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Supplier Claims Uber Disabled Its Safety Tech in Volvo That Caused Pedestrian Fatality
Mar 27 2018 // Uber Technologies Inc. disabled the standard collision-avoidance technology in the Volvo SUV that struck and killed a woman in Arizona last week, according to the auto-parts maker that supplied the vehicle’s radar...
Ex-AIG Execs Kick-Off New High Net Worth Insurer Vault in Florida
Mar 27 2018 // It was a no-brainer for former thought-leaders from AIG to set up shop for their new high net worth insurer in the Sunshine State, a state known for beautiful beaches, a growing economy and lots of wealthy individuals. A...
Waymo Claims Its Driverless Car Would Have Avoided Uber’s Fatal Accident
Mar 26 2018 // The head of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, said on Saturday that the company’s technology would have safely handled the situation confronting an Uber self-driving vehicle last week when it...
After Uber Crash, Florida Still Welcomes Free-Range Robot Cars
Mar 26 2018 // Florida has been trying to lure self-driving cars to the state for testing on public roads, shaping laws that are much more lax than places like California and New York. The fatal accident last week in Arizona, another...
Chinese Tech Giant Baidu to Test Self-Driving Cars in Beijing
Mar 23 2018 // China’s capital city has given the green light to tech giant Baidu Inc to test self-driving cars on city streets, an important step as the country looks to bolster its position in the global race for autonomous...
Cloud-Based Insurtech Startup Insly Raises €2.2M ($2.7M) in Funding
Mar 23 2018 // Insly, a cloud-based insurance platform, announced an investment of €2.2 million (US$2.7 million), led by Concentric and Black Pearls VC. Founded in 2015, Insly offers insurance policy management for insurance brokers...
Daughter of Pedestrian Killed by Uber Driverless Car Hires Lawyer
Mar 22 2018 // The daughter of the woman killed by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Arizona has retained a personal injury lawyer, underlying the potential high stakes of the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle. The law firm of...
Legislation to Combat Online Sex Trafficking Clears Congress; Moves to President
Mar 22 2018 // Congress passed a bill to combat online sex trafficking that has split the tech industry, bringing one of the first measures to weaken legal protection for websites closer to becoming law as Big Tech faces a mounting...
European Insurtech Investment Growth Surpasses North America in 2017: Accenture
Mar 22 2018 // Global investment in the insurance technology (insurtech) industry surged in 2017, with Europe emerging as a new insurtech hub outside the U.S., according to new research from Accenture. The research, which includes new...
Driverless Vehicles Provide Test of Attitudes Toward Risk: Kemp
Mar 22 2018 // Uber has suspended road tests of self-driving vehicles after the first pedestrian was killed by one of its vehicles operating under autonomous computer control. Proponents of self-driving vehicles claim they would be...
Arizona Sees No Need to Tighten Rules on Self-Driving Cars After Uber Fatality
Mar 21 2018 // Arizona officials said on Tuesday they saw no immediate need to tighten rules on the testing of self-driving cars in the state in reaction to a fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous vehicle that has focused attention...
Startup Agency Gabi CEO: ‘We Don’t Want to Eliminate Agents’
Mar 20 2018 // Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site Gabi Raises $9.5 Million; Now Selling in 6 States). In its...
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...
Arizona Became Autonomous Hotbed Prior to Uber’s Deadly Crash
Mar 20 2018 // The technology behind autonomous vehicles has originated from coders in Silicon Valley, engineers in Detroit and academic researchers in Pittsburgh. Much of it eventually lands on the streets of Arizona, a state...
Driverless Vehicle Makers Reach Feared Crossroad with Uber Fatality
Mar 20 2018 // Last week, Waymo showed a video of people riding in its self-driving minivans. They thumbed their phones, yawned and one snoozed. The message: Driverless cars are so safe, they’re boring. The clip was meant to drum...
Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader
Mar 19 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11. Prior to his...
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...
Agent-Inspired Insurtechs ‘Self-Disrupt’ Small Commercial Lines
Mar 19 2018 // Insurance industry technology is experiencing a revolution. While insurance carriers and venture capital firms have been behind much of today’s insurtech innovation, insurance agents and brokers have also jumped into...
Microsoft Internal Findings Say Gender Bias at Washington Tech Giant Rarely Founded
Mar 16 2018 // Microsoft Corp.’s investigators concluded that fewer than 1 percent of gender-discrimination complaints made internally were “founded,” according to data unsealed in an ongoing class-action lawsuit. The...
Marsh Joins Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to Support Open Source Blockchain Standards
Mar 15 2018 // Marsh has announced that it has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), an open source blockchain initiative with 400 member companies. The EEA seeks to create open industry standards and frameworks for blockchain...
