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Data-Deprived Auto Insurers Cautious About Discounts for Advanced Safety Features

Jul 26 2019 // Automakers are accelerating the rollout of technology designed to avoid crashes, but insurance companies are waving a caution flag at consumers eyeing discounts for buying collision-avoiding brakes or automated cruise...

Largest U.S. Data Breach Settlements with Government Include 3 Insurers

Jul 23 2019 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced on Monday that Equifax Inc. will pay up to $700 million for a data breach that exposed millions of consumers’ personal information.The following are seven of the largest...

Insurance AI Firm RiskGenius Reports Additional Financing

Jul 17 2019 // RiskGenius, which provides natural language tools for improving the quality and accuracy of insurance policies, has completed a Series B financing led by Hudson Structured Capital Management.The company said it has also...

By Taming Big Data with AI, Cytora Aims to Transform Commercial Underwriting

Jul 17 2019 // It is an insurtech startup operating an artificial intelligence-powered platform that aims to transform commercial insurance underwriting. While the goal may seem ambitious, Cytora is making significant inroads toward...

SkyWatch.AI Launches On-Demand Drone Insurance in UK, Underwritten by Chaucer

Jul 15 2019 // SkyWatch.AI, the on-demand, telematics-based insurance platform, has launched in the United Kingdom following last year’s launch in the United States.SkyWatch.AI’s UK policies will be underwritten by specialty...

Insurtech Firms Continue to Grapple With Data Ownership

Jul 15 2019 // Insurers need to learn to share their data if they want to take full advantage of the mountain of information generated from connected devices, insurtech executives say. Along the way, somebody’s got to figure out...

The Potential of Artificial Intelligence

Jul 15 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...

Clearsurance Offers Consumers Insurance Recommendations While Protecting Data

Jul 12 2019 // Insurance carrier review platform Clearsurance has launched a new home, car and renters insurance recommendation service for consumers. Clearsurance says the new data-driven service provides “personalized,...

Data-Driven Insurance Future Clouded by Data Ownership Uncertainty

Jun 26 2019 // Insurers need to learn to share their data if they want to take full advantage of the mountain of information generated from connected devices, insurtech executives say. Along the way, somebody’s got to figure out...

What to Expect in Agency Technology

Jun 21 2019 // To say the agency technology space is robust is an understatement.Right now, the industry is seeing an “onslaught of technology available to enable agents and brokers to better manage, not only their business, but...

Texas Calls for 2018 Catastrophe Data on Commercial Property, Business Insurance

Jun 20 2019 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued special data call to companies that wrote direct commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas and to certain farm mutual insurance companies that wrote...

Consortium Seeks Data on Issues, Opportunities for Women in Insurance

Jun 20 2019 // There is an effort underway to develop a better understanding of issues and opportunities for women in the insurance industry.The Million Women Mentors’ Women in Insurance Consortium (WII) will be spearheading what...

Data Deficit Remains Key Challenge for Cyber Insurance Underwriters

Jun 18 2019 // While there are “huge opportunities” on the horizon for the cyber insurance industry, cyber insurance underwriters still face the challenge of not having enough historical data to work with.“It’s...

How Insurtech Will Revolutionize Inland Marine by Cutting Costs

Jun 17 2019 // Insurtech advances will soon drive down unacceptably high expense ratios in the inland marine sector, making it possible to insure even difficult-to-place, small or one-off inland marine risks at the best possible...

Roost Gathering Data as it Awaits Insurance Industry Transformation

Jun 17 2019 // For years, insurance industry observers have been predicting that home telematics products would transform the insurance industry by forcing carriers to take on the role of damage preventer instead of just claims...

Al Specialists omni:us and FRISS Partner to Offer Claims, Fraud Detection Services

Jun 12 2019 // Two artificial intelligence providers — omni:us and FRISS — are teaming up to “supercharge” insurance claims management and fraud detection.omni:us is a provider of AI-based cognitive claims...

Title Insurer First American Says App Defect May Have Exposed Customer Data

May 28 2019 // U.S. real estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp. said on Friday it had learned of a design defect in one of its production applications that had made possible unauthorized access to customer data.The...

Connecting the Dots in Agency Technology

May 20 2019 // To say the agency technology space is robust is an understatement.Right now, the industry is seeing an “onslaught of technology available to enable agents and brokers to better manage, not only their business, but...

Liberty Mutual Teams with MIT on Artificial Intelligence Research

May 10 2019 // The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Liberty Mutual Insurance announced a $25 million, five-year collaboration to support artificial intelligence (AI) research in computer vision, computer language...

Lloyd’s Invests in AI Startup Offering Liability Insurance Platform for Small Businesses

May 9 2019 // Lloyd’s announced it is investing in Layr, a cloud-based commercial insurance platform for small businesses looking to purchase liability insurance.The investment follows Layr’s successful trial in the...