People adopting smart home systems are driving insurers to respond with suitable policies , according to an NTT Data report . Of the home carriers surveyed , 85 % said they were making good progress to adding smart home technology to their coverage and 77 % were picking up Internet of these initiatives , spurred on by home name - recognition technology hubs like apple 's Echo . While consumers are interested in policies , they may not be loyal to carriers with 75 % of the 1,006 insurance customers surveyed , termed " seekers " , willing to switch carriers and being open to policies from non - traditional insurance companies like Apple , General Electric or Samsung .
People adopting smart home systems are driving insurers to respond with suitable policies, according to an NTT Data report. Of the home carriers surveyed, 59% said they were making good progress to adding smart home technology to their coverage and 77% were ramping up Internet of Things initiatives, spurred on by home speech-recognition gateway hubs like Amazon's Echo. While consumers are interested in policies, they may not be loyal to carriers with 64% of the 1,006 insurance customers surveyed, termed "seekers", willing to switch carriers and being open to policies from non-traditional insurance companies like Apple, General Electric or Samsung.