Insurance

Less than one-fifth of top life insurance carriers have a policyholder smartphone app, according to Aite Group research, leaving lots of room for improvement in leveraging the channel.

Insurer will provide emergency assistance to drivers via Waze's mobile app.

Insuring against natural disasters could reach unaffordable levels for households and companies, while the potential damage is so unpredictable it may be impossible to model.

The emerging technologies are equally dependent on each other for best results, Novarica says

Commercial lines carrier says the goal is to get more customers together with agents to complete the policy purchase.

Republicans are considering repealing the coverage rule in the Affordable Care Act as a way to pay for far-reaching changes in the tax code.

Insurer will take stake in insurtech while leveraging its technology with clients.

At a news conference Tuesday, the Republican senator said its vital to use the new legislation to end the health mandate.

Insurance industry as a whole, however, lags other financial services somewhat in implementing robotic process automation, according to PwC.

With today’s digital tools and platforms, the technology can be applied to various aspects of the insurance value chain.

The business unit, created last year, leverages data science and extensive third-party data to price small business risk.

Individual state guidelines, dating back as far as the 1800s, cater to old paper-driven market, not a digital world where insurtechs produce data in real-time, says former NAIC president.

The $312 million invested in the past quarter follows an outlying peak in Q2, but still illustrates a year-long trend of gradual average increases.

Among selection of 9 emerging companies are several taking advantage of data from devices.

Australian insurer will leverage startup's machine learning platform to automate commercial underwriting.

Solaria Labs has helped the insurer bring new ideas to market that impact all corners of its business, says innovation VP.

The new platform, Quick Quote, generates online quotes for customers who only input a home address using third-party data.

Move adds to drug chain’s string of deals in pharma, health and analytics.

CVS processes drug benefits for insurers including Aetna, and also runs a chain of drug stores.

The program features 500 damage scenarios for professionals to learn from.