Mobile technology

New technology from Vlocity enables Silicon Valley broker to quickly connect a Salesforce front-end to its Vertafore back-end.

A new report from technology research and advisory firm Ovum identifies the five key trends, from ongoing differences between employers and employees to increased demand among SMEs for mobility.

Web-based app for smartphones designed to increase efficiency, decrease cycle times.

State Farm releases mobile app intended to help used-car buyers.

plan participants expect the same level of transactional capability from their mobile devices that they experience in retail and other mobile friendly industries, Novarica finds.

The sudden expansion of connected things will boost the economic impact of the IoT as consumers, businesses, city authorities, hospitals and many other entities find new ways in which to exploit the technology.

Canada’s third-largest auto insurer enters five-year agreement for UBI and insurance telematics technology and services.

The partnership implements Towers Watson's DriveAbility 2.0 score, an analytical scoring model of UBI data offered from IMS' DriveSync connected car platform.

Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health found that 76 percent of employers surveyed are exploring the use of mobile health applications, fitness wearables and social media to encourage greater physical activity among their employees.

'Zero negatives' at Farmers Alliance; program stands out in part because the company has chosen to introduce a mobile app first to independent agents rather than to its policyholders.

Even when application security testing is undertaken, it often is done casually by developers who are mostly concerned with the applications' functionality.

Automakers could end up in the firing line for liability suits stemming from accidents; vehicles also would be exposed to threats from hackers.

Companies say this is the first partnership in the United States in which an insurer is offering discounted premiums based on data from a third-party connected car service provider.

Vehicle-generated data seen as value-add for UBI offerings; 45 percent of consumers are interested in products that will inform them about their driving habits.

The latest Towers Watson survey finds drivers are increasingly willing to be monitored in exchange for a discount.

New functionality on Pocket Agent mobile app enables users to photographically capture make and model data and populate claim-form fields.

The aim is to get people more invested in taking care of themselves; consumers wear the devices and activity data is uploaded to be verified and reward them for their participation and efforts.

Gartner warns enterprise application development teams against using traditional practices.

App offers a customized dashboard to help members create and track personal wellness goals and milestones.

The global application performance monitoring and application-aware network performance monitoring market earned revenue of $2.55 billion in 2013 and estimates this will reach $7.19 billion in 2020, says Frost & Sullivan.