All the headlines from our Data Driven Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 8 2021 // It’s no secret that the roads, bridges, water and sewer systems that have shaped how our communities developed over the last century are, in too many cases, operating on borrowed time. Infrastructure is — after all...
Mar 23 2021 // Sonoma County officials say they will add artificial intelligence technology to help fight wildfires with a 24-7 monitor to track fire outbreaks.The technology will be added to the county’s network of wildfire...
Mar 16 2021 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) is calling on its regulated insurers to prioritize diversity of leadership and says it will begin collecting and publishing diversity data from insurers this year...
Feb 26 2021 // A startup centered around an AI-driven platform for insurance distribution secured $11 million in Series A financing.Zelros plans to use the money, in part to propel its North American expansion, with a new regional...
Feb 10 2021 // Farmers Edge Inc., a firm that uses artificial intelligence to help growers boost crop yields, is seeking to raise about C$100 million ($79 million) in an initial public offering to strengthen its finances and repay...
Feb 8 2021 // A machine learning algorithm may give organizations a powerful and cost-effective tool for defending against attacks on vulnerable computer networks and cyber-infrastructure, often called zero-day attacks, according to...
Feb 8 2021 // If it means reduced premiums, consumers are willing to share their personal information with insurers but they question whether insurers can protect their data.The number of consumers willing to share significant data on...
Feb 5 2021 // Amazon.com has revealed plans to install AI-powered video cameras in its branded delivery vans, in a move that the world’s largest e-commerce firm says would improve safety of both drivers and the communities in...
Feb 1 2021 // How much have things changed for the insurance industry in the past decade? Judging by feature headlines from Insurance Journal published in February 2011, many of the issues and themes talked about then are again, or...
Jan 26 2021 // If it means reduced premiums, consumers are willing to share their personal information with insurers but they question whether insurers can protect their data.The number of consumers willing to share significant data on...
Jan 26 2021 // European scientists who feed critical climate data to industry and researchers said that their next great breakthrough in weather forecasting will be powered by artificial intelligence.The European Centre for Medium-Range...
Jan 20 2021 // Advancements in artificial intelligence are in many ways a double-edged sword for the cyber insurance industry. Increasingly diverse and sophisticated cyber attacks have dramatically increased the demand for cyber...
Jan 19 2021 // The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has extended until June 2021 its mandatory data call for information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after Dec. 1, 2019.The...
Jan 19 2021 // Loop, a managing general agency focused on building an auto insurance model that does not utilize credit scores and ZIP codes, announced the close of a $3.25 million seed round last week.Freestyle.VC led the funding round,...
Jan 19 2021 // Two insurance industry veterans have launched Confianza, a new data analytics company focused on smaller insurers.One co-founder – Jeffrey Glazer – is a past chief executive officer of Activer Solutions and Insurity,...
Dec 11 2020 // Digital small business insurer Next Insurance has closed its first acquisition, buying Juniper Labs, a Denver-based provider of data and underwriting technology.With the acquisition, Next said it will focus on innovation...
Dec 7 2020 // Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google’s public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses of AI technology.But internally, Gebru, a...
Dec 1 2020 // Nashville, TN, December 1, 2020 – Method has partnered with Gradient AI to incorporate state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions into the underwriting process. Method utilizes...
Nov 30 2020 // We are all familiar with the challenges of 2020, but we may still be underestimating how deep and wide they go.Seven in 10 employees say this has been the most stressful year of their working lives, according to a report...
Nov 17 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a call to insurers licensed to write property/casualty insurance in Texas, including surplus lines and farm mutual insurers for the collection of data about a 2019 storm in...