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Today’s top selected digital insurance content
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CXA Group , the startup on a mission to improve employee health, announced a $25m funding round from a group of strategic investors including HSBC, Singtel Innov8, Telkom Indonesia MDI Ventures, Sumitomo Corporation.
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| Germany-based reinsurance major Hannover Re has rolled out hr | equarium, an online platform that seeks to connect insurtechs and insurers across the globe.
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Hibob, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider an HR tech platform, raised $20m in Series A funding. Backers included Bessemer Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Eight Roads, Arbor Ventures, and Presidio Ventures.
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Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life launched an online application for their term 10 and 20 products. The application can be completed, on average, in 20 minutes and even as fast as 10 minutes, say the insurers.
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The American insurtech company offers farmers insurance policies to cover the risks of investment in technology. The ace up their sleeve is a sophisticated big data analytics platform.
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and hopefully spark reactions and ideas as you think through your strategies in the year ahead.
| | 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.
| | Travelers public policy division The Travelers Institute has released a white paper called Insuring Autonomy: How auto insurance can adapt to changing risks, that outlines the framework for autonomous vehicle insurance covering both personal and commercial. The context is on resolving claims and providing
fair compensation to accident victims.
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