Latest Automation Optimization Headlines
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Accenture Software Now Does What 40,000 Employees Used to Do
Jan 29 2019 // Accenture Plc, the global consulting firm, will begin selling software and services that it’s already used internally to automate tasks and redeploy about 40,000 workers. The new platform, that’s been five...
Report Warns of Robots Taking Restaurant, Trucking, Clerical Jobs
Jan 28 2019 // Robots aren’t replacing everyone, but a quarter of U.S. jobs will be severely disrupted as artificial intelligence accelerates the automation of existing work, according to a new Brookings Institution report. The...
Lion Air Crash Demonstrates Unintended Consequences of Cockpit Automation
Nov 30 2018 // As Boeing Co. was developing its latest version of the 737 airliner, it discovered the design was slightly more prone to a loss of control. So the company added a computer-driven safety feature — one that is now a...
ACM Launches InsurTech Projects to Streamline Efficiencies
Nov 27 2018 // San Diego, CA, November 27, 2018 –Celebrating 30 years in claims management, American Claims Management (ACMclaims.com) has launched several InsurTech projects in 2018, with more to come in 2019. “In our quest to...
Insurtech Profile: Kordinator Adds Empathy to Automated Customer Service
Oct 22 2018 // Automated customer service is a fact of life. In fact, many people are more comfortable sharing personal details with a machine than with a human. But automation must appreciate that not every customer is a 40 year-old...
How to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer on Roads with Humans
Oct 18 2018 // As the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Congress press for removing safety regulations in order to fast-track the introduction of highly automated vehicles, human factors/ergonomics experts are...
Single Pilot Operations for Air Cargo a Test for Autonomous Flying
Oct 11 2018 // Aerospace and innovation have gone hand-in-hand since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Airplanes were once simple metal tubes powered by propellers. Long-haul flying meant four engines and at least three pilots on...
Insurance Industry in Best Position to Advance Consumer Trust in Automated Driving
Oct 9 2018 // While the race to automated vehicles picks up speed, a new survey reveals consumer are skeptical of the technology and the safety claims of its advocates, a new survey finds. Also, the insurance industry may be in the best...
Trump Administration Moves to Speed Up Fully Autonomous Vehicles
Oct 5 2018 // The Trump administration is moving ahead with plans to revise safety rules that bar fully self-driving cars from the roads without equipment such as steering wheels, pedals and mirrors, according to a document made public...
Singapore’s Changi Airport Tests Terminal Run by Robots, Not Humans
Sep 25 2018 // Imagine landing at a major airport and the only human official you meet on your way through the terminal is a customs officer. Singapore’s Changi Airport, voted the world’s best for the past six years by...
Will Robots Take Your Job? It Depends on Where You Live: OECD
Sep 20 2018 // Will robots take your job? The answer depends on where you live. The threat varies “strikingly” between countries and regions, with as many as 40 percent of jobs at “high risk” in Western Slovakia...
How to Maximize Agency Productivity
Sep 17 2018 // Maximizing employee productivity has a direct impact on the bottom line. Managing workloads is something most managers or supervisors try to do. But it doesn’t really work to just shift accounts from one account...
How, Why and Where Insurance Agencies Should Use Data Analytics
Aug 22 2018 // As the data insurance agencies and brokerages continues to grow, agency managers are faced with having to answer how, why and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data. The answer to the...
NTT DATA UK to Provide Robotics Services for TMK’s Marine Transactions
Jul 16 2018 // NTT DATA UK, a Tokyo-based consulting and IT services provider, announced it has entered into a partnership to provide robotics services to Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK). NTT DATA UK’s Cargo 10 Virtual Worker is the first...
Analytics Advice for Agencies How, Why and Where Agencies Should Use Data Analytics
Jul 16 2018 // The data insurance agencies and brokerages possess is ever-growing. Thus, agency managers need to be able to answer how, why, and where they can successfully analyze and use all of this data. The answer to the...
Robots Portend Grim Future for Working Class: Viewpoint
Jul 6 2018 // Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and one of the pioneers of the world wide web, once declared: “The spread of computers and the internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and...
Willis Towers Watson Launches Update of ResQ Reserving Software
Jun 22 2018 // Willis Towers Watson has launched a new version of its loss-reserving software, ResQ. ResQ 4.1 provides property and casualty (P/C) insurers with new reporting capabilities to further advance the software’s technical...
EU’s Data Privacy Law Places AI Use in Insurance Under Closer Scrutiny
May 22 2018 // Regulators are beginning to teach robots who’s the boss. After spending billions of dollars on cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies, Europe’s banks and insurers face tougher scrutiny of the tools...
Why Insurance Industry Should Embrace, Not Fear, Artificial Intelligence
May 22 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Artificial intelligence isn’t the cold, job killing disruptor many fear it to be – at least it won’t be for many years to come, says Jeff Somers, president of...
Insurers Urge Focus on Safety and Data Sharing in Autonomous Vehicles
May 18 2018 // While automated driving systems hold great promise to save lives and reduce crashes, the focus must remain on validating the safety of the technology every step of the way, according to the National Association of Mutual...
