TDI Daily Newswire - 23/02/2018

Published: Fri, 02/23/18

Welcome to The Digital Insurer Newswire, a daily updated selection of curated InsurTech and digital insurance news from around the web. 
 
 
 
 

Today’s top selected digital insurance content

Re/insurers should look for opportunities to harness new technologies that increase customer interaction value, improve agility and add flexibility in prod.
Reinsurance News
 
Over the past few years, we have seen direct-to-customer channels, insurtech propositions, aggregator sites, affinity partnerships and more.
Insurance Thought Leadership
 
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When I look back at many of the Insurtech predictions for 2018, including my own, there is a lot of talk about ‘big tech’ entering Insurance.
InsurTechNews
 
Innovation teams understand that the connected world is evolving rapidly, and that competition is coming from industry newcomers as well as incumbents.
Digital Insurance
 
The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance has announced that 18 companies have joined the risk management and insurance industry’s first enterprise-level blockchain consortium.
Reinsurance News
 
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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 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 Chia Tek Yew. The article explores the usage of technology in connected insurance for providing new value and utility for customer. 
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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