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Roost Rolls Out White-Label Home Security Solution
Staff Writer | September 29, 2021
Security360 is a comprehensive telematics solution designed for home insurers...
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USAA Launches SafePilot Telematics App in Majority of States
Staff Writer | September 27, 2021
Daily driver enrollment is 203% higher than in 2020...
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insured.io Launches insured.io Insights
Staff Writer | September 23, 2021
New client portal adds self-service options and transparency to customer capabilities...
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New Life Insurance Company Wyshbox Launches
Staff Writer | September 14, 2021
Fully digital distributor offers customizable term life insurance starting at $9 per month for $150K coverage...
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SageSure Completes First U.S. Deployment of LeakBot Water Loss Mitigation Program
Staff Writer | September 14, 2021
New Jersey policyholders first to utilize monitoring technology to prevent water-related claims...
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Autonomous Vehicle Insurtech Koop Technologies Raises $2.5 Million Seed Round
Staff Writer | August 23, 2021
Plan to develop a modular, API-powered insurance platform for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and machine-centric risks...
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Four Benefits of Integrating Mobile Crash Detection and Accident Management
Mubbin Rabbani | August 18, 2021
Mobile crash detection technology integrated within the accident management platform can be a powerful tool...
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VOOM, Markel Launch Per-mile Motorcycle Insurance
Staff Writer | August 17, 2021
Usage-based insurtech product empowers riders to customize flexible coverage plans and lower insurance costs...
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Inclusive Auto Insurer Sigo Seguros Launches in Texas
Staff Writer | August 03, 2021
Targeting Spanish-speaking drivers, Sigo Seguros launches product that is transparent, affordable, and natively available in Spanish and English...
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Roost Announces Pilot Program with Alfa Insurance
Staff Writer | July 21, 2021
Sensor deployment to mitigate water leak claim costs, increase customer engagement...
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Still Standing, Still Learning, and Still at Home
Marty Ellingsworth | July 14, 2021
New blog by Marty Ellingsworth of Celent examines how insurers can navigate the post-COVID "new normal...
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Insurtech Startup YuLife Raises $70M Series B Round
Staff Writer | July 14, 2021
YuLife app uses AI, behavioral science, gamification to engage with life insurance policyholders...
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IMS Announces Fully-Managed Vehicle Security Solution for Commercial Fleets
Staff Writer | July 07, 2021
IMS Sleeper security hardware option enhances recovery/repatriation efforts...
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Electronic Chat with Alex Devoto, Founder, LVLFi
Laura Mazzuca Toops | June 28, 2021
LVLFi uses gamification to help health and life insurers engage their policyholders and improve their health...
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Insurify Partners With Nationwide
Staff Writer | June 14, 2021
Move follows Insurify’s partnership with Toyota Insurance Management Solutions, the company’s first step into embedded insurance...
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USAA Announces Plans to Acquire Insurtech Company Noblr, Inc.
Staff Writer | June 14, 2021
Acquisition will provide usage-based insurance offering to USAA members...
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What's AI-Right and AI-Wrong?
Marty Ellingsworth | June 01, 2021
The use of AI raises a plethora of ethical questions. Can you pass the AI ethics quiz...
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Technology Company Obie Launches to Reinvent the Investment Property Insurance Process
Staff Writer | May 27, 2021
Company debuts the first instant quote platform for landlords; now offers coverage in all 50 states...
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YuLife Expands Partnership with Digital Fitness Platform Fiit
Staff Writer | May 26, 2021
YuLife will enable employers to inspire active lifestyles and contribute to their employees’ wellbeing by rewarding members for joining Fiit’s at-home...
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The Drive for Digital
Denise Garth | May 26, 2021
“Pay-as-you-live” technologies, “Protect-as-you-go” and “Prevent-as-you-live” insurance is beginning to command corporate attention...
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Connected Car Data and New Telematics Technology Highlighted in IMS-Led Webinar
Staff Writer | May 20, 2021
Executives from Zipcar, Audi, i247, and Athlon will share insights on implementation and business value from leading fleet industry solutions...
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Electronic Chat with Candice Smith, Founder and CEO, Caregiven
Laura Mazzuca Toops | May 17, 2021
Caregiven provides accessible digital health solutions to family caregivers to help them feel less overwhelmed and have more meaningful time with...
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Electronic Chat with Nestor Hugo Solari, Founder/CEO, Sigo
Laura Mazzuca Toops | May 10, 2021
Sigo provides affordable access via its direct-to-consumer platform that is tech-enabled, bilingual, and mobile-first...
