TDI Daily Newswire - 21/02/2018

Published: Wed, 02/21/18

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Allianz is pleased to announce it has achieved an excellent set of results in Asia for the full year ended 31 December 2017.
Allianz
 
Tesla’s entry in to the insurance business will prompt many carriers to relook at their business models.
Accenture
 
Sign up for the KPMG sponsored webinar on 'Health Technology & Insurance' on 21st March. Register for free
 
Product liability could look very different in the future once the Internet of Things (IoT) connects a variety of insured household and business products, Clyde and Co. litigator Prachi Shah told Canadian Underwriter Friday.
Canadian Underwriter
 
Legal & General, the FTSE 100 financial services group and leading home insurance provider, has today announced a new technology partnership with Slice Labs with the aim to offer a new on-demand homeshare insurance proposition for customers.
Coverager
 
Life insurance industry hopes to create a safe repository of records which can be accessible to all organisations joining the platform.
ETCIO
 
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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.
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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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