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InsurTech Analysis: Friendsurance
In 2010 Friendsurance introduced the world’s first peer-to-peer insurance model that rewarded staying claims-free. Since 2017, it pivoted to an additional business segment: d...
Hong Kong’s Dynamic InsurTech Map – in collaboration with the Fintech Association of Hong Kong
Welcome to Hong Kong’s Dynamic InsurTech Map produced by The Digital Insurer in collaboration with the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. The idea of the Dynamic InsurTech ...
InsurTech Analysis: Zhong An
Zhong An is China’s first online-only insurer. Founded in 2013 by three of the most successful businessmen in China from Alibaba, Ping An and Tencent. Its IPO raised US...
InsurTech Analysis: Pineapple
Pineapple brands itself as instant, fair, social insurance that returns unused premium, and uses a simple app to get quotes, take out cover, and submit claims.
The...
InsurTech Analysis: Cuvva
Cuvva claims to be radically better short-term car insurer powered by an app that aims to cut jargon, paperwork and call centre queues.
The Digital Insurer (TDI) D...
EY: How China’s insurance industry can emerge stronger after COVID-19
Executive summary : China’s insurance industry helped to mitigate the damage caused by COVID-19. How will the industry evolve further in the economic recovery? China was swift to...
Creating effective partnerships on digital platforms, what can others learn from China’s success?
This in-depth article will explore the partnerships that underpin digital ecosystems, what has worked and how insurers and startups should prepare for this era. Digital ecosystems ...
Singapore’s Dynamic InsurTech Map – in collaboration with the Singapore FinTech Association
Welcome to Singapore’s Dynamic InsurTech Map produced by The Digital Insurer in collaboration with the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) InsurTech Sub-Committee. The idea of ...
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LIMRA & TDI Webinar – highlights
Watch the highlights of the webinar with LIMRA and TDI on blended learning for insurance in a digital world. In this short 10 minute video, Hugh Terry addresses the following ...
Oliver Wyman: COVID-19 Considerations for Insurers in Asia
Executive summary : The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on almost all economic sectors, and insurers are no exception. While governments are limiting the damage by ...
McKinsey: What insurers can learn from China’s continuing COVID-19 recovery
Executive summary : COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenges for the global economy. China was the first country to shut down in response to the pandemic, and it was the first to...
Insurer video analysis and research deck: China Life
InsurTech video analysis and research deck: Hui Ze
The rise of digital ecosystems – outside perspectives and additional materials
This month China in Focus looks at digital ecosystems in-depth here, we decided to pull together some additional materials found across The Digital insurer and externally for those...
China In-Depth: AI and Machine Learning in insurance – Challenges, examples, and advice for successful implementation
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies offer exciting and far-reaching potential for insurers to improve operational processes within an insurer’s ...
Deep dive: Japan’s InsurTech boom
Japan is a place of contrasting fortunes for life insurers. As the world’s third-largest economy, and a country of 120m with an average lifespan of 84 years, Japan is blessed ...
Osborne Clark: The future of insurance in Asia-Pacific
Executive summary : Insurtech in the digital era: the growing investment and opportunities in Asia Like many sectors of the economy, the insurance industry is affected by ...
Pulse by Prudential: The future of healthcare
Human beings may crave the trappings of wealth, but ultimately place greater value on good health in order to enjoy it. The world’s population is living longer than ever before. ...
PwC: Reimagining DDO as more than just compliance
Executive summary : Reimagining DDO as more than just compliance At first glance, the design and distribution obligations (DDO) could be seen as compliance boxes to tick. But a ...
InsurTech Analysis: 4Paradigm
Video: Swiss Re’s Yannick Even on AI in insurance, paths to adoption, the Coronavirus crisis, and more
Yannick Even, Data Science Analytics Head, Swiss Re APAC, speaks with The Digital Insurer’s Padraig Floyd about the future of AI and machine learning in insurance. This ...