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NXCR and J.D. Power Announce Strategic Alliance
Staff Writer | May 05, 2021
Alliance gives consumers more flexible choices when making vehicle purchase decisions...
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Insurify Partners with Toyota Insurance Management Solutions to Revolutionize Insurance Shopping for Toyota Consumers
Staff Writer | April 22, 2021
Insurify’s white label insurance comparison product will roll out to Toyota customers nationwide through industry-first partnership...
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IMS Signs Partnership with Car Sharing Marketplace Turo
Staff Writer | April 15, 2021
European vehicle owners who work with Turo can get IMS telematics hardware installed in personal or commercial fleet vehicles...
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Electronic Chat with Andrew Jernigan, CEO, and Allen Koski, President and Chief Innovation Officer, Insured Nomads
Laura Mazzuca Toops | April 05, 2021
Insured Nomads offers a full portfolio of insurance solutions for the globally mobile -- including international health, life and disability, and...
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HR Software Company Ease Raises $41M Series C Financing
Staff Writer | March 30, 2021
The new round of financing brings the company's total funding to $70 million and validates that benefits and HR industry is poised for growth...
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Heffernan Insurance Brokers Participates in GloveBox $3 Million Early-Stage Investment
Staff Writer | March 30, 2021
Additional participants in the round include Mercato Partner's Prelude Fund and other insurance industry partners...
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Electronic Chat with Allison Martin, CEO and Founder, UDoTest
Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 30, 2021
UDoTest is a Massachusetts-based, globally award-winning B2B at-home health screening software platform designed to personalize self-collection at-...
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Paul Stacy Joins IMS (Insurance & Mobility Solutions) in Global BD Role
Staff Writer | March 16, 2021
He takes on the new role of Global Business Development Director at IMS, reporting to CEO Nick Corrie...
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GloveBox Receives $3M Early-Stage Investment
Staff Writer | March 16, 2021
Led by Prelude, the early-stage practice of Mercato Partners, with participation from Heffernan Insurance Brokers and other experienced industry...
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Digital Trucking Insurer Koffie and Samsara Partner to Revolutionize Fleet Safety and Insurance
Staff Writer | March 16, 2021
Samsara is Koffie's exclusive aftermarket telematics partner offering preventative AI and driver assistance solutions...
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Electronic Chat with Jonathan Roomer, Co-Founder, YuLife
Laura Mazzuca Toops | January 25, 2021
The YuLife app rewards policyholders for looking after their well-being – if they go for a walk or practice meditation...
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Electronic Chat with Nino Tarantino, CEO- Americas, Insurance and Mobility Solutions (IMS)
Laura Mazzuca Toops | December 15, 2020
Nino Tarantino is CEO – Americas of IMS. a global provider of connected car solutions, services, and analytics to insurers, mobility operators, OEMs...
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Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies Selects IMS for Commercial Fleet Insurance Telematics Program
Staff Writer | December 08, 2020
GUARD turns to IMS to deploy complete insurance telematics program...
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Appalachian Underwriters Partners with Slice Labs to Build and Distribute Digital On-Demand Insurance
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Enhancing insurance experience with access to fast, digital quotes and coverage...
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EIS Introduces Usage-Based Insurance Solution that Unifies Personal, Commercial Car Use
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Includes ridesharing solution enabling insurer to cover drivers based on inclusive set of variables...
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IMS Launches Telematics App Development Framework
Staff Writer | November 30, 2020
IMS One App counters “driver feedback fatigue” by making telematics more accessible, boosting engagement, and improving program ROI...
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New IMS Engagement Toolset Helps Insurers Improve ROI on UBI
Staff Writer | November 24, 2020
Toolset allows insurers to craft and configure engagement campaigns that blend reward programs, which incentivize change, with practical coaching and...
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Startup Branch Insurance & Cambridge Mobile Telematics Team Up to Launch Community Drive
Staff Writer | November 18, 2020
Startup and telematics company collaborate to create community of safe drivers, with kickoff starting in Ohio...
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Crawford Technologies Introduces Smart MailHub
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
New tool addresses work-from-home challenges at large organizations...
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Nationwide and IMS Partner on Mileage-focused Insurance Telematics Offering
Staff Writer | November 11, 2020
IMS is mileage-based technology partner for Nationwide’s SmartMiles program...
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IMS Technology Powers Utah’s Road Usage Charge Program
Staff Writer | October 13, 2020
IMS is only solution provider to power all production deployments across North America...
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Gelato with Dots and Sprinkles
Marty Ellingsworth | October 13, 2020
Gelato is great. Gelato with sprinkles is even better. Celent's Marty Ellingsworth continues his look at new and improved risk analytics...
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Agero Improves Accident Experience for Insurers, Drivers with addition of Alternative Transportation by Lyft
Staff Writer | October 01, 2020
Dispatch of complimentary Lyft rides boosts customer satisfaction and...
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Electronic Chat with Jake Tamarkin, Co-founder and CEO, Everyday Life
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 28, 2020
Jake Tamarkin is co-founder and CEO of Everyday Life, a Boston-based online life insurance “concierge” delivering financial solutions to mass market...
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MyBankTracker.com Launches Two New Verticals and Enters into Insurance Space
Staff Writer | September 22, 2020
Personal finance site adds investing to deepen its portfolio...
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Plug and Play Selects 25 Insurtech Startups for Winter Batches
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 21, 2020
The insurtech "Batch 9" lists 25 cohorts, including Cake, Friss, and Vero...
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The Helper Bees Launches Independence Care Concierge
Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
New service lets carriers offer value-add services to the insured, enabling quality care to 40+ million aging Americans...
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Electronic Chat with Matt Perlman, Partner, IA Capital Group
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 08, 2020
Partner at IA Capital Group, a private investment firm specializing in insurance and financial technology, talks about the current state of insurtech...
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Metromile and Ford Team up to Bring Highly Personalized Car Insurance to Ford Owners
Staff Writer | September 03, 2020
Partnership will create a better experience for drivers beyond savings...
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Travelers Enhances Traverse App With Image Recognition Technology
Staff Writer | September 01, 2020
Traverse offers coverage options for a range of items, including laptops, mobile phones, musical instruments and jewelry, as well as personal...
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Underwriting in 3D: Using Data to Adapt and Improve Life Insurance Sales
Denise Garth | August 28, 2020
Denise Garth of Majesco discusses how life insurers can leverage technology to transform the buyer experience into value-added protection at the point...
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IMS Wins Two TU-Automotive Product of the Year Awards
Staff Writer | August 19, 2020
Carrot UBI platform recognized as Top Automotive Insurance Product of the Year and Best Data Product of the Year at the virtual TU Automotive Detroit...
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A New Boom for Life Insurance: Shifting Away from the 250-Year-Old Policy Transaction
Denise Garth | August 13, 2020
To retain the customer and revenue, insurers must rethink their scope away from a life insurance transaction to a broader lifestyle experience across...
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Policygenius Launches Wills and Trusts Through New Mobile App
Staff Writer | August 12, 2020
Online insurance marketplace expands to offer digital estate planning for busy consumers...
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A Digital Wildfire Creates a Burning Platform for Digital Insurance Business Transformation
Denise Garth | August 06, 2020
The next generation of customer requires a digital platform and robust ecosystem that work together under one common platform across different core...
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Ohio Mutual Insurance Group Partners with Centric Consulting to Develop New Mobile App
Staff Writer | July 31, 2020
New mobile app designed to improve user experience and capabilities...
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IMS Extends Telematics SDK Partnership with Onlia
Staff Writer | July 29, 2020
Incorporation of IMS telematics technology via SDK integration with...
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The Future of Insurance: Opportunities in Ecosystems
Denise Garth | July 27, 2020
Denise Garth of Majesco examines how insurance can tap into the synergy between companies and customers that helps meet the needs of all participants...
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Hi Marley Raises $8 million for AI Messaging Platform
Staff Writer | July 01, 2020
Funds earmarked for hiring, including expanding engineering and customer-facing teams...
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CNA Launches The View From Home, Providing Long-Term Care Policyholders Added Support While Aging in Place
Staff Writer | June 24, 2020
First phase of program rolls out Care Concierge services through partnership with The Helper Bees...
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Breeze Partners with Assurity Life to Launch Online Disability Insurance
Staff Writer | June 23, 2020
Insurtech company leverages its technology platform to provide a quick, convenient way for American workers to protect their income...
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The Detection Group Receives FM Approval for Trident™ Wireless Water Leak Detection System
Staff Writer | June 18, 2020
The Detection Group’s Trident Wireless Water Leak Detection System, is the first company to receive the FM Approvals’ certification mark for a...
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Roadside Assistance Provider Agero Expands Market Share with Purchase of Road America from MAPFRE Asistencia
Staff Writer | June 18, 2020
Agero will take over roadside and accident support for Road America’s more than 100 U.S.-based insurance, auto reseller, fleet, RV and other diverse...
