TDI Daily Newswire -03/05/2019

Published: Tue, 03/05/19

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Uber, Lyft launch captive insurers in Hawaii

Ride-sharing giants Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. seem to have found the same solution for dealing with the risks of managing millions of drivers on the road: Creating their own insurers in Hawaii.

DIGITAL INSURANCE

Cattolica Assicurazioni Launches an App, Returns to TV

Italian insurer Cattolica Assicurazioni has recently introduced a new app as it looks “to acquire new targets, from the millennial to the hybrid user.”

COVERAGER

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Pool Re completes $3.1bn terrorism retrocession placement

The British government-backed terrorism reinsurer Pool Re has completed a £2.3bn ($3.1bn) retrocession placement, which was led by Munich Re and saw involvement of over 50 international reinsurers.

LIFE INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL

Gallagher buys JLT’s aerospace operations in £190m deal

Arthur J Gallagher is to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson’s (JLT) aerospace business in a deal which is set to go through when the Marsh & McLennan Companies’ $5.6bn (£4.3bn) purchase of JLT is finalised in the Spring.

INSURANCE AGE

Top 25 insurtechs for 2019

Oxbow Partners has released its 2019 InsurTech Impact 25 report, revealing the top 25 insurtechs most likely to have a major impact on the European insurance industry.

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Risk and Regulation

This month's edition of InsurTech Insights aims to make sense of the data issues faced by the insurance industry and its regulators. Insurers are already using tech-based non-traditional sources of data, such as telematics and wearables to improve their risk ratings on customers. So why not also tap into the explosion of personalised data on social media?

2018 Review

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 insurancseveral notable regulatory actions and a more cautious VC approach have signaled that the honeymoon is over.

Competing in a world of sectors without borders

Customers are increasingly demanding products they understand that fit their own specific needs. In order to achieve this, insurers are launching many more products and collaborating with competitors in order to satisfy these demands. This is developing a range of ecosystems.

InsurTech Trends

We kick off 2019 with our annual InsurTech predictions. This year we have tried to take it to a new level with a more formal and public collaboration with KPMG to identify the top 10 trends in InsurTech. The executive summary is available now. The report is designed to engage, provide a point of view and hopefully spark reactions and ideas as you think through your strategies in the year ahead.

China’s Tech giants part three: Tencent

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.

10 insurance innovations for 2019: XL Innovate

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. Fintechs will seek to widen their horizons and revenue opportunities through new products.

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