The Digital Insurer Webinar: The Insurance Blockchain

Published: Thu, 08/25/16

The Digital Insurer Webinar: The Insurance Blockchain
Join us for this webinar and listen to an experienced, global panel of insurance professionals present, discuss and answer your questions on the theme of “The Insurance Blockchain”.

Date: Tuesday 6th September 2016
Time: 5pm-6.15pm (HK/SG time)
Summary

There has been a lot of coverage and interest in Blockchain over the last year or so and Insurance is no exception.  It’s the technology disruptor that everyone is talking about and has been compared to the invention and adoption of the World Wide Web.  Over $1 billion has been invested in Blockchain companies since 2009, with recent attention focusing on the insurance industry due to Blockchain’s validationary and claims settlement ability.


Our webinar will cover the basics as well as take a look at specific use cases for insurance and implementation considerations.  We will also have a live demo of Blockchain technology that has been developed for Commercial Line risks.


Join the discussion to listen to 4 short presentations and then a 30 minute Q&A session on "Blockchain in Insurance".

Our confirmed line up of experts for the webinar includes: 
​​​​​​​Moderation will be from Simon Phipps from KPMG.  It promises to be a really good session so register below to participate live or to receive the recording.
 
Speakers
The Digital Insurer


Co-founder & Managing Director, Intrepid Ventures
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Senior Financial Services Industry Director, Microsoft
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Steffen Schade
Group Head of Digital Platforms, AIA
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David Edwards
Founder and Product Lead, ChainThat
 
Agenda
 
Further Information
We have collated some links below as background reading to the topic.
Blockchain Primer

View our slides and video on Blockchain which gives a progress review of Blockchain in insurance and our view on the impact of Blockchain in the industry.
2 InView presentations:

InView: Civic - Take control of your identity
InView: DYNAMIS – Ethereum-Based DAO for Distributed P2P Insurance
Relevant snippets:

SmartContract – using blockchain technology to create self-verifying and self executing contracts

SmartContract – using blockchain technology to create self-verifying and self executing contracts
Some links to thought leadership pieces: