All the headlines from our Data Driven Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 22 2024 // Weiss Ratings, a Palm Beach Gardens financial ratings firm, sparked some outrage from the Florida insurance industry in recent weeks after it released reports contending that some of Florida’s largest property...
Nov 21 2024 // Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday central banks must be mindful that technological advances, such as in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), could bring new risks to financial stability. “As...
Nov 20 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Data is at the core of the insurance industry. From the smallest independent agencies to the largest legacy carriers, insurance organizations of all sizes house data....
Nov 19 2024 // When Hurricane Beryl was rushing across the Atlantic basin in July, the weather forecasting tool made by Google Deepmind, the tech company’s artificial intelligence unit, saw something other models missed....
Nov 18 2024 // The insurance industry is in the midst of a digital revolution, with artificial intelligence (AI) at the heart of it. From streamlining claims processing to creating personalized policies, AI has quickly become a vital...
Nov 15 2024 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready issued a bulletin providing insurers with regulatory guidance on the use of artificial intelligence.The bulletin, which was adopted by the National Association of Insurance...
Nov 15 2024 // U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Melissa Holyoak said on Thursday the agency should look into how artificial-intelligence products use the data they gather from younger users, amid privacy and safety concerns.Holyoak, one...
Nov 8 2024 // Three of the biggest names in US home energy automation are coming together to offer some relief to the beleaguered Texas electrical grid.Power supplier NRG Energy Inc. is partnering with Renew Home LLC to distribute about...
Nov 8 2024 // You can’t go anywhere without hearing about the impact of generative artificial intelligence on … well, everything. The insurance industry is not immune from these impacts; it has been affected by AI in countless...
Oct 30 2024 // A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times, according to newly released...
Oct 29 2024 // Nearly 1,000 hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will benefit this week from a new disaster aid program that employs a model not commonly used by philanthropy in the United States: Giving people...
Oct 29 2024 // In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest friend.For months, Sewell had become increasingly isolated from his...
Oct 25 2024 // The parents of a high school senior in Massachusetts argued in federal court in Boston on Tuesday that their son was unfairly punished for using artificial intelligence while researching a history project, harming his...
Oct 24 2024 // Intesa Sanpaolo SpA is replacing thousands of staff with younger hires to set the firm up for the use of artificial intelligence, demonstrating how much the technology is impacting workers across the financial industry.The...
Oct 22 2024 // The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s examiners will step up scrutiny of financial firms’ use of artificial intelligence next year, the latest sign of regulators’ growing concerns about the emerging...
Oct 21 2024 // Media baron Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and New York Post filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Monday, claiming the AI startup engages in a “massive amount of illegal copying” of their copyrighted...
Oct 21 2024 // Data and technology leaders at insurance organizations are gung ho about using GenAI to increase customers satisfaction, reduce operating costs and improve risk management, but few are fully ready to comply with...
Oct 18 2024 // Insurance industry investments in generative AI are expected to surge by over 300 percent from 2023 to 2025 as organizations move from pilots in one or two areas to implementations in multiple functions across business...
Oct 17 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys.In the fast-paced insurance industry, MGAs and wholesalers are constantly challenged with managing large volumes of submissions from agents. Typically, gatekeepers spend...
Oct 17 2024 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued new guidance to assist the more than 3,000 financial firms including insurers it regulates in addressing cybersecurity risks arising from artificial...