Technology/Science
On-Demand Delivery Drones Arrive in Iceland
An Israeli autonomous drone delivery company has started commercial operations in Reykjavik, Iceland, one of the first in the world to offer the service on demand.
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Automated Car Safety Systems Working; Preventing Crashes: Studies
Safety systems to prevent cars from drifting into another lane or that warn drivers of vehicles in their blind spots are beginning to live up to their potential to reduce crashes significantly, ...
Lemonade’s New Insurance Policy Lets Customers Update Coverage Terms Themselves
Lemonade has come out with an insurance policy that lets consumers update their policies themselves in real time on the web, actions that are typically left to agents and brokers. Lemonade ...
Safe Driving Algorithm Project Begins Involving Sompo Japan, Accenture and a Japanese Cab Company
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance, Accenture and a Japanese cab company will work jointly to develop a deep learning algorithm designed to help better understand driving behavior and improve safety in ...
The Latest Launches From Ironshore and Beazley
Ironshore now has a team devoted to managing cyber claims across all of its product lines. Beazley debuted expanded protection meant to address schemes such as the kind where employees are illegally ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS and Snapsheet
AXIS Capital Holdings' AXIS Re arm hired a former Swiss Re executive in a leadership role. InsurTech startup Snapsheet promoted from within to name its new chief technology officer.
Introducing the QBE, Arrowhead Partnership for Small Commercial
When it was announced in June that San Diego, Calif.-based Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. was selected as the program administrator for QBE North America's small commercial insurance ...
New P/C Insurance Products Delayed by Old Policy Form Tech: Novarica
A reliance on manual processes and inadequate technology leaves property/casualty insurers with major delays in updating their coverage forms. A new industry report found that as a result, most ...
Telematics Startup Roost Raises $10.4M From Three International Insurance Companies
Roost, a developer of home telematics for property insurance carriers, raised $10.4 million from three international insurance industry companies. Aviva Ventures led the Series B financing; ...