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China’s Baidu Plans July Launch of Self-Driving Car Technology
Apr 19 2017 // Baidu Inc. said on Tuesday it would launch its self-driving car technology for restricted environment in July before gradually introducing fully autonomous driving capabilities on highways and open city roads by 2020. The...
Artificial Intelligence, IoT Startups Gaining in Global Insurtech Funding
Mar 31 2017 // Investing in technology-oriented insurance ventures (insurtech) is clearly a global trend and almost half of all the money being poured into them globally is going into artificial intelligence and internet of things...
Robots Could Steal 32% of Jobs in UK Financial Services by 2030: PwC
Mar 24 2017 // Approximately 32 percent of existing UK jobs in financial services and insurance could be automated by robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) over the next 15 years, according to a new study by...
When Will Self-Driving Cars Be Rolled-Out? Carmakers, Suppliers Disagree
Mar 17 2017 // Carmakers and suppliers gave widely differing timelines for the introduction of self-driving vehicles on Thursday, showing the uncertainties surrounding the technology as well as a split between cautious established...
Willis Towers Watson Launches New Edition of Pricing Software, Radar 3.0
Mar 8 2017 // Willis Towers Watson has launched Radar 3.0, the latest edition of its pricing software, which includes machine learning approaches for greater pricing sophistication. Building on the last major release of Radar in 2016,...
Tech Talk: 2017 Marks the Digital Tipping Point
Jan 23 2017 // 2017 will mark the tipping point in agents’ efforts to adapt to the digital marketplace. Agents are no longer talking about why they should become “digitally- savvy” but how best to do it. Agents are also...
Allstate Continues Its Technology Drive, Invests in Autonomous Vehicle Research at Stanford
Dec 15 2016 // Allstate Insurance Co., the nation’s largest publicly-held personal lines insurer, is continuing its drive into new technology, agreeing to a multi-year research project with the Intelligent Systems Laboratory at...
IBM Sees Advantage in Client Owning Watson-Generated Knowledge
Oct 28 2016 // IBM Chief Executive Officer Ginni Rometty sees proprietary data combined with artificial intelligence technology as the competitive advantage for companies going forward. When International Business Machines Corp. works...
What Do You Get When You Combine Drones and Self-Driving Cars?
Jun 20 2016 // 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 to do the driving, and drones...
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...
Self-Driving Vehicles Meet Their Match When Snow Creates Sensor Blindness
Feb 10 2016 // In Jokkmokk, a tiny hamlet just north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, where temperatures can dip to 50 below, Volvo Cars’ self-driving XC90 sport-utility vehicle met its match: frozen flakes that caked on radar...
Artificial Intelligence to Help Reduce Insurance Risks: Baidu President
Jan 21 2016 // It was hard to tell whether hope or fear was the predominant sentiment about the future of artificial intelligence, according to a panel discussing the state of the field at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland,...
Construction Insurance Trends to Watch in 2015
Jan 21 2015 // Bolstered by a resurgent economy and renewed optimism, the construction industry is showing signs of significant growth. Payrolls are increasing, more projects are coming online and the scope of work is increasing. Ample...
Construction Coverage: Emerging Trends for 2015
Jan 12 2015 // Bolstered by a resurgent economy and renewed optimism, the construction industry is showing signs of significant growth. Payrolls are increasing, more projects are coming online and the scope of work is increasing. Ample...
Next for IBM’s Watson: Insurance Jobs in Jeopardy?
Mar 21 2011 // IBM wasted no time in parlaying the winning performance of its artificially intelligent Watson on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” into real business. The company recently announced a deal to commercialize...
Next for IBM’s Watson: Insurance Jobs in Jeopardy?
Mar 21 2011 // IBM wasted no time in parlaying the winning performance of its artificially intelligent Watson on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” into real business. The company recently announced a deal to commercialize...
Next for IBM’s Watson: Insurance Jobs in Jeopardy?
Feb 22 2011 // IBM wasted no time in parlaying the winning performance of its artificially intelligent Watson on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” into real business. Last week, it announced a deal to commercialize Watson’s...
AI Risk’s LexExpress Delivers Excess Auto Liability for Truckers
Jan 22 2008 // AI Risk Specialists Insurance, Inc., a brokerage subsidiary of American International Group, Inc., has unveiled LexExpress, excess auto liability insurance for small to medium sized fleets in the trucking industry. It is...
AI Risk-Brownyard Program Eyes Small, Medium Security Firms
Jun 16 2006 // AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s middle market unit, has selected Brownyard Programs, Ltd to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to the small and intermediate-sized private security companies throughout the U.S. The...
AIG Subsidiary Launches Multi-Line Education Insurance Program
Jun 2 2006 // AI Risk, a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), has launched AI Risk Education Program, a multi-line property and casualty program for private primary schools, colleges and universities. The AI Risk...
