TDI Daily Newswire - 01/02/2018

Published: Thu, 02/01/18

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Today’s top selected digital insurance content

Jiff’s partner interview series profiles different healthcare solutions in the digital health ecosystem that help employees adopt healthy behaviors, and assist employers with lowering healthcare costs.
Castlight Health
 
Amazon teams up with bank giant and Warren Buffet firm in US assault
Insurance Times
 
Sign up for the KPMG sponsored webinar on 'Health Technology & Insurance' on 21st March. Register for free
 
“Al Volo”, the first instant insurance product created by Neosurance together with AXA Italy has won yet another prize
InsurTechNews
 
With tech-hungry millennials now coming of age and travelling independently, app offerings from travel insurance and assistance providers have become essential rather
than just ‘nice to have’. ITIJ found out what’s on the market and how far these apps go to meet the requirements of today's customers.
ITIJ
 
Macroinsurance enables you to take out multiple types of insurance through a single process on a single plan with a single provider. Find out why Wrisk is adopting
this approach.
Wrisk
 
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For this month’s InsurTech Insights, KPMG’s contribution is written by Chia Tek Yew. The article explores the usage of technology in connected insurance for providing new value and utility for customers. 
This month we take a look back at the major developments of 2017 and select the most progressive InsurTechs from the fields of telematics and MedTech.  We also speak to Mapfre’s Gracie Gan about her views on China’s regulatory landscape and digital insurance activities.
This report suggests data and analytics leaders at global life and P&C carriers are investing as much as $80 million per year in data analytics, with nearly all planning to invest more moving forward.
For this month’s InsurTech Insights, KPMG’s contribution is written by Murray Raisbeck and Paul Merrey. InsurTech hits scale is how they entitle the article. 
This month we delve into the world of blockchain and how insurers and InsurTechs in China are rapidly deploying new applications using the technology.
Insurers are leveraging cutting-edge technologies to improve existing products and develop innovative new offerings. Key technologies include cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain.
 
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