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As Auto Insurance Premiums Shrink, Insurers Need Mobility Ecosystem, New Study Finds
Laura Mazzuca Toops | June 04, 2020
“Rethinking Auto Insurance: From a Transactional Relationship to a Mobility Customer Experience,” a new white paper by Majesco examines the history of...
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Property & Casualty Insurers Raise Digital Games as COVID-19 Elevates Customer Expectations, J.D. Power Finds
Staff Writer | June 02, 2020
GEICO Ranks Highest in Service Satisfaction, National General Ranks Highest in Shopping Satisfaction...
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Roost Announces Strategic Partnership with American National Insurance Company
Staff Writer | May 28, 2020
Smart sensor deployment to enhance customer engagement...
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Root Insurance Extends Digital Business Model to Roadside Assistance with Agero, Powered by Swoop
Staff Writer | May 27, 2020
P&C insurtech and B2B roadside services providers partner to deliver touchless emergency road support to over 1.9 million policyholders...
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Electronic Chat with Brad Epker
Staff Writer | April 28, 2020
Brad Epker is Chief Revenue Officer at Prompt.io (formerly Chatbox), a text messaging provider that allows businesses to transform text messaging from...
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Tapping AI to Improve Policyholder Experience
Chris Small | April 22, 2020
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are increasingly moving from the lab or back-office to having a strong impact on the daily front-line...
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IMS Announces Availability of Low-Cost, Quick-Start Auto UBI Program
Staff Writer | April 21, 2020
The global pandemic has altered driving behaviors and exposed a need for a more flexible, data-driven, pay-as-you-go auto insurance model...
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Agero Releases New Digital Platform for Accident Claims Management
Staff Writer | April 16, 2020
New capabilities, integrations with claims management vendor ecosystem saves insurers time and money...
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COVID-19 a Game Changer for Workers’ Comp
Laura Mazzuca Toops | April 14, 2020
New survey shows shift to remote work, telemedicine as solutions...
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Origami Risk Introduces Online Solutions to Help Hospitals, Healthcare Systems Manage Issues Related to COVID19
Staff Writer | April 14, 2020
Origami Risk, the industry-leading risk, safety and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, introduces four online solutions to help...
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Electronic Chat with Steve Comer
Laura Mazzuca Toops | April 06, 2020
Steve Comer, Director of Financial Services and Insurance at Hyland Software, discusses his company's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how Hyland...
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Leveraging Digital Resources in the Time of COVID-19
Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 26, 2020
A new report by Forrester discusses the need for insurers to reshape and accelerate their digital roadmaps during the pandemic...
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Electronic Chat with Pankaj Parashar
Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 05, 2020
Pankaj Parashar is co-founder and CEO of Purple Ant, a subscription-based, cloud-based home monitoring platform that integrates with commercially...
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INSHUR Partners with Drivers Benefits to Provide Rideshare Drivers With Benefits Access
Staff Writer | February 11, 2020
Partnership will provide rideshare drivers easy access to benefits such as eye examinations and legal assistance through the integration of Drivers...
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Ed Rochfort Brings Successful UBI Track Record to IMS as Chief Product Officer
Staff Writer | February 11, 2020
IMS changes also include brand extension across Trak Global Group’s worldwide insurance and mobility B2B divisions, and the launch of a Boston...
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IMS Brings Carrot UBI Platform to North American Insurers
Staff Writer | January 21, 2020
Approach focused on engagement and reward already proven to deliver increased customer participation, better insurance outcomes, and safer drivers...
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Roost® Announces Commercial Property Telematics Partnership with Church Mutual Insurance Company
Staff Writer | November 08, 2019
Property carrier telematics provider Roost announced a new partnership with Church Mutual Insurance Company®, the largest insurer of religious...
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Digital Does Matter in Insurance-- And Insurers are Missing the Mark
Bill Sinn | October 04, 2019
According to the second annual “Gartner L2 Digital IQ index: Insurance U.S. Report,” released in July of this year, the results were, to put it mildly...
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Roost Joins the IoT Insurance Observatory
Bill Sinn | April 18, 2019
Roost, a leader in Home Telematics for property insurance carriers, today announced thatthey will be joining the IoT Insurance Observatory member...
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Nissan North America Joins LexisNexis Telematics Exchange
Bill Sinn | April 09, 2019
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, a leading provider of data, analytics and technology, announced today that Nissan North America has joined the LexisNexis...
