Insurance

Priorities are notably centered around the insurance agent for growth as well as investments in AI and data analytics.

Carriers looking to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to business processes should make sure they understand the problem they are trying to solve, say panelists.

CIO Jamie Roser credits the carrier’s quick expansion over its five-year lifespan as a company to its digital strategy centered on a cloud-based core system.

While carriers may not be able to replicate the exact science, they should understand that organizational and cultural shifts can both attract the right talent and encourage the emergence of internal ideas.

Insurance companies are finally putting a price on the risk of distracted driving, and it’s relatively cheap.

A look at how leading property carriers are leveraging connected devices to improve the customer experience.

The insurtechs showcased their platforms and the potential use cases for the industry, in areas such as claims, customer experience and underwriting.

By using updated tools to analyze driver behavior, insurers can work with underwriting partners to dig into data and develop personalized coverage.

The firm's hire of Mike Schuster to work on AI may have implications for the small-business insurance platform it partially owns.

Said Taiym will implement emerging technologies that will aid the broker in delivering improved strategic risk solutions for clients.

Life & annuity carriers have had valuable opportunities to learn about new technologies, and not necessarily from their own mistakes.

Anthony Vidovich takes over the strategic direction of claims for the carrier's general insurance business, encompassing commercial and personal lines.

The insurer will leverage the university's research in the Internet of Things, data science and machine learning to help improve the life underwriting process.

The insurer set up an innovation lab in 2016 with SVP of Commercial Auto Kim Garland at the helm, but also keeps a sharp eye out for transformation occurring outside company walls by insurtechs.

The NAIC's three-year plan to adopt emerging technologies and a newly announced focus on distracted driving are sure to catch carriers' eyes.

The platform, tailored to small business owners, is first being offered to DJs, but will soon be extended to personal trainers and health & wellness coaches.

Despite a harrowing surge in traffic fatalities, drivers appear to be getting worse at avoiding mobile-phone distractions, study finds.

Ron Guerrier changes jobs at a time of flux for both companies.

Retailers are eyeing health insurers as acquisition targets to improve their pharmacy business, but carriers' information assets and analytics prowess are prizes as well.

Digital channels are proliferating rapidly, and carriers have to be strategic in how they reach customers.