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Re:Munich Re buys IoT middleware startup, relayr, in deal wo... by jon-wood on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:43AM (#17915570)
I work at Neos, where we’re using IoT in the context of home insurance. Almost all our investors are insurance companies (including Munich Re who underwrite our policies).

Insurance is all over IoT, and indeed anything else with the chance of reducing risk - it’s what they do.

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Re:Munich Re buys IoT middleware startup, relayr, in deal wo... by supahfly_remix on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @07:44PM (#17922817)
Wow, good to know. I know.Progressive insurance used to have a.dongle to monitor driver behavior for a discount. It predated.the term Not and used.the 2g network.
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