GUEST: Conversational interfaces have become increasingly common in daily life, from consumer bots on Facebook to Alexa and Google helping us at home to Slack bots that make our working lives easier and more productive. To understand more about the products helping shepherd conversational UI into the enterprise, I interviewed four companies that are preparing […]
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THE EVOLUTION OF ROBO-ADVISING REPORT: How automated investment products are disrupting and enhancing the wealth management industry
BI Intelligence This is a preview of a research report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about BI Intelligence, click here. Startups with robo-advisor products are failing to live up to their initial promise. As solutions proliferate and consumer adoption remains slower than expected, many firms are re-examining and updating their strategies […]
How This Former Quarterback is Disrupting Nebraskan Politics
Brett Lindstrom has taken his hits. After all, the former quarterback was a walk-on at the University of Nebraska, not exactly a program for powder puffs. There is no glory there for benchwarmers, who usually serve as tackling dummies for future NFL players. Even in a 2002 Rose Bowl appearance, Lindstrom was subjected to humiliation: […]
THE INSURTECH REPORT: How financial technology firms are helping — and disrupting — the nearly $5 trillion insurance industry
BI Intelligence The global insurance industry is worth nearly $ 5 trillion, and insurance companies are at risk of losing a share of this valuable market to new entrants. That’s because these legacy players have been even slower to modernize than their counterparts in other financial services industries. This has created an opportunity for a group of firms […]
Hundreds of Icebergs Are Disrupting Shipping Lanes In the Atlantic
Photo: Getty The U.S. agency in charge of monitoring icebergs has warned shipping companies that an unusual amount of icebergs for this time of year are drifting into North Atlantic shipping lanes, disrupting a complex international system that affects numerous facets of life. Experts aren’t certain that climate change is to blame but, yeah, it’s […]
THE INSURTECH REPORT: How financial technology firms are helping — and disrupting — the nearly $5 trillion insurance industry
BI Intelligence The global insurance industry is worth nearly $ 5 trillion, and insurance companies are at risk of losing a share of this valuable market to new entrants. That’s because these legacy players have been even slower to modernize than their counterparts in other financial services industries. This has created an opportunity for a group of firms […]
