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| The Munich Re backed telematic startup will be launched in early 2019...
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| Berlin-based tech startup has raised €15m in Series B financing round, led by AXA Venture Partners.
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| ClearDATA, an Austin, Texas-based security and compliance expert in the healthcare cloud, completed a $26m financing
round...
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| Robotics, digital transformation, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will be among the top driving forces for corporate growth and competitiveness,
says Forrester Research...
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| Global reinsurance firm Swiss Re has newly identified an enormous $500 billion global property
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This month’s InsurTech Insights looks at cyber security and its implications for the insurance industry.Vincent Maret, Partner and Head of Cyber Security Services, from KPMG France, provides a good overview on how a variety of different corporates are handling the cyber threat.Rick Huckstep, in his article, reminds us how cyber cannot be viewed and treated by (re)insurers like other more
traditional lines of insurance. | | This month we have the first in our three-part series on China’s BAT – the tech giants Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, and consider the digital insurance activities currently underway at Alibaba. As China’s biggest eCommerce destination, Alibaba has amassed more than 500 million active users across ecommerce, mobile payments and O2O services.
| | 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.. |
Like a toddler learning to take its first steps, real blockchain use cases are finally
starting to emerge.This month’s InsurTech Insights is focused on blockchain, and potential applications of the underlying technology for our industry. Which is great news for me, as a self-declared fan. I’m convinced we are seeing the emergence of a break-through technology that is going to transform our personal and professional lives forever. | | 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.
| | 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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