Wearable technology

Company executives discussed deployment of Kinetic wearable device at Dig | In.

Arrangement makes the wearables-focused insurtech a subsidiary of the TPA service provider and provides a roadmap for insurtechs and vendors to work together.

The bank will follow the same concept as Vitality, which rewards clients who eat healthy and exercise with discounts on flights, gym and meal.

App focuses on healthy habits with insurance coverage increasing with each reported improvement.

Carriers will begin leveraging data for more personalized products based on customers' 'digital demographics,' says Accenture.

This combination ensures accuracy over time and enables the ability to analyze information and provide it quickly.

Digital Insurance catches up with some insurance market share leaders to identify the digital initiatives that are components of their success.

For healthcare payers, the answer depends on more than just saving money—optimizing health should be the basis for adoption.

Recently minted VP of product innovation Abel Travis outlines carrier’s approach to integrating insurtechs.

As sci-fi author William Gibson said, the future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed.

The insurer plans to offer its Fitbit/wearables-powered health program to more than a million employees of Canadian companies that use its group benefits,

The company's decision to roll out its Vitality behavior-based program to all policyholders is about the future, says Brooks Tingle.

The insurer’s Blue365 program aims to motivate its 60 million members with the fitness tracker/smartwatch.

Japanese carrier joins Manulife, John Hancock in leveraging the holistic initiative to encourage less risky behavior.

The technology provides a valuable tool to help the business line adapt to varying consumer expectations.

Infosys partnership will help the life insurer realize customer service and data mastery goals, says CEO Brooks Tingle.

Carriers are taking more serious looks at next-generation technologies like wearables, blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Emerging technologies such as IoT, wearables and autonomous vehicles require rapt attention from insurers now, as they can fundamentally change the industry in ways never before seen.

The insurer will leverage the university's research in the Internet of Things, data science and machine learning to help improve the life underwriting process.

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.