Man versus Machine
With the much-anticipated trailer for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” launched just over a week ago, there is no doubt that our fascination with “Man versus Machine” is alive and well. Think about the early caveman, 2 million years ago, chipping away at a rock, which would eventually become an axe. How did others receive his new “machine?” Or, how about when the cotton gin appeared? Some say that Eli Whitney’s invention actually prolonged slavery.
Whatever your stance on the debate over the need for new machines and how they replace or enhance the human element, there is no doubt that machines continue to change the business landscape and how people participate in the process.
The machine of modern times is the computer. And, the same questions of how they might replace humans still creep up. The significant difference in today’s world is how computers have moved from the workplace into the living room and now even into the hand. We look to computers as our tool to find restaurants, shopping deals, cars, stock advice, and more, but will consumers allow computers to sell them life insurance? Will Jake at State Farm or Flo at Progressive be replaced? Evia (Expert Virtual Insurance Agent) is lurking in the wings to do just that.
Snejina Zacharia, CEO of Insurify, just launched the first shot across the bow of the insurance world. She does not run an insurance company; her company assists consumers in sorting out all their available insurance options. CNET deems her company, “…the Travelocity for auto insurance.” You can take a photo of your license plate and text it to Evia, who will shoot you some questions and then analyze the 80+ insurance carriers’ plans to match you with what it perceives as the best one for your money. The goal is to obviously replace the traditional insura
via www.forbes.com