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| HSB has introduced TrustedPlace, a new consumer brand of service
contracts for home systems, appliances and electronics...... |
| Payers sign on to initiative designed to shorten the time between FDA approval and coverage decisions for medical devices.... |
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| Cigna, a Bloomfield, Conn.-based global health service company (NYSE: CI), launched Cigna Ventures, a $250m corporate venture fund..... |
| The Alliance combines Numerati Partners’ technical capabilities, engineering expertise, and risk technology expertise with Guy Carpenter’s insurance risk management expertise.. |
| Data security and privacy had seemed to be key concerns that would hold back insurtech, but GDPR allays those worries. ... Insurance Thought Leadership |
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This month’s InsurTech Insights explores how technology infrastructure is evolving for global insurers.There is no doubt that technology is reducing the barriers to global insurance business models – and just as manufacturing has already globalised, there is strong rationale to see the globalisation of many insurance business lines over the next
decade. | | This month we examine an emerging mutual insurance model that merges the ubiquitous Chinese social media and messaging app WeChat, which is developed by Tencent, with a group buying ethos. We also examine a hardware/software initiative from
Allianz China and speak to Hui Zhang from Answern Online about the state of digital insurance in China and the emergence of renewed mutual health insurance. | | Traditional insurers
face a growing array of digital competitors armed with new tools capable of delivering more agile, customer‑focused solutions. This report from KPMG outlines how incumbents can get on a path to co-opting these tools to build winning digital strategies themselves.. |
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 an often overlooked segment of digital insurance; marine. Despite exhibiting relatively little startup activity, the auditable risk profiles and location based nature of marine insurance lends itself to emerging technologies such as blockchain and
AI. | | This comprehensive quarterly report from
Willis Towers Watson and CB Insights summarizes the InsurTech investment environment for the first quarter of 2018. This issue also provides insightful reviews and profiles on InsurTech capital providers—including traditional VCs, incumbent insurance funds, and hybrid solutions. |
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