Swiss Re: COVID-19 Consumer Survey – Financial anxiety grows, demand for insurance products accelerates across APAC
May 2020 featured report: More than a quarter (27%) of consumers feel overwhelmed and anxious about their financial futures, according to new research from Swiss Re. The research, ...
PWC: Transforming health insurance in India via a digitally enabled Ayushman Bharat
Executive summary The global health insurance industry is in a state of rapid transition owing to multiple factors such as an increased focus on healthcare by governments across ...
Assicurazioni Generali: Rise of Digital and Affinity B2B2C Marketing in Insurance – Dealing with a New World
Article Synopsis : The digital revolution is spreading with the fearsome power of the coronavirus. Insurance needs to overhaul its traditional ways of distribution and evolve its...
China In-Depth: Coronavirus
It has long been said about economic performance that when the United States sneezes, we all catch a cold. Yet it might be said, that when China gets sick, other parts of the world...
InsurTech focus: Pet City
Pet insurance has been available in China since around 2004. However, low demand, a small market and relatively small bills, meant it never really gained much of a foothold. As a ...
Asian insurers respond to Covid-19
The response of the Chinese National Medical Insurance Bureau to ensure those afflicted by COVID-19 have their costs met without delay will have calmed the nerves of an ...
TDI PoV: The future of personal lines insurance
In this TDI Point of View (PoV), which is a mini whitepaper series where industry experts present their point of view on a subject related to digital insurance, Frederik Bisbjerg ...
Gojek launches GoSure digital insurance service
Gojek which is an Indonesian ride-hailing app, has collaborated with InsurTech called PasarPolis to launch a digital insurance solution for its users. The range of offerings ...
PwC: Assisted distribution – Changing the face of insurance sales
Article Synopsis : India’s economic development has gone hand in hand with that of the insurance industry, says this report from PwC The last decade has witnessed gross ...
Infosys: Ping An – China’s insurance innovator
Article Synopsis : Ping An is the biggest insurance company in China with 184 million retail customers and 538 million registered internet users. Its operating profit grew by 19%...
InsurTech focus: Shui Di Chou
Shui Di Chou has made a name for itself for offering its members financial relief should they be diagnosed with serious illnesses. However, it is not a critical illness ...
China In-Depth: Healthcare funding ecosystems
The last five years have seen something of a cultural revolution in China. Technology has transformed society and extended protection to those who could never have afforded ...
Qingsongchou
Qingsongchou, literally meaning ‘easy fundraising’, was founded in September 2014, by CEO Yang Zheng and COO Yu Liang. The Beijing based company created a crowdfunding website ...
Swiss Re: Digital transformation in China- on the crest of a wave
Article Synopsis : Digitalisation, and e-commerce in particular, has become the main engine of China’s economy. The move to digital has introduced new risk pools, such as ...
FWD goes open source with Red Hat
FWD Insurance has embraced open source technology by partnering with Red Hat to face growing traditional and non-traditional competition. With this, it wants to break its rel...
AIA Vitality partners with Virgin Active, Grab and Singtel
AIA Vitality’s solution has expanded its fitness experiences for users. AIA Singapore announced enhancements to its AIA Vitality program with the inclusion of Virgin Ac...
China In-Depth: Online Reciprocal Communities
If there was a theme for the Chinese insurance sector in 2019, it would have to be consolidation. Peak investment categorised 2017, followed last year by cooling of startup ...
Insurtech on the move ‘19: Bihubao
Insurtechs tend to focus on a specific part of the industry they operate within, but there will always be some exceptions. Beijing-based Bihubao is one such company and it is ...
Commercial ORC – a B2B distribution model
Online reciprocal communities (ORCs) first emerged in 2015 and were designed as a way to generate leads that did not rely on search engine traffic. Since then, ORCs have become a ...
Interview: Gavin Li, CEO, Bihubao
This month we spoke with Gavin Li, CEO of Chinese insurtech Bihubao. Q1) How has insurtech changed this year in your view? This year has seen a maturity of the market and some ...
