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What Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
Jun 9 2016 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv That’s one small step for drones, and no steps needed for mankind. Autonomous drone transport for humans. Why not? We’re eventually getting autonomous cars so you don’t have...
Driverless Car Demo’d in Pennsylvania as State Bill, Task Force Press On
Jun 7 2016 // Think of it as driver education with the car as the student and you as the instructor. That’s what it’s like in the latest version of Carnegie Mellon University’s self-driving car, a 2011 Cadillac SRX on...
Beef, Microplastics, Blockchain Tech and Human Cyborgs: Swiss Re on Emerging Risks
Jun 6 2016 // A fragmented Internet, continued experimentation with monetary policy and another round of economic crises in emerging markets top Swiss Re’s latest roundup of emerging risks to watch out for. Beyond those top three,...
U.S. Insurer, Tech, Business Groups Balk at China’s Rules on Insurance Cybersecurity
Jun 2 2016 // Business groups from the U.S. and around the world protested planned cybersecurity rules for the insurance industry in China in a letter to the head of the nation’s insurance regulator. The draft regulations may...
Hulk Hogan Privacy Suit Enjoys Litigation Financing from Tech Billionaire Thiel
May 26 2016 // Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is helping wrestler Hulk Hogan bankroll his lawsuit against Gawker Media, according to a report in Forbes. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, in March won a $140 million jury verdict...
Swiss Re’s List of Emerging Risks Range from Blockchain Tech to Human Cyborgs
May 26 2016 // A fragmented Internet, continued experimentation with monetary policy and another round of economic crises in emerging markets top Swiss Re’s latest roundup of emerging risks to watch out for. Beyond those top three,...
Drones: An Emerging Market Quickly Taking Flight
May 23 2016 // So what is all the buzz about? Lately it is about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones, which are emerging as a valuable component in a vast array of American businesses and markets. While UAVs are generally associated...
Previous Telecom Efforts Flopped But Google, Apple See Future for Telemedicine
May 16 2016 // Google and Apple Inc. have some bright ideas about the future of health care. Not so long ago, AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. had similar ideas: a networked world of devices and services that would...
In Iowa, Technology Changes Rapidly Altering Trucking Industry
May 13 2016 // In the trucking industry, technology is driving change. Todd Smith, chief operating officer at Decker Truck Line Inc. in Fort Dodge, Iowa, told The Messenger that by the end of 2017 it will be mandated that all trucks have...
Usage-Based Auto Insurance, Slow at First, Picking Up Speed
May 12 2016 // Usage-based auto insurance will explode globally in the next seven years, a new industry analysis asserts. IHS Inc.’s IHS Automotive predicts that 142 million customers will sign up globally for the...
Pennsylvania Officials: $11M Fine Against Uber Could Stunt Tech Growth
May 9 2016 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Pittsburgh-area officials want the state’s regulators to greatly reduce their record-setting $11.4 million fine against ride-sharing company Uber. The Public Utility Commission fined...
White House Urged to Protect Wireless Spectrum for Connected Vehicles
May 6 2016 // More than 50 automakers, state transportation agencies and other groups urged the White House and other federal policymakers on Thursday not to open a portion of the wireless spectrum reserved for connected vehicles in the...
Some Insurers Have More to Gain from Underwriting Technology Than Others
May 6 2016 // Personal Lines Insurers Personal lines insurers are most likely to benefit from wide uses of automation in underwriting, a new report has found. “They are more likely to have a homogenous book of business and a...
How Driverless Cars Could Disrupt Investors
May 5 2016 // The development of self-driving cars is a good example of how, and why, the future may be a less profitable place for investors. Volvo Cars, one of scads of technology and automotive firms working along the same lines,...
CSC Completes Acquisition of UK’s Xchanging
May 5 2016 // CSC, the TYSONS, Va.-based technology solutions and services provider, announced it has completed the acquisition of Xchanging plc. “CSC and Xchanging together will create a leader in technology and business process...
Bain Capital, Vista Equity Buy Agency Technology Firm Vertafore from TPG
May 2 2016 // Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners have agreed to acquire insurance agency technology firm Vertafore from TPG Capital. The parties did not disclose terms of the transaction. Reuters, citing anonymous...
Timeline: From Teen to Octogenarian, How Buffett’s Wealth Has Grown
May 2 2016 // In 2016, it’s easier than ever to play the financial markets. From the explosion of online brokers to the rise of robo-advisors, armchair investors have dozens of tools just a few clicks or taps away. Daily trading...
Australian Tech Entrepreneur Confirms He Is Bitcoin Creator: BBC Report
May 2 2016 // Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright told the BBC on Monday he was the creator of controversial digital currency bitcoin, ending years of speculation about a person who until now has gone by the name of Satoshi...
Who Moved Your Cheese? The End (for Now) of Market Cycles
May 2 2016 // The good news is that for the foreseeable future, with certain exceptions, you will not have to tell your clients their premiums are increasing 10 percent or more. Property/casualty carriers collectively, not necessarily...
Young Consumers More Trusting of Autonomous Vehicles: J.D. Power
Apr 29 2016 // Trust in automation technology including driverless cars is very much age dependent, as younger consumers have a notably higher level of confidence in the technology than their older counterparts, according to the J.D....
