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| Waze, the social traffic and navigation
app owned by Google, has established a partnership with Allianz, to offer in-app emergency roadside... |
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insurer's arrangement with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will have students working on mobile apps and more..... |
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| MTech Capital, a Los Angeles, CA- and London, UK-based venture capital firm, held the initial closing of its InsurTech venture fund, at $75m.. |
| The number of U.S. insurers providing cyber insurance continues to grow along with instances of cyber attacks. In 2017, 170 U.S. insurers reported writing .. |
| Travel policies will be underwritten by White Horse Insurance |
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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 efforts being made in China to tackle the increasing problem of chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and respiratory conditions.China has nearly universal public health insurance yet there is widespread concern about the cost of medical procedures, which even those
covered must pay significantly towards. | | 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 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 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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