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Roost®Achieves ISO 27001 Certification
Bill Sinn | April 03, 2019
Commitment to Information Security and Data Privacy with Roost Property Telematics Platform...
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Meet Your Customers’ New Expectations
Bill Sinn | April 02, 2019
In today's fast paced digitally enabled world its important to take the time to listen to your customer. Listen to what they care about, what are...
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New Majesco Research Clearly Reveals Rising Consumer Expectations for a New Era of Insurance
Bill Sinn | March 26, 2019
Leaders will rapidly adapt to what customers want and expect, rather than requiring customers to adapt to the way insurance has always worked...
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Perspectives From a Smart Home Owner: How Insurers Can Help
Karen Furtado | March 21, 2019
There are so many great advances in the area of smart homes and buildings, it makes me wonder what the actual impact has been, or what I might have...
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Nationwide partners with Slice Labs to develop on-demand auto insurance for rideshare drivers
Bill Sinn | March 19, 2019
Nationwide has taken an innovative step to develop on-demand rideshare insurance solutions for drivers who work for transportation network companies (...
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Armed Forces Insurance Joins Roost® Home Telematics Program
Bill Sinn | March 05, 2019
Smart Sensor Deployment to Drive Claims Mitigation and Digital Engagement...
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Direct Online Could Grow to 12% of Small Commercial Insurance Market by 2023, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | February 13, 2019
Changes in business owners' online habits and new market entrants driving market demand...
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Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Company Selects Roost®Home Telematics Solutions
Jim Daggett | February 12, 2019
Smart Sensor Deployment to Help Drive Policyholder Engagement...
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Ajira AI Releases Workers’ Compensation Early Incident Reporting Solution, IntelliFROI™
Bill Sinn | January 29, 2019
New software offering blends AI, speech, mobile, and cloud technologies...
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30% of Insurers Plan to Expand Use of Blended IT Staffing, Novarica Profiles 41 Vendor Solution Providers
Bill Sinn | January 24, 2019
IT services providers fulfill demands for modernization, innovation, and rare skill sets...
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Building and Retaining Human Capital as Critical for Insurers as Investing in Innovation Initiatives, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 22, 2019
In two new briefs, "Innovation in Insurance: Expansion and Key Issues" and "Next Generation Talent in Insurance", research and advisory firm Novarica...
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Telematics Fosters New Opportunities for Improved Customer Perception and Engagement, Says Novarica
Staff Writer | July 17, 2018
Telematics adoption by insurers poised to increase as bar to entry is lowered and value becomes more clearly defined...
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Octo Telematics Powers CAA MyPace™ Pay-As-You-Go Program
Staff Writer | May 31, 2018
Global telematics provider delivers insurance telematics for CAA’s first-in Canada payment program...
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MADISON MUTUAL INSURANCE CHOOSES ROOST HOME TELEMATICS SOLUTIONS
Staff Writer | April 18, 2018
Smart Sensor Deployment to Increase Policyholder Engagement...
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GuideOne Insurance Selects Roost® Property Telematics Solution
Staff Writer | February 14, 2018
GuideOne Insurance Selects Roost® Property Telematics Solution Mitigating Water Leak Losses for Churches Across the Country...
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Bankers Insurance Selects Roost® for Home Telematics Solution
Staff Writer | January 17, 2018
Smart Sensor Deployment to Drive New Business...
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Guidewire Brings Salesforce CRM to P&C Insurers
Staff Writer | September 28, 2017
Guidewire Software announces it is teaming with Salesforce to bring to market a new solution to deliver CRM optimized for the needs of P&C insurance...
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Insurity Collaborates with Allstate Business Insurance on New Quoting App
Staff Writer | August 14, 2017
Insurity announce that Allstate Business Insurance has expanded its use of Policy Decisions and gone into production with a newly developed quoting...
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Hippo Insurance Partners with Roost on Smart Home Innovation
Staff Writer | May 11, 2017
Roost, creator of the Roost Smart Battery and Roost Smart Water Leak Detector, announces its partnership with Hippo Insurance...
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EIS to Use Microsoft Bot Framework to Deliver AI Services
Staff Writer | May 10, 2017
EIS Group announces the EIS Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has integrated with and is using Microsoft Bot Framework to deliver intelligent...
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Capgemini Launches Cloud-hosted, Mobile Applications Testing Lab
Staff Report | May 04, 2017
Capgemini and Experitest announce the availability of a cloud-hosted, on demand, mobile applications testing lab...
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Guidewire Adds Octo Telematics as Solution Alliance Partner
Staff Writer | February 13, 2017
Octo Telematics and Guidewire Software announce that Octo has joined Guidewire PartnerConnect as a solution partner...
