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| Japan's private sector life insurer, Nippon Life Insurance, has signed an agreement to acquire an 85% stake in MassMutual Japan, a unit of US-based mutual life insurer MassMutual Financial Group, in a JPY104.2 billion (US$980 million) deal. |
| AXA
announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire XL Group for $15.3B in cash. |
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| To believe that China will have a significant advantage due to its population size requires us to believe that each additional user adds as much to an informational ecosystem as the first one.
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| With enough information produced directly by vehicles, insurers can get most important information without making the customer work too
hard. |
| Recently, we found that, for 2018, the amount of money being raised by
blockchain and blockchain-adjacent companies via traditional VC rounds is on pace to surpass 2017’s highs. |
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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. | | 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. | | 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 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. |
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