Telematics

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

Arity hints at the insurer’s ambitions to create an added revenue stream by selling data and analytics knowledge, even to its competitors.

Low consumer adoption and a lack of data standards around smart devices mean home insurers are taking a slow approach to integrating the technology into their products.

The insurer says it is looking to bundle the various telematics-related services across its business units under the Arity umbrella

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

The strategy remains a good way for newcomers to enter the market, but carriers must provide additional value propositions to the consumer, Novarica says.

The Streetwide Drivers Club app allows customers to earn rewards points toward gift cards on popular brands and receive premium discounts.

In a world in which insurers are considering using wearables like FitBit to validate claims data, apps like Pokemon GO offer the same information in much greater detail.

An examination of the many stakeholders who are looking for information generated by smart cars.

The company continues its vibrant interest in the smart home sector.

IBM is also being courted by the Italian insurance telematics software company.

New commercial shows a world without windstorms, traffic accidents, building fires, and emergencies -- and that State Farm and its agents will be in the lending, wealth accumulation, and retirement income businesses.

The insurance industry is known to be conservative when it comes to new technology paradigms, but may not be alone when it comes to data analytics.

The rapidly changing nature of the connected vehicle, as well as regulatory uncertainty, are stifling investment and innovation for UBI and telematics in insurance.

Policyholders will always make questionable choices and exhibit unsafe behaviors, but insurers at least have a running start at reducing frequency or severity of loss.

The insurer is expanding its online offerings to mobile and developing new products for customers' smartphones.

As mobile technology gets smarter, stronger, and more entwined with policyholders' lives, insurers are finding new ways to leverage it.

The results go against several recent studies showing as many as half to three-quarters of respondents weren’t ready to give up the wheel.

The latest organization tapping into the insurance tech startup boom talks about the trends driving investment and the areas set to be disrupted.

While not an insurance provider, League Inc. connects customers, employees and a broad array of carriers through its app.