Mobile technology

Secure configurations of devices and improved patch management can limit the risk, and those steps are crucial because many IoT devices were created with low cost taking priority over security.

Borchers comes to the recently established Allianz X by way of Deutsche Telekom where he founded another tech accelerator, hub:raum.

Octo U offers customers 10% premium discounts from multiple carriers to reward good driving.

Insurers are responding to the increased frequency and complexity of cyber threats by inadvertently putting higher security burdens on customers when they release new digital tools.

As Hurricane Harvey bears down on the Texas coast, a look back at other storms that put the industry to the test.

The Japanese insurer partnered with Cambridge MobIle Telematics to launch a new program.

Strategy Meets Action and the Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator offer guidance for insurers looking to refine their digital channel strategies.

The insurer is using a smartphone app to gather driving data.

Internet-connected cars and other everyday products have become the fastest-growing part of the U.S. wireless industry.

VR can be leveraged to learn, travel, educate, and share experiences with others.

The company's mobile app allows drone enthusiasts to buy coverage right before a flight starts.

Insurance technology is increasingly resembling that of the Amazons, Googles and Facebooks of the world – responsive, smart and adapting from sub-second to sub-second to changing realities.

The life insurer aims to make its employees and licensed agents more agile when protecting customer data

With all the attention and funds now being poured into insurance industry innovation, software providers must help insurers “get ready" before it's too late.

The Peruvian insurer has noticed an estimated 45-minute decrease on inspection time by using the app.

With its wireless business slowing, Verizon is pursuing new sources of growth, such as connected-device subscriptions, video streaming and mobile-workforce management.

More than 170 adjusters will receive iPad Pros and iPhone 6s loaded with the Claims Adjust app.

Insurers have many options when it comes to marketing via the mobile channel, but the most underused is the art of texting.

The telecommunications company will add Yahoo web services that still draw 1 billion monthly users, gaining share in the $187 billion digital-advertising market.

Gartner earlier this month released its latest IT spending forecast. While overall global IT expenditures are projected to be flat this year, software was a bright spot.