IOT/Telematics

The company continues its vibrant interest in the smart home sector.

IBM is also being courted by the Italian insurance telematics software company.

New commercial shows a world without windstorms, traffic accidents, building fires, and emergencies -- and that State Farm and its agents will be in the lending, wealth accumulation, and retirement income businesses.

The insurance industry is known to be conservative when it comes to new technology paradigms, but may not be alone when it comes to data analytics.

The rapidly changing nature of the connected vehicle, as well as regulatory uncertainty, are stifling investment and innovation for UBI and telematics in insurance.

Policyholders will always make questionable choices and exhibit unsafe behaviors, but insurers at least have a running start at reducing frequency or severity of loss.

The insurer is expanding its online offerings to mobile and developing new products for customers' smartphones.

As mobile technology gets smarter, stronger, and more entwined with policyholders' lives, insurers are finding new ways to leverage it.

The results go against several recent studies showing as many as half to three-quarters of respondents weren’t ready to give up the wheel.

The latest organization tapping into the insurance tech startup boom talks about the trends driving investment and the areas set to be disrupted.