In October, Travelers, Gilbane and Triax announced a partnership to review data collected from a variety of Spot-r IoT devices, including those being used at a 60,000-square-foot, six-floor Gilbane construction site in New York City over 20 months. Below we round-up news coverage of the announcement: Tracking Construction Worker Safety a Group Effort via Claims Journal…
Business Insurance‘s Rob Lenihan discusses the potential impacts – and concerns – accompanying the surge in wearable technology in the workforce. According to research and advisory firm Gartner Inc., 310.4 million wearable devices will be sold worldwide in 2017, up 16.7% from 2016, and that sales of wearable devices will generate revenue of $30.5 billion in 2017.…
Rob Lenihan from Business Insurance explores how wearable technology is creating a new working environment for many employees, including construction workers. “I think you’re going to see wearables become ubiquitous in a lot of labor jobs,” said Chad Hollingsworth, CEO and co-founder of Triax Technologies Inc. in Norwalk, Connecticut. “We’re really focused on construction. Read…
We are honored to be recognized as a 2017 Business Insurance Innovations Award winner, one of eight companies recognized for innovative risk management products and services. Business Insurance Magazine spoke with Triax’s CEO and Chief Operating Officer and a Spot-r early adopter to discuss how the real-time system is changing the way risk managers and construction organizations…