Emerging Technologies

It was almost as if someone flipped a switch on Jan. 1, and commercial lines insurance companies began accelerating technology plans.

With embedded distribution, the insurer recognizes that insurance is just one task in the customer’s "job" and makes the buying process easy.

While digitization and technology have always existed in insurance, blockchain has emerged as rocket fuel for transformation.

Carriers are moving toward complex channel strategies, offering prospects, producers and policyholders a variety of ways to interact.

Mobile-based data collection has vastly increased the reach of telematics programs by simplifying the sign-up.

To terrorists, autonomous drones open an entire new field of possibilities. Imagine attacks on 100 locations in a single day.

Hybrid cloud models smooth digital transitions because they can easily operate their existing on-premise infrastructure during the shift.

In this week's Six Things, Paul Carroll explains how Microsoft just raised the bar. Plus, the future of AI in insurance; 10 ways to prepare for the hard market; the key to the future of mobility; and more.