Life insurance

Coverage gaps will become common as less people are reached to buy insurance through traditional channels.

Rather than looking to innovate on products, startups in life insurance concentrate on distribution as a way to improve the sector, say Accenture panelists.

The move ties into the carrier's ongoing innovation efforts, as it tries to bolster its digital capabilities.

Former Protective Life exec Frank Sottosanti joins the company with mandate to transform on digital platforms.

Less than one-fifth of top life insurance carriers have a policyholder smartphone app, according to Aite Group research, leaving lots of room for improvement in leveraging the channel.

Insurance industry as a whole, however, lags other financial services somewhat in implementing robotic process automation, according to PwC.

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.

Data and analytics company is partnering with life insurers to develop products to automate the application and underwriting process.

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

Retail veteran lent her expertise to the launch of TruStage, CUNA Mutual’s consumer retail brand, which she manages as senior vice president.

Brighthouse Financial CIO leaned on cloud to support life insurers' spinoff from MetLife.

Replacing obsolete tools with a modern solution reduces costs despite significant business growth and supplies heretofore-unavailable analytics to unlock business insights.

The insurer says it can sell term- or whole-life coverage in a 20-minute online process.

Insurer worked with Maxwell Health to provide single source of benefits information to clients' employees.

Cyprus-based insurer deploys new platform for life, investment and health lines of business.

However,customer confusion over the definition of the model prevents U.S. insurers from making progress, says LIMRA.

Reinsurer makes more than 70 pieces of content available to life underwriters.

The company says it can sell accidental-death and term insurance in minutes using its cloud platform.

Customers get a discount on their premium for opting in, and can use wearables to save more.