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Mobile App Transforms Claims Process for Security First
Staff Writer | February 06, 2017
Security First Insurance is transforming the property insurance claims process through digital engagement and mobile technology with JobSight, an...
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Verisk, Duck Creek Expand Relationship Through Data Exchange
Staff Writer | December 21, 2016
Verisk Insurance Solutions announces an agreement with Duck Creek Technologies that will enable Duck Creek customers to access the Verisk Data...
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Insurers Access Streaming Drone Video Via DropIn Mobile App
Staff Writer | December 15, 2016
Insurance company and claim professional customers of DropIn Inc., can now order on-demand, live-streaming drone video of properties to be assessed or...
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Verisk, Driveway Software Alliance to Offer Smartphone Telematics Solution
Staff Writer | December 07, 2016
Verisk Insurance Solutions announces a strategic alliance with Driveway Software...
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Majesco, Life.io Announce Strategic Partnership
Staff Writer | October 11, 2016
Majesco announces a partnership with Life.io, a digital consumer engagement platform, transforming how insurers relate to their customers through...
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Slice Launches First Insurance Product
Staff Writer | October 05, 2016
Slice Labs, an insurtech startup, announces the launch of their first on-demand insurance product to support the on-demand economy...
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Livegenic Announces Global Partnership with ClaimLogik
Staff Writer | September 29, 2016
Livegenic announces a global partnership with Australian-based solutions provider, ClaimLogik...
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Fluttrbox Announces Successful Pilot Program with Continental Western Group
Staff Writer | September 09, 2016
Fluttrbox, a provider of a software platform leveraging drone technology and analytics for use by P&C insurers in the underwriting, risk assessment...
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Slice Labs Partners with Munich Re to Deliver Products Globally
Staff Writer | July 11, 2016
Slice Labs, an insurtech startup set to launch an on-demand insurance platform to support the on-demand economy, has partnered with Munich Re...
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Insurance Technologies Releases New Version of FireLight
Staff Writer | June 30, 2016
Insurance Technologies announces the latest release of the FireLight SaaS e-application solution, which includes the launch of an offline iPad native...
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The Internet of Things in Insurance: Shaping Strategy, Managing Biggest Risks
Chris Lanzilotta | June 23, 2016
Until recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) was on the strategic agenda of only the largest and most progressive insurers. The IoT was largely viewed...
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CSC Expands Digital Insurance Portfolio with Telematics
Staff Writer | June 22, 2016
CSC announces a new usage-based insurance (UBI) and telematics offering to help insurers price new products based on driving behaviors...
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How Connected will the Connected World Be?
Mark Breading | May 31, 2016
The idea of a fully connected world has become quite popular in the press and is driving much of the innovation and startup activity these days...
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Look, Up in the Sky . . .
Michael P. Voelker | May 23, 2016
From precision aerial and satellite imagery to the evolution of drones, technology is transforming the way insurance carriers look at claims...
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The Digitalization of Insurance Comes Home to Roost
Frank Petersmark | May 10, 2016
At the recent Digital Insurance Conference in Austin, I had the opportunity to moderate two panels that highlighted the different perspectives on...
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Claimatic Launches Mobile App that Matches Claims to Field Resources
Staff Writer | April 18, 2016
Claimatic announces the launch of Claimatic Mobile, an automated field dispatch mobile application, which tracks adjusters, contractors or other...
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Digital Insurers Must Optimize Business Model
Ellen Carney | February 02, 2016
Innovation is an essential component in the continuous mobile improvement process, yet innovating is hard, particularly in rigid and heavily regulated...
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Insurers Can Capitalize on Connected Technology
Mark Breading | January 26, 2016
The connected world is here. The major theme at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show is that everything is smart. And for insurers, the implications are...
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Insurers Have to Meet or Exceed Customer Expectations
Frank Petersmark | January 19, 2016
Insurance carriers interested in meeting or exceeding their customer’s expectations regarding mobility are looking at a two-pronged approach...
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New Connected Car Offerings: A Broadside to Insurers
Mark Breading | December 01, 2015
Today, my (snail) mailbox contained a postcard from Verizon offering to turn my car into a connected car. To be more precise, the offer was to my 22-...
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Vertafore Launches Mobile App for Agency Management Systems
Staff Writer | October 06, 2015
Vertafore announces plans to launch the Vertafore Mobile App, which provides secure mobile access to account policy, claim, and billing information...
