Amazon To Showcase Its Transportation Drive at World’s Largest Tech Show January 7, 2020 By Ben Klayman From making cars talk using Alexa’s voice to managing data from factories full of robots, Amazon.com Inc wants a big...
Uber, Postmates Sue California to Block Gig-Worker Law December 31, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt and Ellen Huet Uber Technologies Inc. and Postmates Inc. sued the state of California, alleging that a labor rights law set to go...
Technology’s Promise and Drawbacks Among Top Claims Stories for 2019 December 31, 2019 By Jim Sams Technology — both its promise and its alleged abuse — was a key component of the most important news stories...
Conference: California Workers’ Comp Should Embrace Innovation September 16, 2019 By Don Jergler The workers’ compensation market apparently needs to do some catching up where it concerns technology. “Historically we’ve been really slow...
Augmented Reality: Revolutionizing the Claims Cycle September 13, 2019 By Sheldon Levine This post is part of series sponsored by CoreLogic | Symbility. As technology advances and becomes more available to a...
Fitch: Technology Needed to Reverse Commercial Auto’s Dismal Performance August 28, 2019 By Jim Sams The commercial auto line hasn’t returned an underwriting profit for eight years now. Growing claim severity is a big part...
Lessons from Fintech Applied to Insurtech July 17, 2019 By Chris Chen I’ve seen this story before. Having worked in fintech since 2005, I witnessed the fintech wave forming, cresting, and eventually...
Amazon Unveils Futuristic Helicopter-Plane Hybrid Drone for Deliveries June 7, 2019 By Alan Levin Amazon.com Inc. has unveiled a revolutionary new drone — part helicopter and part science-fiction aircraft — that the company expects...
Wave of New Tech Firms Targeting Farms as Weather Wars Mount April 15, 2019 By Lydia Mulvany and Brian K. Sullivan When surprise hailstorms hit the 6,000 acres Trevor Scherman plants each year with peas, wheat, canola and lentils, his first...
Viewpoint: Three Ways to Facilitate Better Decision-Making with Claims Automation April 10, 2019 By By Shahin Hatamian Automation has been a part of the workers’ compensation and auto casualty industries for years, but today, a large opportunity...