Emerging Technologies

Aerial imagery can help insurers underwrite competitively in a world dominated by unpredictable and destructive weather patterns.

An embarrassing error by Google's alternative to ChatGPT knocked $100 billion off its market value--because it got ahead of itself in ways the rest of us can learn from. 

Or further out than you can imagine? For now, the focus should be more on virtual and augmented reality for use cases such as training and healthcare.

While investment slowed in the early phases of the pandemic, it rebounded strongly in 2021: Levels during the first half equaled the total for all of 2020. 

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues in the insurance industry today, but forward-thinking insurers have found the way to combat it: AI. 

It's Time to Rethink the Spreadsheet. Plus, Return to In Person Events, COVID Drives Tech in Workers' Comp; The Next Evolution of Insurance; and more.

ITL FOCUS is a monthly initiative featuring topics related to innovation in risk management and insurance.

This month, we're focusing on Automation and RPA

As part of this month's ITL Focus on automation and RPA, we spoke with Nigel Walsh, managing director, insurance, at Google, about how far automation has progressed -- and about how to think about what comes next. Why automate a form or a process when you can simply eliminate it?