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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.

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

While Silicon Valley aims for raw profits, carriers are looking for revolutionary solutions to improve their producs, say panelists at EY event.

Many organizations are harnessing only a fraction of the potential value of analytics and thus missing out on the chance to turn insights into a competitive advantage.

Sid Gandhi will lead the insurer's digital, IT and business technology teams to boost customer experience.

The insurtech offers crowd-sourced insurance ratings for consumers looking to purchase homeowners, renters or car insurance policies.

Most existing insurers will not survive in their current form, say 44% of respondents to a PwC survey.

American Family Insurance built a team from diverse backgrounds to develop digital initiatives.

The incubator launched in September by Startupbootcamp kicks off early next month in the traditional insurance capital.

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.

Military insurer will predominantly be looking to hire software engineers and applications developers, it says.

Many of these dangers stem from the increasing reliance of financial services companies on outside technology firms.

The majority of the funding is designated for Texas and Florida, with most of the commonwealth's needs to be addressed at a later date.

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

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.

Midwestern insurer creates accelerator and venture capital fund intended to build up Milwaukee's startup community.

Some tasks require so much human judgment, intuition and empathy that it will be a very long time, if ever, before AI assumes control.

Some 82 percent of companies have experienced at least one unplanned systems outage over the past three years, which lasted an average of four hours.

Solaria Labs has helped the insurer bring new ideas to market that impact all corners of its business, says innovation VP.