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Encompass to Use Aerial Technology in Inspecting Homes for Insurance
Jul 7 2016 // Encompass has implemented the use of a tool from EagleView Technologies to capture aerial images of customer homes which the company said will be used to “provide a more accurate and faster assessment when issuing or...
Regulators Investigating Fatal Collision of Tesla on Autopilot
Jul 1 2016 // U.S. regulators are investigating a fatal accident involving a Tesla Motors Inc. sedan that was driving on autopilot, drawing scrutiny to a key technology the electric-vehicle maker is betting on for the future of...
As Texas Train Wreckage Smolders, BNSF Says Technology May Have Prevented Crash
Jun 30 2016 // Wreckage from a train collision continued to smolder on June 29 in the Texas Panhandle as workers prepared to remove the charred, twisted box cars from the tracks and renew their search for three missing crew...
Channel Syndicate Launches Innovation Division, Names Allen as Tech Head
Jun 23 2016 // Channel Syndicate 2015 at Lloyd’s is launching an Innovation Division, which will further structure Channel’s activities and organization to explore new classes and opportunities outside its traditional...
Older Drivers Favor High-Tech Auto Features
Jun 22 2016 // High-tech safety features have jumped to a high priority for older U.S. car-shoppers, who want to keep their freedom of mobility, a study released Tuesday reports. Among Americans 50 and up who plan to shop for a car in...
Talking Cadillac Tries to Be Heard Over Silicon Valley on Airwaves
Jun 20 2016 // General Motors Co. is rolling out a sedan laden with gadgets that track other cars on the road and can automatically brake to avoid collisions, fulfilling a safety vision decades in the making. Yet the 2017 Cadillac CTS...
Tech to Detect Fraud
Jun 20 2016 // Fraudsters are more often caught by tip-offs and complaints, management review, accidentally, suspicious superiors and internal audits than by use of technology and data analytics. According to consulting firm KPMG, North...
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...
Insurers Ignore FinTech Revolution at Their Long-Term Peril: PwC
Jun 17 2016 // While 90 percent of insurers fear they will lose business to a FinTech start-up, only 43 percent say they have put FinTech at the heart of their corporate strategies, according to report published by PwC. As customers...
Startup Embroker CEO Miller Pursues ‘Massive Improvement’ Over Disruption in Commercial Insurance Brokerage
Jun 15 2016 // Within venture capital circles, the insurance industry is sexy right now. It seems not a week goes by without another startup being announced, some with niche angles such as peer-to-peer distribution, insurance for...
Allianz Expects Blockchain Tech to Expedite Cat Bond Deals
Jun 15 2016 // German insurer Allianz expects the technology underpinning virtual currency bitcoin to encourage trading in catastrophe bonds, which transfer the risk of natural disasters such as hurricanes to investors. “Cat...
Companies Rely More on Tips Than Technology to Detect Fraud: KPMG
Jun 13 2016 // Fraudsters are more often caught by tip-offs and complaints, management review, accidentally, suspicious superiors and internal audits than by use of technology and data analytics. According to consulting firm KPMG, North...
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...
