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Underserved Markets Ripe for Insurance Innovation, Swiss Re Americas CEO Says
Dec 1 2014 // Underserved populations and market niches are ripe with potential for insurance innovators who are willing to take on the challenge of creating opportunities in areas that may seem unprofitable at first glance, says the...
Swiss Re Americas CEO: Underserved Markets Ripe for Insurance Innovation
Nov 17 2014 // Underserved populations and market niches are ripe with potential for insurance innovators who are willing to take on the challenge of creating opportunities in areas that may seem unprofitable at first glance, says the...
Technology Firms Having Success Against ‘Patent Trolls’
Oct 27 2014 // For two decades, companies that buy software patents to sue technology giants have been the scourge of Silicon Valley. Reviled as patent trolls, they have attacked everything from Google’s online ads to Apple’s...
Marsh to Acquire Flood Insurance Technology Firm Torrent
Oct 20 2014 // Insurance broker Marsh has agreed to acquire Torrent Technologies Inc., which serves Write Your Own (WYO) insurers participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Torrent’s approximately 100 employees...
New Technology on Vehicles Is Working to Reduce Crashes
Oct 20 2014 // Autonomous or “driverless” cars generate a lot of media buzz because of the public’s fascination with new technology and what vehicles may be like in the future. Yet, there’s a revolution underway...
Knowing Clean Technology Customers
Oct 6 2014 // In the next 10 years, the clean technology market is expected to increase by more than 60 percent to nearly $400 billion worldwide, according to Clean Edge’s Clean Energy Trends 2014 Report – creating an enormous...
Live Webinar on How To Boost Agency Productivity with eSignatures featuring Insurance Technology Expert Steve Anderson
Oct 2 2014 // On October 9, 2014 at 10:00am PDT/1:00pm EDT, HelloSign is hosting a live webinar presented by productivity expert Steve Anderson, a leading authority on insurance technology. San Francisco, CA, October 2, 2014–...
Idaho Techs Behind Infrastructure Protection Digital Library
Sep 30 2014 // Emergency planners say a digital library developed by Idaho researchers has become a critical tool in preparing for major disasters. The Infrastructure Protection Digital Library is a searchable database that gathers and...
2017 Cadillacs to Feature Hands-Free Driving, V2V Technology
Sep 8 2014 // General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, will introduce a Cadillac model in two years that can travel on the highway without the driver holding the steering wheel or putting a foot on a pedal. The 2017 Cadillac...
No Such Thing As Free Lunch? IRS Eyes High-Tech Perk
Sep 5 2014 // Be careful when you grab that office bagel. The Internal Revenue Service may be watching. The U.S. tax agency is taking a closer look at a popular tax-exempt perk offered by companies such as Google Inc.: free...
Citing Lives Saved, Regulators Prepare to Mandate Talking Car Technology
Aug 18 2014 // The U.S. Transportation Department moved forward on writing rules that may mandate automakers’ use of talking-car technology, saying more than a thousand lives a year might be saved on the nation’s...
Young Agents Rate Flexibility, Career Growth Over Technology: Vertafore Survey
Aug 14 2014 // Technology is not an incentive when it comes to attracting and retaining millennials to the insurance industry but it can provide overall job satisfaction in terms of flexibility and career growth opportunities, according...
HealthCare.Gov Better But Tech Glitches Still a Concern
Aug 1 2014 // Year two of Obamacare “won’t be perfect,” a top Obama administration official said as the government’s website to sell health insurance plans continues to be developed. Andy Slavitt, the principal...
Aon Names Bruno as Executive VP – Enterprise Innovation and CIO
Jul 31 2014 // Aon plc announced the appointment of John G. Bruno as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Innovation and Chief Information Officer for Aon, effective September first. He will also become a member of the Executive...
Powell to Lead Personal Lines Division at Risk Innovations in Atlanta
Jul 18 2014 // Kathryn Powell has joined wholesale insurance broker, Risk Innovations, to lead its personal lines division. She is based in Atlanta. Powell formerly was with Chubb Insurance in its personal lines enterprise and American...
Majer Joins Risk Innovations as Illinois Territory Manager
Jul 15 2014 // Ginny Majer has joined insurance wholesaler Risk Innovations as territory manager for Illinois. Based in Chicago, Majer will develop workers’ compensation and personal lines business with retail agents in...
‘Share’ Economy to Bring Sweeping Changes to Pittsburgh
Jul 10 2014 // Jonathan Danial is a concierge, making sure guests have bottled water, crisp linens and the signature house banana bread — in his home. David Pavel has been a classic limo driver, chatting up his passengers as he...
Aon Launches Entrepreneurs Program for Women-Led Businesses
Jul 10 2014 // A bulletin from Aon’s London headquarters notes that as “part of its global strategy to empower human and economic possibility for clients, colleagues and communities,” it is launching its...
Getting a Grip on Ridesharing Coverage
Jul 7 2014 // Ridesharing services are becoming increasingly popular among consumers looking for a more convenient alternative to taxis or other forms of public transportation, and startup ridesharing companies have been cropping up...
Tech Troubles Remain at Minnesota’s Health Insurance Exchange
Jun 23 2014 // Consultants told the board that governs Minnesota’s health insurance exchange that a lot of work is needed to get the troubled system ready for open enrollment in November. MNsure hired Deloitte Consulting LLP for $5...
