Insurtech

CSAA used AI-powered aerial image analysis in a decision to not renew a homeowner's insurance policy in Northern California.

Rising temperatures are disrupting economic activity and daily life across the globe, sapping crops, drying rivers and raising sea levels.

Analytics and agent-to-broker communications are becoming more popular applications for cloud data management. Marketing and automation applications haven't yet reached that kind of critical mass. Google and Amazon discuss their cloud services approaches.

Farmers Insurance's latest effort to reduce risk by not renewing Georgia homeowner policies was flagged as illegal by Georgia's Insurance Commissioner and forced to be retracted.

In other news: Nationwide launches digital platform Pet HealthZone and Bain Capital Insurance closes its 1.15B inaugural private equity fund.

Consumers preferred to share data using smart devices in the home: 45% said they are happy to share information via Amazon Alexa, Google Home and the like. A little over a third of consumers (36%) said they were willing to share data through wearables or fitness health tests.

In other news: Embroker names new CEO and Swiss Re announced global head of property and casualty solutions.

Coterie Insurance, a small business insurance underwriter, is seeking to expand its ability to provide instant quotes and coverage with AI-powered data technology.

Digital Insurance's State of Insurance 2023 report also reveals that underwriting technology and staffing difficulties are top of mind for insurers.

Roots Automation, Cowbell Insurance and Capitola are among the younger companies that have started using GPT technologies.

Digital insurance companies could pay more to use banking services that have previously been virtually free as banks tighten regulations and increase prices.

State Farm and Allstate are no longer writing new homeowner policies in California. But some insurtechs argue that with better data, carriers can make more nuanced decisions.

It is important to leverage human-in-the-loop processes, rather than automating them away, and to surface relevant information for agents to help contextualize interactions with policyholders.

Co-founders Anthony Marshi and Toby Hung recently secured $2 million in funding for a platform automating cyber insurance coverage focused on medium and large sized businesses.

The chief information and operations officer said the company is working to give customers "seamless pickups" from voice to app to website.

In other news: Chewy expands pet insurance nationwide and Tokio Marine launches a market intelligence platform.

So far, the bots are popular conversation partners. Character.AI users have sent 36 million messages to Mario, a character based on the Nintendo 64 version of the video game plumber.

Local embedded and microinsurance models could provide immediate assistance to vulnerable low-income communities at risk of extreme climate events.

The results of Keynova's latest Online Insurance Scorecard placed Progressive first for its online user experience.

The president of Embrace Pet Insurance writes that the costs associated with providing high-quality care to pets have risen considerably. At Embrace, there has been a steady increase in average claim amounts year over year, with a 13% rise in 2023 compared to the previous year.