All the headlines from our Automation Optimization Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 28 2017 // Madison, Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance has named Todd Fancher as its first digital transformation officer.Fancher will oversee American Family group’s strategic investment in technology and practices that...
Dec 27 2017 // Self-driving cars may be the future, but relinquishing control of the wheel certainly takes some getting used to. It’s one thing to go (slowly) with the flow on well-marked city streets, for which many self-driving...
Nov 28 2017 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.If you’re reading this blog, then you are likely interested in learning more about how you can make your company’s property underwriting process more...
Nov 20 2017 // The claims for Hurricane Irma are starting to pour in and they’ll be big, $25 billion to $35 billion, forecaster AIR Worldwide says.The scenes of flooding, displaced people, wrecked homes and disrupted communities...
Oct 16 2017 // A number of current vehicle safety standards are blocking the development of the more sophisticated self-driving cars and trucks.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration promulgates Federal Motor Vehicle Safety...
Sep 26 2017 // The technology that gives cars superpowers to see around corners and through walls won’t be on the first self-driving rides hitting the road in the next few years.Vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems, known as...
Sep 18 2017 // German carmaker Audi is taking a lead in bringing more automated driving to roads, but rivals seem in no rush to follow while legal and regulatory uncertainties still cloud the technology.At the Frankfurt car show, Audi...
Sep 15 2017 // The U.S. Transportation Department unveiled a new policy that permits companies developing autonomous vehicles to self-police the technology’s safety, a move that drew plaudits from automakers but criticism from...
Sep 12 2017 // Federal accident investigators are poised to find that Tesla Inc.’s auto-driving system should share blame for a fatal 2016 crash in which a Model S sedan drove itself into the side of a truck.The investigative staff...
Sep 12 2017 // The Trump administration will alter the course set by the Obama administration on autonomous vehicle policy after industry raised concerns about elements of that initial proposal.The revised guidance — to be unveiled...
Aug 25 2017 // Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to significantly reduce crashes, according to two studies...
Aug 24 2017 // When the U.S. government finally got around to regulating auto safety in 1967, it insisted that every car have seat belts and that the steering column be engineered to absorb impact so it wouldn’t spear the...
Aug 21 2017 // 1. Dare to Break the Mold. We tend to hit a sweet spot of what works for us in agency management and stay there, focusing on the “sexier” sales side of the business. It’s fine to keep what works, but...
Aug 7 2017 // While the media, ethicists and perhaps the public like to ponder whether a self-driving car in a crisis should be programmed to hit a group of nuns crossing the street or hit a bus full of schoolkids, the drive toward...
Jul 28 2017 // While the media, ethicists and perhaps the public like to ponder whether a self-driving car in a crisis should be programmed to hit a group of nuns crossing the street or hit a bus full of schoolkids, the drive toward...
Jul 24 2017 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways.Prior to this law going into effect, the technology was...
Jul 6 2017 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in May signed a budget bill into law allowing self-driving and self-parking cars to be tested for one year on New York public highways.Prior to this law going into effect, the technology was...
Jun 30 2017 // Property/casualty insurance carriers want future federal rules governing driverless vehicles to guarantee insurers “reasonable” access to data from cars with automated driving systems.“The increasing...
Jun 5 2017 // Today’s insurers want to be there for their customers — literally.With sensors in policyholders’ cars, homes and personal devices, “exposure data tracking” is becoming a competitive imperative...
Jun 5 2017 // Following the “WannaCry” ransomware cyberattack in at least 140 countries, insurers, brokers and cyber risk management specialists are working with businesses to report claims, improve and expand existing cyber...