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London-based Waggel is live. The startup, which was established in 2017, offers a “transparent pet insurance that lets you choose your amount of coverage and excess and rewards you with perks and discounts from premium pet brands that helps you manage your pet’s wellbeing.”
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| State Farm is working on a blockchain application to assist in subrogation, leveraging open-source software and in partnership with at least one other insurer.The company’s goal is to establish whether blockchain technology can make subrogation more efficient.
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Zesty.ai, an Oakland, Calif.-based artificial intelligence (AI) InsurTech startup, has announced today the closure of its Series A financing round of US$ 13 million led by Luxembourg-based private investment fund, Blamar, Plug & Play Ventures.
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Hiscox and Stride Insurance Group have partnered to launch a property owners insurance policy targeted at mid-market residential and retail property portfolios.
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Waggel, a new “insurtech” startup in the U.K., is officially launching today to offer what it describes as “fully digital” pet insurance.Waggel is attempting to solve problems by offering a fully digital solution that puts the customer experience first.
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This month we are featuring the ‘Connected Enterprise’, a topic that’s really all about customer focus in the extreme. In Tom Robert’s KPMG article, he outlines the steps insurers can take to become Connected Enterprises, while Rick homes in on Trov, Lemonade, and ZhongAn, as
tangible examples of Connected Insurance Enterprises.There are examples of insurers that have already become Connected Enterprises.
| | This month we consider the digital insurance activites currenlty underway at Baidu. As China’s biggest search engine, Baidu has amassed more than 500 million active users across search, maps, O2O services, and autonomous driving.Although Baidu’s involvement in digital insurance has been more selective than
Alibaba or Tencent, its focus on Autonomous Driving could see it disrupt a market that represents 70% of non-life premium.
| | This is the second of two insurance focused papers concentrates on the innovation that is already taking place in India. It acknowledges the growing population increases – 1.35 billion by 2020 –the opportunity, but insurance penetration is still only around 4%, though expected to grow to US$280 billion by the end of 2020...
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This month’s InsurTech Insights looks at cyber security and its implications for the insurance industry. With the pace of change in our world, individuals and companies are increasingly demanding to be more connected, is the insurance industry able and prepared to meet the future demand?
| | 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.
| | This is the first of two pieces of research we’re featuring this month on the state of the insurance industry in India.They each might be described as examples of glass half full/empty and this one for the Pahle India Foundation focuses on the latter.
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