now the...

Analytics and Automation Reshaping the HR Process

Mar 19 2018 // Advancements in technology are driving continued evolution throughout the insurance industry. From insurtech and telematics to artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization, the industry continues to face increased...

Romanian Firm UiPath Ascends as Leader in Automating Business Tasks Such as Claims

Mar 7 2018 // Romanian firm emerges as leader in automating business tasksRomanian software firm UiPath has raised $153 million in new venture financing, marking both the company’s rapid ascent as a leader in automating routine...

In a Switch, Live Operator Answers Phones at Oklahoma Work Comp Commission

Mar 6 2018 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has replaced its automated answering service with a live operator during normal hours of operations.Announcing the switch, Commissioner Mark Liotta stated he finds...

Nebraska Lawmakers Eye State as Test Site for Self-Driving Cars

Feb 13 2018 // Nebraska lawmakers could open the door to self-driving cars and trucks this year with new legislation designed to attract the industry while maintaining public safety.A legislative committee is considering two measures...

Women More Likely Than Men to Lose U.S. Jobs by Automation: WEF Report

Jan 22 2018 // Women are more likely than men to be knocked out of their U.S. jobs by automation in the next eight years, and they’ll find half as many opportunities to land new positions unless there’s a new effort to...

The Road to Automated Vehicles Could Be Bumpy, Slow

Jan 22 2018 // Driving automation promises to greatly improve the safety of human mobility not only for occupants of motor vehicles but for pedestrians, cyclists and other road users. Current headlines, however, likely overestimate the...