Mobile technology

We have seen solutions with a specific focus are easier to utilize in practice than general solutions that look to leverage an emerging technology for multiple use cases.

The former Esurance VP says incumbent carriers have an advantage in underwriting expertise and should explore emerging technologies to boost that.

The auto insurtech has come a long way in the past year. Dan Manges, co-founder and CTO, talks about its growth aspirations.

Brooks Tingle, who was key in developing the life insurer's Vitality connected-life platform, takes the reigns for the company's life operations.

New W.R. Berkley division focused on the high-net-worth market was built from scratch to combine the best service options from digital and agent channels.

With underwriting results deteriorating in personal auto, carriers hope to reduce risky habits among their policyholders.

Agreements give carriers access to aerial imaging and distracted driving prevention technology.

The life and annuity insurer is banking on accelerated, data-driven underwriting in a strategic shift inspired by the proliferation of insurtech companies in its vertical.

The Dwellbeing tool gives insureds a place to record usage data, giving customers a better sense of personal risk.

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

The move is intended to bolster the insurer's connected car and mobile technology capabilities.

Car accidents are rising, and with them, insurance losses. Here's how carriers can adjust.

Apple’s current Watch has a more basic heart rate monitor, but the company is increasingly pushing to turn its luxury fashion accessory into a serious medical device.

The auto insurer will be the first to integrate with a platform that will simplify real-time verification of coverage.

The insurer will be able to roll out new mobile and desktop distribution platforms quickly by bringing its key partner closer, it says.

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.

The insurtech intends to offer more thorough, cheaper automobile coverage through its smartphone app.

Insurance agency's client portfolio encompasses small-to-medium fleets ranging from tow trucks to concrete mixers and cranes.

The insurtech will collect data on driver smartphone interaction, which will be analyzed to predict future underwriting losses.