Data modeling

New company provides short-duration life coverage for risky hobbies like kayaking or road biking via digital distribution.

Founder Stan Smith says the company's data resources position it to help a new range of clients.

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.

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.

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.

Incumbents need to think like challengers: They have everything to lose, and not a lot to gain.

The life insurer’s LifeScore Labs division is ready to make its data tool available to other carriers in the space.

Several top colleges and universities are offering courses and concentrations in applying data to the sector.

Organizations combining innovative talent, diverse data, and applied intelligence can use data-driven insights to improve customer experience, says Accenture's Debbie Polishook.

The israeli vendor will merge Adaptik's core offerings with its cloud-based analytics platform.

Major business intelligence providers are building tools designed to introduce more employees to data analytics, with a focus on three key areas: accessibility, collaboration and consumability.

Tom Bolt is charged with helping the company improve pricing decisions using data and analytics.

Jon Colello, president and head of underwriting, advises carriers to focus on technologies and partnerships reducing data sharing costs.

SVP Jerry Gupta notes the emerging technology has increasingly been used in distribution and claims straight-through processing.

The company is developing an instant-issue platform that delivers life policies to customers without fluid testing.

The key number in question is an insurer’s PML, or probable maximum loss, due to a major weather event.

Modeling and experimentation are common across the industry, but nothing replaces the value of real-world events, says IBHS president and CEO Julie Rochman.