Episode 013: Insurance Tech News Roundup, 2024 Q2 Edition​

In this 13th episode of the PremiumBytes video podcast, hosts Sudhar and Samir discuss observations and learnings from various news stories at the intersection of insurance and technology that they came across in the second quarter of 2024. The hosts have also continued making the rounds at the Spring conferences and shared observations from the events they attended in 2024 Q2.

Conferences:

On the conferences front, the hosts discussed

1. WSIA InsurTech Conference
2. InsurTech Hartford Symposium | Recap by Miguel Edwards of FiveM Consulting
3. InsurTech Insights

News Items The following are the media and news items referenced in the episode:

1. Patents for sale? State Farm Reveals Website of Inventions | Related: State Farm's Patents Portfolio
2. IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z: accelerate the application lifecycle with generative AI and automation
3. Most US drivers open to anti-speeding technology in vehicles
4. A watershed Moment for claims processing
5. Munich RE says electronic health records 'underutilized', but hopes to change that
6. Zinnia Closes Acquisition of Ebix's North American Life and Annuity Assets | Related press release:

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