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The Iowa-based insurtech mentoring program, directed by Brian Hemesath, welcomes eight nascent companies for its fourth iteration.

Policyholders are willing to install devices that would communicate incidents to carriers with the goal of mitigating risk.

Tech execs have become less certain of their ability to satisfy end users.

As more AI applications emerge, the corporate database will evolve to support them.

Rather than facing a simpler tech environment where the investment choices are obvious, it appears the insurance industry is at a point of inflection where the old established world may have to give way to the new.

ISPs aren't likely to risk the poor publicity or liability concerns that would come from restricting traffic from home-protection or health devices.

The new focus will be on the information that business users and business-focused analysts can utilize in their everyday decision-making.

Heavily contested move could have implications for the growing Internet of Things, an emerging technology popular among insurers.

By 2021, more than 55 percent of spending on IoT projects will be for software and services, says Carrie MacGillivray.

There is no question that understanding the technologies themselves are important, but it is about what the technologies mean for customers, risks, and operations.

Even though a majority of organizations have adopted or plan to adopt IoT technologies within the next year, many are still concerned about cybersecurity threats, says Peter Tsai.

One in four households is expected to have a voice assistant item by the end of the year, giving carriers an opportunity to leverage the new channel for service.

Toronto-based insurer is the latest carrier to adopt voice-assistant technology as an additional communication tool for policyholders.

The emerging technologies are equally dependent on each other for best results, Novarica says

The startup hub will operate as a standalone division of Fintech Australia, a local incubator founded in 2015.

Artificial intelligence, the IoT, cloud computing and cryptocurrencies are among the technologies that will dominate new IT investments, according to the researcher.

Among selection of 9 emerging companies are several taking advantage of data from devices.

Insurer looks to reward healthy living habits with discounts on gadgets and premium.

Most consumers have already benefited from digital, mobile self-service, but have also been victims of tech gone wrong.

The company is creating a division that will develop products, research and partnerships for a field that connects everything from driverless cars to light bulbs to the web.