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Today’s top selected digital insurance content
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Acre , the UK startup using blockchain to transform the mortgage and insurance application process, has raised £5m from Aviva Ventures and Sesame Bankhall Group.
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| “Alexa, book me a doctor’s appointment!”. Such a request could soon become possible as Amazon has announced a limited number of voice apps for the Alexa Skills Kit that operate in compliance with the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA).
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The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) has secured investments from three new reinsurers and insurance firms – Mapfre Re, Deutsche Rück, and VIG Re.
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Next Insurance, the leading digital insurance company for small businesses today announced they will offer simple, affordable, and tailored insurance policies to HomeAdvisor’s network of home improvement pros.
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Crawford & Company has announced the launch of what is described as the industry’s first smart water detection and mitigation product to address escape-of-water claims.
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findings.
| | This month we examine the efforts underway to modernise China's life insurance agents. WeChat is again playing a defining role and Beijing-based Bihubao has developed a range of O2O tools that optimise agent recruitment, training and ongoing development. Check our in-depth infographic
here.
| | Information is power, or so they say. Data is the best kind of information, as it provides context. This report from Raconteur focuses provides an introduction for the C-suite executive an insight into the revolution at the door of the insurance industry.
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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?
| | This month we consider the efforts underway to evolve the product development and distribution of life insurance in China, which has long been characterised by commodity product lines and legacy distribution channels, but is now being challenged by InsurTech innovations. We also interview Puying Tech
CEO Ran Guo, who is localising claims processing software for China.
| | There are five key trends in the UK insurance market according to this Oliver Wyman paper, which it says separates the signal from the noise.
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