Axinan是一家全栈的InsurTech公司
Axinan是一家全栈的InsurTech公司，致力于为数字经济提供智能的数字保险。 ...
值得关注的创业公司: 悟空宝和百度的阿波罗
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本月，我们与Blink首席执行官兼联合创始人Paul Prendergast进行了交谈。
Blink是一项航班取消保险技术公司，致力于实时无缝解决索赔。 Q.1 Blink创立的灵感是什么？ ...
中国深度：参数化未来
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中国人寿/健康应用生态系统概述
本月，我们将探讨中国一些领先的医疗应用程序，该行业正在通过技术的帮助改变消费者接触和参与医疗保健的方式。 微医 ...
中国平安保险
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中国深度：数字生活解决方案（技术支持的死亡率解决方案）
人寿保险在全球范围内下降了几年。许多经济体在2008年后长期陷入衰退，这使它成为一种奢侈，有些人认为他们可以做不到。 ...
NZ InsurTech JRNY partners up with NTUC Income
In Singapore, NTUC Income has partnered with NZ-based JRNY to develop an AI insurance agent. The project is at a nascent stage and will be completed in four months.
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Kyobo Life Insurance rolls out AI-based underwriting system
In Korea, Kyobo Life has announced the launch of its new AI-based underwriting platform called Best Analysis and Rapid Outcome (BARO). The platform employs machine learning t...
Aon, Oxfam, Etherisc agriculture insurance blockchain makes first payouts
Aon, Oxfam and Etherisc’s blockchain solution for agriculture insurance has announced its very first payouts in Sri Lanka. The solution was aimed at providing farmers access ...
TAL launches Claims Hub to demystify the claims process
In Australia, TAL, which is a life insurance carrier, has announced the launch of Claims Hub.
The platform has a dual role. Firstly, it guides and supports customers t...
China In-Depth: Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent
The Chinese InsurTech market is dominated by three key players – Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, otherwise referred to as BAT. But what has been the development of each within the ...
InsurTech focus: Guan Aitong
Times are changing and with it the expectations of employees. Organisations in China have a rapidly growing need for human resource management and technological innovations have ...
Interview: Nick Luo, VP, Yuanbao Tech
Q.1 What role do you think the BAT has had on the development of digital insurance in China? A: They play a leading role in digital insurance in China. As we know, Alibaba has the ...
BAT Health efforts
China faces a healthcare crisis. Medical resources are scarce and unevenly distributed. The ratio of doctors in China to 1,000 citizens is only 2.2. While this is roughly equal to ...
Dr. Schanz, Alms & Company: Emerging Asia Life Insurance Pulse
Article Synopsis : What is good for insurance isn’t usually good news for the individuals who are purchasing it. And so this is the case in emerging Asia, according to research...
TDI LIVEFEST 2019 Asia and ANZ Startup InsurTech Award Winner – EVARI
Congratulations to EVARI! After listening to presentations from four Digital Insurer Startup InsurTech Awards finalists, and taking part in a Q&A panel session, purely virtual ...
IEEE Network: When Internet of Things Meets Blockchain: Challenges in Distributed Consensus
Article Synopsis : The internet of things (IoT) is here and is disrupting now. It is seen as one of the most disruptive technologies of the century, offering individuals ...
China In-Depth: Digital life solutions (tech enabled solutions for mortality)
Life insurance has been in global decline for some years. The protracted recession post-2008 in many economies has made it a luxury that some have decided they can do without. This...
Overview of China Life/Health App Ecosystem
This month we consider some of the leading medical apps in China, a sector which is changing the way that consumers approach and engage with healthcare and through the aid of ...
InsurTech focus – Ping An
Insurtech is gradually being implemented within the Chinese insurance industry, overhauling inefficient processes and allowing the development of new and better products that ...
