Michael Shashoua is Senior Editor at Digital Insurance. He joined the site in April 2022, after working as a marketing communications writer specializing in financial technology and data management for companies including GoldenSource, FIS, Thomson Reuters, Rimes, Bloomberg, DTCC and Vested. Previous to this, he edited Inside Reference Data at Incisive Media (now Infopro Digital) for five years and deputy edited WatersTechnology at Incisive. He also covered financial technology for Global Investment Technology until 2009. His interests include comedy, podcasting, music, movies and arts and entertainment in general.
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Nationwide is partnering with Resideo Technologies to offer its thermostats, fire, smoke and water leak detectors, and related home security solutions to its policyholders in a pilot program starting in early 2024, with policy discounts for their use, according to company officials.
October 31 -
Spot cargo trucking insurance start-up adds partnerships, expanding its distribution and embedding in the markets where truckers book their freight assignments.
October 24 -
Strategy executive Michael Mahaffey spoke about how the insurer's digital transformation is an ongoing effort, and the accelerated evolution of technology he sees.
October 23 -
Insurtech founded in 2018 uses AI to evaluate small businesses' risk, making it possible for them to get coverage from top carriers.
October 19 -
The New York State Insurance Fund, one of the largest workers comp insurers in the U.S., got over 1,000 policyholders on board its new claims information app in its first week.
October 17 -
Consent and preference management systems, catching on with insurance carriers to leverage customer data for marketing, have the potential to balance that with privacy regulation compliance, according to a Madison Advisors report.
October 12 -
The auto claims technology start-up has grown by a lot in the past two years, launching an IPO and diversifying into other auto insurance-related functions.
October 5 -
Climate modeling and data collection technology is just beginning to catch up to the demand for pinpoint accuracy in property risk assessment.
October 3 -
Both commercial and homeowner insureds may have to turn to parametric insurance to cover losses as carriers leave markets and force states to cover the burden.
September 28 -
Mutual carrier's innovation executive begins digital technology development by starting with the business context for projects.
September 21 -
Chief underwriting officer finds ways to do more with technology and coverage of risks.
September 20 -
Having recently increased its market, Roadzen is turning to a SPAC arrangement to fund further expansion plans.
September 20 -
The leader of the company's claims services unit talks about bringing in different points of view to American Family's update of its claims services technology, and retaining the human element of servicing claims.
September 19 -
The New Zealand based life and supplemental health insurer needed to replace an in-house system that couldn't scale. Partners Life implemented the platform in two phases that took more than two years.
September 19 -
Women in Insurance Leadership 2023 honoree finds crowdsourcing approach to insurance product development also has applications for Boston-area charity efforts.
September 18 -
The organization of state insurance regulators will require carriers to provide more data on their securities holdings, including interest and investment classifications.
September 14 -
Guggenheim Partners-backed insurtech is working to make agency business process easier and more responsive.
September 6 -
Consumer advocate notes that insurance regulators' standard for data collection lags regulators of other types of financial services
August 28 -
The use of catastrophe models and of sophisticated AI to make coverage decisions are all under debate.
August 21 -
AI-powered catastrophe and risk models use varied sources, including aerial imagery.
August 21
