Latest Automation Optimization Headlines
All the headlines from our Automation Optimization Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers
May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...
Hartford Insurtech Hub Gives 10 Startups Shots at Partnerships with Insurers
Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...
Car Makers Urged to Relay Limitations, Downplay Hype in Marketing Autonomous Systems
Apr 16 2018 // Deadly crashes involving Tesla Inc. and Uber Technologies vehicles operating entirely or in part under automated systems have made a once-abstract problem very real for auto industry lawyers gathered at a recent...
Safety Experts Weigh In on Autonomous Car Standards After Uber, Tesla Fatal Crashes
Apr 4 2018 // Autonomous cars should be required to meet standards on their ability to detect potential hazards and better ways are needed to keep their human drivers ready to assume control, U.S. auto safety and technology experts said...
Startup California Construction Company Working on Robotic Vehicles
Mar 20 2018 // As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and leveling soil for building projects. Now the...
Analytics and Automation Reshaping the HR Process
Mar 19 2018 // Advancements in technology are driving continued evolution throughout the insurance industry. From insurtech and telematics to artificial intelligence (AI) and digitalization, the industry continues to face increased...
Romanian Firm UiPath Ascends as Leader in Automating Business Tasks Such as Claims
Mar 7 2018 // Romanian firm emerges as leader in automating business tasks Romanian software firm UiPath has raised $153 million in new venture financing, marking both the company’s rapid ascent as a leader in automating routine...
In a Switch, Live Operator Answers Phones at Oklahoma Work Comp Commission
Mar 6 2018 // The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has replaced its automated answering service with a live operator during normal hours of operations. Announcing the switch, Commissioner Mark Liotta stated he finds...
Nebraska Lawmakers Eye State as Test Site for Self-Driving Cars
Feb 13 2018 // Nebraska lawmakers could open the door to self-driving cars and trucks this year with new legislation designed to attract the industry while maintaining public safety. A legislative committee is considering two measures...
Women More Likely Than Men to Lose U.S. Jobs by Automation: WEF Report
Jan 22 2018 // Women are more likely than men to be knocked out of their U.S. jobs by automation in the next eight years, and they’ll find half as many opportunities to land new positions unless there’s a new effort to...
The Road to Automated Vehicles Could Be Bumpy, Slow
Jan 22 2018 // Driving automation promises to greatly improve the safety of human mobility not only for occupants of motor vehicles but for pedestrians, cyclists and other road users. Current headlines, however, likely overestimate the...
Fancher Named Digital Transformation Officer at American Family Insurance
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...
Self-Driving Technology Being Developed to Enable Driving on Snowy Roads
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...
Four Reasons to Explore Underwriting Automation
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...
Recent Hurricanes Highlight the Need for Digital Transformation in Insurance
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...
Getting Highly Automated Vehicles on the Road
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...
Trump Regulation Approach Likely to Stall Connected Vehicles
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...
Audi Goes Full Speed on Automated Driving, While Competitors Wary of Liability, Regulation
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...
Driverless Vehicle Makers Get to Steer Own Safety Oversight
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...
Family Says Tesla Car Did Not Kill Their Son But Regulator Says Tesla Shares Blame
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...
