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Customers were ready to leverage drones and self-service after weeks under social-distancing regulations, insurers say.

The Ring Always Home Cam moves autonomously and is equipped with an indoor camera, giving users multiple view points of their homes.

Those who choose to sign on get full access to Metromile's suite of products.

The Federal Highway Administration recently published success stories, one of which included the use of telematics technology in action.

Also: Virtual home inspections for social-distancing compliance, digitalizing D&O wholesaling, more.

Amazon Halo John Hancock Vitality integration to launch

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

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

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.

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

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

The sharing economy and pandemic-reduced driving volume are raising consumer interest in UBI.

Computer vision helps us turn the vast amount of geospatial imagery generated by satellite, reconnaissance planes, and drones into geospatial intelligence to be used in risk assessment, loss prevention, risk management, and product innovation.

Partnership with HSB helping in de-risking expensive collections.

Start-ups and other companies have been working to develop tech innovations addressing extreme-weather disasters.

Velodyne creates radar-like systems that use lasers to generate three-dimensional images of a surrounding environment, used by carmakers including Mercedes-Benz AG and Ford Motor Co.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is unveiling a voluntary initiative Monday in an attempt to bring together state and local governments along with vehicle makers.

Insurtech also offers usage-based auto coverage and renter’s insurance.

VW’s investment includes a $1 billion cash infusion and the folding of its $1.6 billion Autonomous Intelligent Driving unit into Argo.

Texas-based insurer partners with Roost.

With the location tracking setting turned off, the Alphabet Inc. unit collects information deceptively through other user settings, according to a lawsuit.

Potential deal could speed autonomous delivery, cutting the giant's costs.

Usage-based insurance startup says revamped offering delivers on brand promise of full digital.

(Bloomberg) -- Nearly half of Americans say they would not get in a self-driving taxi, according to a poll commissioned by the advocacy group Partners for Automated Vehicle Education. The poll, conducted online in February and March by SurveyUSA, found widespread skepticism and confusion about autonomous vehicles. Of the 1,200 adults surveyed, 48% said they would “never get in a taxi or ride-share vehicle that was being driven autonomously,” while 21% said they were unsure about it. A fifth of respondents said that AVs would never be safe, and another fifth stated incorrectly that it is possible “to own a completely driverless vehicle today.”

The insurer partnered with Collective Medical and Mendocity on in- and out-patient capabilities.

All existing and new customers with a Thimble Monthly policy can now access Pause at no cost via the Thimble app for iOS and Android.

LexisNexis compared more than two thousand homes with installed IoT devices vs. a million uninstalled.

J.D. Power's Tom Super joins the show to talk about where gains are going in auto insurance while COVID-19 rages.

Auto insurer is expanding deployment of Hi Marley technology from a claims-based pilot to more service areas.

Working with insurtech Azuga, the carrier’s PHLYTRAC program has been impactful in reducing poor driving habits for fleets.

Counting Farmers among its clients, company’s platform provides touchless claims and roadside assistance.

More workers will be home-based either permanently or part-time in the post-COVID-19 era.

Zerology's fleet will leverage anonymized, individual Tesla vehicle data to inform an on-demand commercial insurance product.

The uniform and uninspiring looks of these autonomous vehicles are coming under criticism for being as much of a turn-off as the no-frills approach automakers took to designing EVs that ended up being slower sellers than expected.

New offering uses technology from IMS.

The majority of Ford and Lincoln 2020 model-year vehicles with embedded modems will be able to connect with Allstate’s Milewise program, which is currently in 14 states,

Company retains focus on becoming loss-prevention partner to customers.

The future for insurance carriers looks bright when it comes to claims advancements this decade.

Tesla was heavily criticized for not doing enough to keep drivers from using its driver-assist function inappropriately.

The company has introduced water-damage prevention technology under a new brand name, Zurich Smart, in Spain.

The auto manufacturer's TIMS BrightDrive program connects drivers to Nationwide for participation in the insurer's SmartRide.

A pilot in Arizona tests the ability to adjust rates based on driving data week to week.

The NTSB reports include hundreds of pages of data about the accidents, but no conclusions about what caused them

ProSight Specialty Insurance has partnered with eMaxx to provide captive insurance to AAA roadside assistance network.

A new program at Purdue University aims to improve health outcomes by applying real-time physiological data from wearable sensors.

Humana is entering a partnership with platform and health data solutions provider Validic that will boost connectivity between members’ tech devices and the health plan.

Working with Zubie and Azuga, carrier launches fleet management product for human services organizations.

Acquiring company, Vexcel Imaging, will have ownership of imagery and data library as the companies work together on other projects.

The company, which operates as an MGA overseas, chooses vendor path in U.S.