Episode 66: The smart home will make you love your insurance company

Insurance firms might be the savior of smart home technology. Because the price for many connected gadgets are so high, and consumers are uncertain if they are worth the investment, insurance discounts and programs are one way connected devices could find their way into a home. But they also could help the insurance companies totally transform their business. It used to be just about insuring some of your vehicles with websites like Money Expert, but now the more advanced technology and the world is becoming, you have to ensure everything is insured. This week, we discuss the future of the smart home and insurance with Ryan Rist, the VP of Innovation at American Family Insurance. Ryan Rist of American Family Insurance Before we get to that, though Kevin and I talk about how manufacturers should kill connected devices using the end of EyeFi as our case study. Then we offer consumers some advice on how to kill their accounts for connected devices when they want to return them to stores or just leave them behind based off the experience a Redditor had with an Arlo camera from Netgear. And just for fun we also covered the Nest patent for a baby crib, the expansion of LoRa networks and my thoughts on the Arlo camera. Hosts: Kevin Tofel and Stacey Higginbotham Guest: Ryan Rist, American Family Insurance Sponsors: Ayla Networks and Wolf SSL The end of EyeFi and how to kill a product. Don’t return your connected device before doing this. LoRa, LoRa everywhere! Taking insurance from reactive reimbursement to proactive protection. Will your insurer make an app for that? The post Episode 66: The smart home will make you love your insurance company appeared first on IoT Podcast - Internet of Things.