Insurance

In the long term, a realignment of customer behavior will have a profound impact on life insurers.

Progressive and others see opportunities to increase adoption as technology base grows.

Also: The Philadelphia Contributionship leveraging Cape Analytics, Jewelers Mutual's new digital platform.

While technology brings its share of distractions, it also enables tools that can be used to help reduce distracted driving and facilitate good driving rewards through telematics and UBI, says Lexis-Nexis

New Chief Underwriter and Underwriting Transformation Officer Dawn Boitnott will focus on automation, she says.

Insurtech says it hopes to get credit scores out of the underwriting process by 2025.

Consumers are becoming more focused on how much value they're getting from their insurance policy, says survey from Cambridge Mobile Telematics.

Samsara provides inward- and outward-facing dash cams that provide truck drivers with in-cab feedback on their driving.

A focus on online acquisition for early entries into new markets will support agents down the road, says personal lines president Keith Daly.

Company also is expanding reach beyond best drivers in order to draw more into UBI.

Many processes that exist to support insurance, risk, and safety are historically paper-based and rely on ad hoc procedures that are typically solved by walking over to someone’s desk and “figuring it out.” This doesn’t work when everyone is home.

There's still a disconnect between the types of devices homeowners are interested in, and those that have potential for insurance organizations.

Now that accelerated underwriting has emerged from its infancy, there is an opportunity to move the conversation to best practices and competitive advantages

Commercial insurance companies and employers want to understand the current pandemic and how to mitigate the risk of future shocks.

(Bloomberg) -- Health insurer Humana Inc. is sending at-home screening tests for cancer and other conditions to more than a million of its members who may have postponed medical care because of Covid-19.

Coronavirus accelerated the life insurance business's digital adoption to meet the needs of a society steeped in social distancing, closed offices and working from home.

Self-service inspections for QBE, new owner for Majesco, health insurtech exits stealth.

The insurance provider is expanding its efforts to provide users with a digital first healthcare experience.

The coronavirus outbreak is impacting the cyber risk landscape, with reports of maritime and offshore energy companies having faced a 400% increase in attempted cyber-attacks since the pandemic began.

Toronto-based company recently raised $3.5 million in seed funding for commercial insurance platform.