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What Lies Ahead in 2020 for Insurance IT
Robert Regis Hyle | September 25, 2015
Looking ahead is not easy, particularly when technology for the entire world—even the insurance industry—is changing so quickly. What we do know is...
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GM First Automaker to Join Verisk Telematics Data Exchange
Staff Writer | September 03, 2015
Verisk Insurance Solutions introduces the Verisk Telematics Data Exchange, a data link between insurers and consumers who drive connected cars...
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Insurers Ride the Wave of Mobile Technology
Rod Travers | August 25, 2015
Insurers are encountering a new level of sophistication with mobile users and technologies...
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Telematics Can Play Important Role in Accident Investigations
Monique Hesseling | August 10, 2015
As I researched recent developments in the telematics space, I thought of the wise words of an unknown car driver: “The worst fault of a car driver...
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IDP Announces Mobile Capabilities for Agency Software
Staff Writer | July 06, 2015
IDP announces the immediate availability of mobile capabilities to AgentXpress, the company's portal solution...
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Verisk Enters Strategic Alliance with IMS
Staff Writer | June 18, 2015
Verisk Insurance Solutions announces a new strategic alliance with global connected-car company Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (IMS), a provider...
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Mobile Insurance Websites: More than Just a Pretty Face
Michael P. Voelker | April 29, 2015
In an increasingly mobile world, insurance carriers need to focus their attention not just on presenting their mobile website in the best possible...
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The Unintended Consequences of Self-driving Cars
Rob McIsaac | April 14, 2015
While I embrace many (most?) things with a technology flair, I have to admit to being a bit amused with all the breathless excitement exuded over the...
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Wunelli, LexisNexis Reach One Billion Miles of Driving Behavior Data
Staff Writer | April 01, 2015
Wunelli, a LexisNexis company, has reached its billionth mile of driving behavior tracked, analyzed and scored...
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Targeting the Mobile Customer in Insurance
Robert Regis Hyle | March 31, 2015
The fact that more people use mobile devices to connect to the Internet shouldn’t surprise anyone, but if you sit back for a minute and contemplate...
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Octo Telematics, SAS Increase Telematics Data Insights, Reduce Risk
Staff Writer | February 03, 2015
Octo Telematics, a provider of insurance telematics services, and business analytics developer SAS will provide insurers and their policyholders with...
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Progressive to Offer Discounts to OnStar Users for Feedback
Staff Writer | January 07, 2015
Beginning this summer, OnStar will offer customers the opportunity to sign up for a service that provides driver assessment data to customers who want...
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Phoenix Life Expands Use of Insurance Technologies’ Solutions
Staff Writer | December 17, 2014
Insurance Technologies announces that Phoenix Life Insurance Company expands its use of ForeSight and FireLight to illustrate and process whole life...
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IDP Releases Mobile App for Core Admin System
Staff Writer | December 11, 2014
IDP announces the availability of a new mobile application designed to extend the accessibility and functionality of the company's flagship offering...
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Guidewire Extends Core Functionality to Power Omnichannel Solutions
Staff Writer | November 07, 2014
Guidewire Software announces that its mobile and portals solution portfolio is experiencing strong momentum with eight customers in five countries...
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Novarica Reports Retirement Plan Insurers Expanding Mobile, Social Media Capabilities
Staff Writer | November 07, 2014
In the battle for market and wallet share in the defined contribution retirement plan space, insurers are expanding mobile and social media...
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Go Digital (as Long as the Fries are Hot)
Robert Regis Hyle | August 26, 2014
Are you still wondering if digital capabilities are worth the effort for your company? If so, consider that fast-food chain McDonald’s recently...
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Defining Terms in the Digital Revolution
Denise Garth | August 11, 2014
Just like the opening lines of Hamlet's famous soliloquy, "To be or not to be, that is the question," another question is being asked in that familiar...
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The Disruptors Among Us: Start with Mobility
Robert Regis Hyle | July 28, 2014
If you’re a member of the ITA’s LinkedIn Group, you may have noticed a post that asks for opinions on what will be the greatest disruptor in the...
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National Life Group Implements Illustration Platform
Staff Writer | July 28, 2014
Insurance Technologies announces that National Life Group has implemented ForeSight to illustrate the term, indexed universal and universal life...
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ISCS Launches Mobile Product Line
Staff Writer | June 18, 2014
ISCS announces the immediate availability of the first in a new line of mobile products that significantly enhances insurer accessibility to basic...
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Ditch the Onboard Device, But Not the UBI Model
Jake Diner | June 06, 2014
Here is a typical onboard diagnostic device UBI business model...
