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| Carriers must be careful stewards of data in order to mitigate the impact on consumer privacy, experts say. |
| The start-up had initially secured EU funding, but when this was put on hold indefinitely, its team took matters into its own hands and began crowdfunding |
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| This post, which describes recent news coming from Insurtech and Digital Insurance in China, was written by Zarc Gin from Insurview from within China. |
| Two very interesting (in their own ways) insurance and reinsurance deal rumours were revealed last night, as news broke that Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank is considering taking a large stake in Swiss Re, and that Allianz is looking at a deal with Bermudian giant XL
Group. |
| Singapore Life, the city-state’s preferred financial services start-up and most successfully funded insurtech to date, marks its first 100 days of retail operations today with S$250 million in life insurance coverage issued since
launch. |
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Mapfre’s Gracie Gan about her views on China’s regulatory landscape and digital insurance activities.
| | This presentation from IBM’s Kelley Buchanan explores why cognitive technologies (AI/ML) are getting so much attention from insurers, and
how best to invest in these technologies for competitive advantage. |
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. | | 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. |
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