TDI Daily Newswire - 05/03/2018

Published: Mon, 03/05/18

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Introducing Uber Health

Uber, the ridesharing company, is launching a new service called Uber Health (API included) to allow healthcare organizations to provide transportation.

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Focus on the Customer for the right Insurtech strategy

Earlier this week, I posted the picture below to my LinkedIn account, with the caption: “I don’t miss being in either of these roles from my former corporate life.

Daily Fintech

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Snail mail in the digital era: Why insurers need to kick the paper habit

There’s nothing an insurer likes better than sending mail; packages of information printed on paper, carried across the country by nice people in trucks.

Digital Insurance

Three Indonesian unicorns to invest in insurtech startup

Three one-billion-dollar Indonesian startups are looking to invest in PasarPolis, an insurtech startup, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Insurance Asia News

Insurance Prices Rise for First Time in 18 Quarters

Insurance Prices Rise for First Time in 18 Quarters.

Oliver Wyman

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HealthTech meets InsurTech: Trust in an automated world

For this month’s InsurTech Insights, KPMG’s contribution is written by Dr Rebecca Pope. The article explains how AI and machine learning are already bringing immediate benefits considering data privacy and regulatory challenges.

AgriTech in China

This month’s China in Focus investigates the InsurTech and AgriTech efforts set to transform rural China.Swiss Re, in thought leadership, looks more closely at available livestock insurance in a country where epidemic disease outbreaks kill and harm animals, while financially devastating ill-prepared farmers.In interview we speak with Tony Compton who is currently advising several InsurTechs in Shanghai and London.

Augmenting the Future: The Emerging Role of the Cognitive Insurer

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.

The connected Insurer

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.

China InsurTech Review 2017

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.

Raising Returns on Analytics Investments in Insurance

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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