July 29, 2020
Insurance broker Acrisure announced that it has acquired artificial intelligence (AI) company Tulco LLC’s insurance practice with the aim of bringing data science, AI and machine learning capabilities to the insurance brokerage industry. Acrisure said it will harness AI capabilities …
July 9, 2020
There’s a fairly large flaw in the way that programmers are currently addressing ethical concerns related to artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicles (AVs). Namely, existing approaches don’t account for the fact that people might try to use the AVs …
June 19, 2020
For the past seven years, a Munich-based firm called riskmethods has tried to interest companies in buying software that allows them to track all their suppliers in a way that minimizes risks in operating globally spread supply chains. Until recently, …
June 16, 2020
Amazon Inc. is pairing cameras with artificial intelligence to enforce social distancing among employees in its offices and warehouses. The system gives employees real time feedback on whether they are complying with the six feet social distancing rule. “Given social …
June 15, 2020
Nationwide, eyeing the possibilities with technology startup Planck’s small commercial insurance data platform, has joined the company’s latest financing round. Planck recently raised $16 million in a Series B venture financing round led by Team8 Capital. All existing investors including …
May 11, 2020
Tokio Marine, the Tokyo-based property and casualty insurer, will use an artificial intelligence (AI) solution to process auto damage across its insurance operations in Japan, accelerating claims processing for policyholders. The AI solution, created by technology company Tractable, uses computer …
May 4, 2020
omni:us, the insurance-focused artificial intelligence (AI) solution business, has announced a partnership with Rokk3r, a global innovation technology and consulting company, to enable the AI company to enter the Latin American insurance market. In 2019, Berlin-based omni:us began building a …
April 3, 2020
The temptation for businesses to use artificial intelligence and other technology to improve performance, drive down labor costs, and better the bottom line is understandable. But before they pursue automation that could put the jobs of human employees at risk, …
March 26, 2020
Ageas is using artificial intelligence (AI) to create end-to-end assessments and estimates of vehicle damage, which it says is a first for a UK insurance company. Ageas is using an AI solution, developed by technology company Tractable, to support some …
March 25, 2020
Reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Co. has entered into a strategic relationship with RiskGenius to expand the detection and qualitative analysis of silent cyber exposure across various lines of business. RiskGenius utilizes artificial intelligence to evaluate a variety of emerging …