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| Financially strapped Anbang Insurance Group is now almost wholly owned by a state-run insurance bailout fund... |
| Last week, Amazon confirmed its rumored investment in Indian online general insurance provider Acko....
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| Last October, we covered Goose –
back then – a Canadian travel insurance startup in emerging mode looking to deliver “a policy in two minutes or less”.. ....... |
| Video-comparison algorithms and visuals can be adapted to make insurance more alluring and easy to sell..
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| The program offers premium discounts using driving behavior scoring, distracted driver monitoring, crash and claims management, and location-based
services... |
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For this month’s InsurTech Insights, we take a look at the subject of wealth management from an insurance perspective.In the feature article from KPMG, Jill Hitchen from KPMG’s UK Insurance and Investment Management practice sets out a three-step approach for digitisation. By contrast, Rick Huckstep’s article looks at the subject of retirement savings in the US.
| | This month we examine the progress being made in these fields by insurers and InsurTechs in China, as well as how the state is responding to the opportunities presented by the technology – in a country where the penetration rate of home insurance is just 1%. Taking us further in thought leadership this month Swiss Re’s Cindy Zhang and Cecilia Sevillano look
abroad to explore the opportunities smart home presents for insurers in China and worldwide. . | | The complexity of the financial services industry, interconnectedness of individual players, and introduction
of new and innovative technologies heighten the risk of a large-scale cyber-attack on the financial sector. Both the public and private sectors must mobilize themselves to be well prepared. This whitepaper from Oliver Wyman explores how this might be done.. |
Our latest issue of InsurTech Insights - InsurTech accelerating operational excellence focuses on how to improve operational effectiveness while being operationally efficient. . | | 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 Digital Insurer has collaborated with Raconteur to contribute to its Future of Insurance report 2018. The report includes views on
digital transformation, blockchain, claims, InsurTech, the customer experience and AI, and asks why, as disruption has gone from vague concepts to immediate-term action items for senior leaders, insurance must transform to stay ahead. |
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