Digital Insurance

Plymouth Rock names former State Auto CIO head of DM

Charlie Kordes jumps carriers to take over the direct channel.

Posted: Jun 11, 2020

Plymouth Rock names former SafeAuto CIO head of DM

Charlie Kordes jumps carriers to take over the direct channel.

Posted: Jun 11, 2020

Nationwide joins Series B funding round for commercial insurtech Planck

Led by Team8 Capital, the round includes three other existing investors, as well as Nationwide and Hannover Digital

Posted: Jun 10, 2020

Lemonade files IPO

It plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LMND.

Posted: Jun 09, 2020

AI expected to lower financial services' business costs: Report

The Economist Intelligence Unit survey finds respondents predict that AI will lower their cost base, spur new products and services, open up new markets or industries, and pave the way for innovation.

Posted: Jun 09, 2020

Dig In Podcast 008: Return-to-work strategies for insurers after coronavirus

Deloitte's Gopi Billa joins the show to talk about what the insurance workplace will look like as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted and carriers make choices about their workforce.

Posted: Jun 08, 2020

AIG's Zaffino takes on modernization at the firm

(Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc.’s Peter Zaffino drew a clear line ahead of his jump to the insurer almost three years ago.

Posted: Jun 08, 2020

How clean is insurance customer experience data?

Wondering if my experience filing a claim will draw the right conclusions.

Posted: Jun 05, 2020

Standard Life tells staff to work from home for rest of 2020

While there are some signs of business slowly returning to normal as lockdown measures are eased, many financial firms are still keeping employees away from their offices.

Posted: Jun 04, 2020

Swiss Re sees opportunities for insurers in carbon-capture push

Reinsurer is pushing for the development of technologies to capture and store carbon dioxide.

Posted: Jun 04, 2020

Root launches home insurance

Insurtech also offers usage-based auto coverage and renter’s insurance.

Posted: Jun 04, 2020

Home insurtech Hippo acquires Spinnaker Insurance

Companies have been working together for several years.

Posted: Jun 03, 2020

The new era of geocoding in property underwriting

Technologies have enabled increasing precision as solutions evolved from postal code centroids to street level centroids to land parcel centroids.

Posted: Jun 03, 2020

Self-driving startup Argo completes $2.6 billion tie-up with VW

VW’s investment includes a $1 billion cash infusion and the folding of its $1.6 billion Autonomous Intelligent Driving unit into Argo.

Posted: Jun 02, 2020

Insurance digital behavior modifications pit heroes against hedonists

How much do we really understand about users’ motivations to use digital products for improving health?

Posted: Jun 02, 2020

Digital investments begin to pay off for P&C, J.D. Power finds

Property and casualty insurance companies improve in digital service after significant investment in direct-to-consumer websites and mobile design.

Posted: Jun 02, 2020

Startup presses ahead with pilot projects to electrify roads

(Bloomberg) -- Electreon Wireless Ltd. is pressing ahead with projects to test its technology that allows electric cars to be charged while driving, potentially demonstrating a way to overcome a key barrier to the mass adoption of the vehicles.

Posted: Jun 02, 2020

Dig In Podcast 007: Advancing digital transformation at Travelers during COVID-19

Travelers' EVP and chief technology and operations officer Mojgan Lefebvre joins the show to discuss the company's tech priorities before, during, and after the pandemic; and how the company is keeping up its recruiting and onboarding of key tech tal...

Posted: Jun 01, 2020

American National to deploy water sensors

Texas-based insurer partners with Roost.

Posted: Jun 01, 2020

Apple buys machine-learning startup to improve data used in Siri

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. bought machine-learning startup Inductiv Inc., adding to more than a dozen AI-related acquisitions by the technology giant in the past few years.

Posted: May 29, 2020

Google sued by Arizona over collecting user location data

With the location tracking setting turned off, the Alphabet Inc. unit collects information deceptively through other user settings, according to a lawsuit.

Posted: May 29, 2020

Trov expands to Brazil

With a new partnership, Seguros Sura Brazil will offer on-demand insurance products covering personal valuables.

Posted: May 28, 2020

Amazon working on deal for Zoox self-driving auto company

Potential deal could speed autonomous delivery, cutting the giant's costs.

Posted: May 28, 2020

5 ways insurers can tackle digitally based 'ecosystem' distribution

Ecosystem orchestrators and participants, such as car-sharing service vendors, could also collect and integrate massive amounts of data from different services

Posted: May 27, 2020

Root launches roadside assistance with fellow insurtech Agero

Usage-based insurance startup says revamped offering delivers on brand promise of full digital.

Posted: May 27, 2020