Data architecture

Like all other insurers, health payers can reap the rewards of digital transformation and emerging technologies.

The startup companies will go to a final round at the organization's annual conference in New Orleans.

DFV, which is a heavy user of AI in claims management, wants to double its customer base by 2019.

Artificial intelligence, real-time data and social capital can reverse the fate of individuals, families and communities.

Companies that produce hardware designed to detect and mitigate water damage see insurers as natural partners.

Effective leaders establish and communicate a short list of priorities linked to business objectives so that everyone can align and contribute.

Carriers are able to leverage delayed flight information to provide customers with various other options of travel, similar to the hospitality online marketplace.

Applications include the faster delivery of claims payments, identifying fraud and leverging connected IoT data for improved actuarial models.

The insurer embeds new technologies, such as AI and IoT, into its organization on an ad-hoc basis, rather than developing products separately in a lab and force-fitting them.

New software the company is rolling out for more utilitarian UAVs may play a more lasting role in its attempts to spread the reach of its chips.