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Progressive Making Progress on the UBI Front
Robert Regis Hyle | June 05, 2014
Technology has infiltrated every aspect of the insurance industry, but nowhere is it so important than in the area of usage-based insurance. Insurers...
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Insurers Sign The (Un)Dotted Line
Robert Regis Hyle | May 27, 2014
Tying an agency management system with electronic signatures creates great efficiencies for agents and carriers alike...
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Usage-based Insurance the Latest Interesting Time
Jamie Bisker | May 27, 2014
The old, reportedly Chinese curse about living in interesting times recently came to mind, and that it might not be much of a curse anymore. It is...
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LexisNexis Acquires UK-based Telematics Service
Staff Writer | May 20, 2014
LexisNexis Risk Solutions announces it is expanding its global usage-based insurance (UBI) solutions with the acquisition of Wunelli, an industry-...
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Better Driving Habits at the Core of UBI
Robert Regis Hyle | May 19, 2014
There’s a great deal to be excited about in the insurance industry thanks to the advances technology has provided. Insurers are finally able to dig...
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Five Tablet Considerations for Insurance Field Agents
Mike McMahon | May 05, 2014
For insurers, mobile technology is becoming a business-critical tool, as it allows insurance workers the advantage of bringing all of their files and...
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Verisk Launches Mobile App for Vehicle Inspections
Staff Writer | April 29, 2014
Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting announces the availability of RISK:check Virtual Inspector, a mobile application designed to improve the...
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‘Any’ is the Key Word in Mobile Technology
Robert Regis Hyle | April 28, 2014
The three “any’s” are ruling the mobile world these days: any time, any place, and any way you want to communicate or do business. These three aspects...
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Telematics and the Remote Worker
Robert Regis Hyle | April 14, 2014
Until last September, I spent 15 years driving approximately 25 miles to work in the morning and another 25 home each night. There are plenty of...
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How Wearable Technology Can Impact Insurance
Tom Benton | April 14, 2014
As long as I can remember, I’ve been a gadget guy. Those of us who grew up in the 60s and 70s were among the first generation to have a television in...
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AXA, Facebook Reimagine the Future of Insurance
Denise Garth | April 14, 2014
What a stunner and brilliant outside-in move by AXA to position itself as a dominant digital insurance company by partnering with Facebook. This is a...
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Mobile Device Management Just One Answer to BYOD Issue
Martin Gillespie | April 04, 2014
Over the past decade, the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) concept has become popular with insurance organizations and employees alike. Finding the...
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New Verisk Division Offers Discount Telematics Program
Staff Writer | April 02, 2014
Verisk Analytics has formed a new division, Verisk Telematics, to provide driver discount programs that insurers can integrate into their telematics...
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DocuSign, Vertafore Partner on Digital Transaction Management
Staff Writer | March 31, 2014
DocuSign and Vertafore announced a strategic partnership to make DocuSign’s Digital Transaction Management (DTM) platform and e-signature solution...
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The Future of Telematics Heads Beyond Insurance
Robert Regis Hyle | February 12, 2014
Data collected from automobiles can tell as much about the drivers as it does on how fast they corner turns...
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Towers Watson Releases New Scoring Model for Auto Insurers
Staff Writer | February 10, 2014
Towers Watson announces the launch of DriveAbility 2.0 Score, a new analytical scoring model designed for the automobile insurance industry, which...
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Berkshire Hathaway Unit Buys Telematics Service Provider
Staff Writer | February 10, 2014
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance announces it has signed an agreement to purchase the assets of MyAssist Inc...
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- Insurium Names Insurtech Veteran Jeremy Williams CEO
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Digital Drip: New Lease on Life
Robert Hunter
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Transformation Corner: Core System Transformation
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Down Market Opportunities Beckon Benefits Insurers
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Technology at the Heart of Change in Insurance
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Got Policies? IVANS Service Helps Feed Commercial Lines Producers
Finding insurance carriers willing to write commercial lines risks has always been a challenge for producers... READ MORE
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Technology Changes Coming Faster than Ever for Insurers
As Guidewire Software prepares for the start of Connections, its 11th annual user conference that begins on Nov. 2, Brian Desmond, chief marketing... READ MORE
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5 Things to Consider When Modernizing a Surety System
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Big Data and Insurtech: A Carrier Perspective
Insurance has always relied on large volumes of data to gauge customer behavior and more. But as big data has gotten bigger, insurtech has empowered... READ MORE
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