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Workers’ Comp ‘Disruptor’ Launching in California for Injured Farm Employees
Jul 16 2018 // An insurtech startup says it will disrupt California’s workers’ compensation system with “technology-enabled triage and care coordination” for California Farm Management. ChronWell, a mobile...
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...
J.D. Power: Why Lemonade’s Policy 2.0 Matters
Jul 16 2018 // Recently, insurtech start-up Lemonade announced a product initiative called Policy 2.0. According to Lemonade, it will simplify the language within a standard insurance policy so insureds can easily understand what is and...
Daimler Deploying Self-Driving Taxis in California Test Program
Jul 11 2018 // German automaker Daimler AG and auto supplier Bosch Corp will deploy self-driving taxis in California’s Silicon Valley region next year as part of a test program of vehicles designed for city driving, the two...
Insurtech Next Insurance Raises $83 Million to Expand; Nationwide, Munich Re Among Investors
Jul 11 2018 // Next Insurance has raised $83 million in new financing, money it said will fuel its continued U.S. expansion as a full-service digital insurance carrier focused on the small business market. Nationwide Insurance and Munich...
Blockchain Is Tech Evolution That Will Create Re/Insurance Revolution: B3i’s Marke
Jul 11 2018 // Blockchain technology is moving out of the lab and into the insurance business. It’s moving past the hype phase and is edging closer to providing real-life efficiency improvements for the industry. It’s been a...
Amazon Plans Global Disruption of Health Care Marketplace
Jul 11 2018 // Amazon.com Inc. has global aspirations for its medical-supplies marketplace, according to a job listing posted on its website, highlighting the e-commerce giant’s sweeping ambitions to disrupt health care by selling...
Cyber Business Interruption Risks Still Difficult to Figure
Jul 11 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvAlthough the insurance industry may have had plenty of time to wrap its mind around managing physical property threats, what about the growing area of non-physical threats? This question was...
World’s Largest Tech Companies May Be Violating EU’s New Data Privacy Law
Jul 5 2018 // Some of the world’s largest technology companies might be breaking the European Union’s new data privacy law, according to an analysis of their policies conducted by artificial intelligence...
UK Financial Firms Need ‘Plan B’ for Inevitable Disruptions from Cyber Attack: BOE
Jul 5 2018 // Many U.K. financial firms don’t have a Plan B to fall back on if they’re hit by a cyber attack. The Bank of England wants to change that. Financial regulators told firms to come up with a detailed plan for...
New ACT Website Seeks to Help Agents Improve Customer Buying Experience
Jul 3 2018 // The Agents Council for Technology (ACT) has launched a new Customer Experience Planning Website designed to help agents improve the customer experience lifecycle through technology. The site explains the six phases of the...
The Changing Nature of the Agent-Carrier Relationship in a Customer-Centric World
Jul 2 2018 // Auto insurance shoppers are placing greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago, underscoring the fact that shoppers are increasingly demanding more product options and more and...
Middle Market U.S. Manufacturers Predict Growth, Changing Risk as Technology Transforms the Industry: Report
Jul 2 2018 // The business climate for manufacturing in the U.S. has improved over the past few years, driving both revenue and employment growth for middle market manufacturers. But the industry is also experiencing a period of...
Partnering with Insurtech to Transform Rather Than Disrupt Insurance
Jul 2 2018 // The insurance industry is experiencing a convergence with technology that is transforming the way it develops products, underwrites, prices and sells policies, and services its customers. This change can seem disruptive,...
California Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau Exploring Blockchain, Behavioral Science
Jul 2 2018 // One wouldn’t normally associate blockchain with workers’ compensation, two completely different industries that seem worlds apart. But as it turns out, the technology is of value to at least one very important...
Nevada-based Insurtech Talage Offering Workers’ Comp, Liability, Property Online
Jun 29 2018 // Talage Inc. is an insurtech to its core – both in function and name. The Reno, Nev.-based software platform designed to help small business owners compare and quickly purchase a range of commercial insurance policies...
Chinese Tech Firms Seek to Shake Up State-Run Health Sector with AI and Big Data
Jun 29 2018 // In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, an ambulance speeds through traffic on a wave of green lights, helped along by an artificial intelligence (AI) system and big data. The system, which involves sending information to...
Insurtech Agency CoverWallet Offers Its API for Other Small Firms to Offer Insurance
Jun 27 2018 // Digital small business insurance agency CoverWallet, which is partly owned by insurers Zurich Insurance and Starr Companies, is expanding its distribution by letting other small businesses such as accountants and lenders...
Lincoln, Nebraska, to Test All-Electric, Driverless Shuttle Technology
Jun 27 2018 // Lincoln officials are inviting residents to help test out an all-electric, driverless shuttle bus for a pilot program that could bring more autonomous vehicle services to the city. The public will have a chance to reserve...
Cycling Safety: Insurance Industry, Virginia Tech Rate Biker Helmets
Jun 27 2018 // The next time you hop on a bicycle to head across town, consider this: your helmet may not perform well enough in an accident. A first-of-its-kind study using the latest techniques for simulating head injuries found...
