The landscape shifts with which the insurance industry is currently contending include new developments in both technology and consumer behavior.

The coming year is expected to be a crossroads for the industry. Here's what to look out for to see what's next.

U.S. companies are increasingly adopting new data analytics tools, including cloud-based business intelligence services and machine learning services, to leverage and monetize their information.

By 2022, 90 percent of corporate strategies will explicitly mention information as a critical enterprise asset and analytics as an essential competency.

Organizations will be looking to hire a range of IT professionals, with skills related to data management among the most desired.

Expert System's Cogito will help automate processing of engineering reports for underwriting.

Insurer's Innovation World Championship pared down more than 400 entrants from 49 countries.

Digital twins, edge computing and decision automation are among the hottest trends expected to impact artificial intelligence adoption this year.

The company's T-HR3 could one day serve as arms and legs for the bedridden, or as a surrogate for relief workers in disaster zones.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have become essential for organizations to stay competitive. But adoption is lagging even among key decision-makers championing change.

Technology must simply be one of the ways we create a seamless and positive customer experience.

Here are the areas companies need to focus on in 2019 to be ahead of the competition when it comes to AI, according to the consulting firm PwC.

Chief data scientist Joseph Byrum discusses recruitment and making the business case for advanced data applications.

The insurance industry is a leader in having a shared digital vision to meet digital business aspirations, but there is much to be done, when it comes to rethinking the business model and institutionalizing digital capabilities.

A research group run by employees from technology companies including Google and Microsoft Corp. called for more regulation of facial recognition and other artificial intelligence tools.

Whether it is public, private or a hybrid mix, cloud adoption is now widespread, but most organizations still lack a formal strategy around data migration and management in the cloud.

Organizations that focus their efforts in six key areas will be far ahead of other businesses at this time next year, says PwC.

Competitive pressures mean insurers are highly incentivized to automate more processes where they can to meet customer expectations, says KPMG.

Upheaval in product development and new offerings made possible by connected devices mean insurance's 'moment of truth' is evolving rapidly.

Carrier-side venture partner Martha Notaras shares her ideas on what's in store for the insurtech sector next year.