smartphones

The mobile revolution is under way. While we’re still in the early stages of smartphone use in general, it’s clear that technology is already beginning to change how we live — and work. For claims adjusters, the revolution started years ago with laptop estimating and access to e-mail outside the office. But the future holds [...]

For the property/casualty insurance industry, 2011 was a remarkably “sharing” year. I don’t mean what you think. I’m talking about sharing on social media websites. Of the eleven most shared events during the year, three were directly related to property loss. The Japanese tsunami, Hurricane Irene, and the U.S. East Coast earthquake were major occasions [...]

Over the past few months, there have been countless reports about smartphones tracking the movements of Americans.  As Robert Lee Hotz discusses in his article The Really Smart Phone, published in April 2011 in The Wall Street Journal, Apple and Google have come under increasing pressure for monitoring their customers without their knowledge.  But shelving [...]