TDI Daily Newswire - 29/05/2018

Published: Wed, 05/30/18

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The new insurtech Spac Archimede listes at Aim Italia after having raised 47 mln euros

A new Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) was listed on Monday at the Aim Italia market, after having raised 47 mllion euros from institutional and professional investors to develop an insurtech project.

BeBeez

Future of insurance may be in micropremium model

Given the ubiquity of pain points in consumers' lives, insurance can become a repeat-purchase product rather than a one-off annual expense..

Asia Insurance Review

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OnSiteIQ Launches its Platform in The US

NY-based OnSiteIQ has announced the general availability of the OnSiteIQ platform and service in North America..

Coverager

Blockchain second killer app maybe in the sharing economy

The first use case for Blockchain that has disrupted an industry is the ICO. The VC business will never be the same..

Daily Fintech

Prudential Singapore policyholders shocked by erroneous deductions

"Technical glitch" blamed for bank deductions of up to 100 times the actual premium owed.

Insurance Business Online

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The Future of Insurance 2018

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Natural Catastrophe Management in China

This month we examine the efforts made to detect and mitigate against natural catstrophes in China. We investigate how this takes place through both state-backed efforts, as well as through InsurTech and re/insurance products, including from Swiss Re. Finally, this month we speak to Renzo Liu from An Bang and Nick Luo from Tsinghua University about the convergence of natural catastrophe prevention with digital insurance.

The Rise of Risk Aggregators

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