Latest Data Driven Headlines

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Salesforce Unveils Software Using Amazon AI to Speed Up Call Center Responses

Nov 20 2019 // Business software provider Salesforce.com Inc. said on Tuesday it would use artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing unit to improve customer service apps.Salesforce makes...

Data Firm Palantir’s Partnership with Japan’s Sompo Insurance Targets Health, Cyber

Nov 18 2019 // Silicon Valley data analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc. has established a joint venture with Japanese insurance holding company Sompo Holdings Inc. that will initially focus on health and cybersecurity clients,...

Quantemplate, Insurtech Provider of Cloud-Based Data Services, Raises $12M

Nov 1 2019 // Quantemplate, the provider of self-service, cloud-based automated data services for the re/insurance industry, raised more than $12 million in its latest funding round.Quantemplate said it plans to use the funding for...

Catastrophe Insurance Data Firm PERILS Expands Coverage to New Zealand

Nov 1 2019 // PERILS, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced it has extended its market coverage to include New Zealand.PERILS is now making available market-wide property...

China’s Ping An Insurance to Spend $22B on Tech, From AI to Blockchain

Oct 24 2019 // Ping An Insurance wants to be valued more like a technology company. Its executives have yet to convince investors their planned $22 billion spend on everything from artificial intelligence to blockchain will work.While...

Risk Strategies to Offer Cyber Risk Management Platform Underwritten by Berkley

Oct 23 2019 // Risk Strategies, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has launched the Cyber Resolute offering that combines new technology with smarter processes and specialized coverage.Cyber Resolute...

Female Entrepreneur Forging Path in Insurtech Space with AI-Powered Chatbot ‘LeO’

Oct 21 2019 // Like many people, entrepreneur and former Israeli tech journalist turned insurtech founder Liri Halperin never expected she would end up in the insurance business. But an insurance buying experience almost four years ago...

AI Specialist omni:us Awarded €1.6M from EU to Enhance AI-Powered Claims Platform

Sep 26 2019 // Artificial intelligence provider, omni:us has been awarded €1.6 million ($1.8 million) from the European Commission* to help it further develop its machine learning powered insurance claims platform.The grant to...

California Commissioner: Data Shows ‘Disturbing’ Disparities in Auto Insurance Discounts

Sep 24 2019 // The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday released data from an investigation showing what the CDI is calling “wide socioeconomic disparities” in auto insurance group discounts offered to millions of...

The Lowdown: Reimagining Research to Recognize Emerging Insurance Industry Trends

Sep 19 2019 // The Society of Insurance Research (SIR) will hold their 49th Annual Conference on October 20th – 22nd at the Sheraton Charlotte Hotel in Charlotte, NC and I am thrilled to be attending. The theme for this year’s...

Cyber Risk Modeling Company Kovrr Raises $5.5 Million

Sep 12 2019 // Kovrr, a Tel Aviv-based predictive cyber risk modeling company, announced a $5.5 Million financing round.The funding round was led by StageOne Ventures, Mundi Ventures and Innocells (the corporate venture arm and digital...

Tesla Insurance Will Use Driver Video, GPS Data Subject to States’ Approval

Sep 6 2019 // Tesla Inc.’s use of individual customer data, such as vehicle camera footage and GPS, to price its new insurance products will depend on drivers’ authorization and individual U.S. state laws, a senior company...

Crying Robots Aside, Insurance Industry Shouldn’t Fear Artificial Intelligence: Viewpoint

Aug 22 2019 // In a viral State Farm commercial, Oscar Nunez, playing the role of a friendly, helpful insurance agent, disparages any insurance company that utilizes artificial intelligence in support of customer service...

AI-Underwritten Insurance Premiums to Go From $1.3B to $20B Globally by 2024: Juniper

Aug 19 2019 // The value of global insurance premiums underwritten by artificial intelligence will exceed $20 billion by 2024, up from an estimated $1.3 billion in 2019, according to new data from Juniper Research.This growth will be...

With Smarter, Joined-Up Pricing, There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Risk: Viewpoint

Aug 14 2019 // It’s a well-trodden truth in our industry that not all risks are created equal, and for insurers, that some risks are riskier than others.However, new technologies mean new avenues of innovation for insurers to...

How AI Advances ‘No-Touch’ Resolution of Workers Compensation Claims: Opinion

Aug 8 2019 // Many human hours are needed to sort, analyze and process workers compensation claims—the vast majority of which are low in value.The U.S. workers comp insurance market is forecast to earn revenues of $55 billion in 2019....

Delaware Insurance Data Security Act Signed into Law

Aug 6 2019 // Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill 174, titled the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act, into law on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.This law is based on an NAIC Model Act, which establishes a comprehensive...

Artificial Intelligence Helps to Contain Wildfires, Predict Wild Weather

Aug 5 2019 // On a tower in the Brazilian rainforest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire.Only these eyes aren’t human. They don’t blink or take breaks, and guided by artificial intelligence they can...

Nebraska Insurer, Ameritas: Data Breach Possibly Exposed Customers’ Info

Aug 1 2019 // Lincoln, Nebraska-based insurance and finance company Ameritas has notified customers that their personal information may have been exposed in a data breach.The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the company said in a...

A Year after GDPR, How Can U.S. Insurers Prepare for Data Privacy Regs Closer to Home?

Jul 30 2019 // More than a year after the European Union implemented its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), U.S. insurers are examining what they can learn as they prepare for the implementation of similar data privacy laws in...