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Today’s top selected digital insurance content
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Aetion, a NYC-based health care technology company, raised $27 in further Series B funding. Backers included Sanofi, UCB, McKesson Ventures, and Horizon Health Services, Inc., a Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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| Prudential Seguros and Vitality are now partners. Vitality provides data on the physical activity of the members of the program and on their improvements with respect to their health. This alliance gives Prudential Seguros the possibility of becoming the exclusive provider of
Vitality in Argentina.
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Sapiens International Corporation, (Holon, Israel), a global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, has executed what it calls a complete rebranding to reflect the company’s evolution into a unified global provider of innovative digital insurance solutions.
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Europ Assistance, through its US subsidiary Generali Global Assistance, has announced its acquisition of Trip Mate from Arthur J. Gallagher. The transaction is part of Europ Assistance’s plans to expand its travel insurance product and service offering in the US.
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Aviva Canada is rolling out an automatic FNOL service at all collision reporting centres in Ontario and Alberta. The customer and accident details are sent directly to Aviva, eliminating the need for the customer to call to report their loss.
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InsurTech Insight looks at the role of the Digital Actuary, with a provocative intro from Hugh Terry, analysis from KPMG on the developing role, and insight from Rick Huckstep, who interviews three digital insurance leaders seeking new actuarial opportunity.
| | This month we take a look back at the major developments of 2018 and select the most progressive InsurTechs that have emerged from China. Although the past year was characterized by continued optimism with regard to digital insurance.
| | Martha Notaras, a partner at venture capital firm XL Innovate, has drawn up her top 10 innovations she expects to pass in insurtech in the coming year. Insurtech has seen huge levels of investment, but there are two distinct markets developing.
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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.
| | In the final edition of this three-part series on China's tech giants we consider the digital insurance activities currently underway at Tencent with an in-depth article and slide deck alongside further video analysis from Swiss Re's Yannick Even and the TDI team. Although relatively unknown in the
western world, Tencent is China’s most influential internet company.
| | This EY paper looks at the importance of the Asian market on the growth – and transformation – of the global insurance market. Rapidly expanding populations across the region, combined with rising incomes have offered opportunities to insurers. Innovation is key to the
development.
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