AXA partners with Mynt and MicroEnsure for digital insurance app
In the Philippines, AXA has partnered with Mynt and MicroEnsure to provide digital insurance coverage through GCash Insure. GCash Insure is an extension of Mynt’s GCash app w...
Minsheng Life partners with open-source blockchain infrastructure project
Wanxiang Blockchain and the PlatON global computing network have together launched an open source blockchain infrastructure PlatONE. The platform uses cryptographic algorithm...
Interview: Paul Prendergast, Blink insurance
This month we speak to Paul Prendergast, CEO and co-founder of Blink, a flight cancellation InsurTech that focuses on real-time seamless resolution of claims. Q.1 What was the ...
InsurTechs to watch: Wu Kong Bao and Baidu’s Apollo
Following on from the main feature that looks at the effective establishment of parametric insurance and autonomous vehicles (AVs) into the psyche of the Chinese insurance market, ...
China In-Depth: Parametric future
In a sense, there is nothing new about scenario-based insurance, but the proliferation of sensors and internet-enabled devices has allowed products to be developed that were simply...
InsurTech focus – Axinan
Axinan is a full stack InsurTech firm focused on enabling the delivery of smart, digital insurance for the digital economy. Its focus is embedded within its name – taken from ...
McKinsey: Life insurance in China – Four priorities
Article Synopsis : The agency channel in China is seen by some [Reinventing Life Insurance Agency Distribution Globally] as being an exemplar of digitalisation. It has embraced ...
ORF: Towards a Cyber-Security Roadmap for Digital Payments- Best Practices and Recommendations
Article Synopsis : The Indian government’s desire to create a US $1-trillion digital economy by 2025 is going to take some doing. To be fair, India processed some 20.7 billion ...
Handdii secures $1.5 million in seed funding
Handdii an InsurTech in Australia which offers customers access to contractors for repairing property claims has recently secured $1.5 million in seed funding. The InsurTech ...
Singapore’s Pand.ai AI engine powers Great Eastern Life’s chatbot
In Singapore, Panda.ai has partnered with Great Eastern Life to power its chatbot proposition. Panda.ai is an AI chatbot developed for financial services, which serves Fortun...
医疗保健资金生态系统
小额保险的出现促使数百万消费者开始采取措施保护自己的资产。投保的资产从智能手机到健康和生命一一不等。 ...
中国深度报告：新冠病毒
关于经济表现，如老生常谈的那般：一旦美国打喷嚏，我们都会感冒。 ...
中国深究-保险与人工智能和机器学习 — 挑战、案例以及如何成功实施
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线上互惠社区
如果要给2019年的中国保险业定个主题，那一定是“整合”。 ...
The Digital Insurer & InsureTech Connect Partnership for ITC Asia
World’s largest digital insurance platform and the world’s largest Insurtech event are coming together for a standout event in Asia in June 2020. TDI is thrilled to ...
China In-Depth: Ageing Asia
Annuities and retiree care for an ageing Asia Longer lifespans are generally seen as a positive outcome of economic growth. Yet, the Chinese face the double challenge of rising ...
Earthquake detection, mitigation and insurance
Asia is no stranger to natural catastrophes. Of all those that affect the continent, earthquakes are the most destructive and the deadliest. An infamous earthquake in 2008 in ...
InsurTech of the month: Bihubao
Most InsurTechs choose to focus their efforts on a specific part of the industry, be it aggregation, claims or vertical-based customisations. There are, of course, some exceptions....
Halodoc completes strategic funding round, as it continues to expand portfolio of services
Halodoc was founded in 2017 in Indonesia with an aim to merge two separate business units which catered to teleconsultation with healthcare professionals and pharmacy deliver...
MSIG’s industry-first video interaction technology brings convenience and speed to motor claims process
In Singapore, MSIG has teamed up with Merimen and Wavecell to co-innovate a video chat survey to speed up the motor claims process. The video is called TrueSight Interactive ...
中国深度：数据分析和人工智能对中国保险的影响
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本月InsurTech：需求保
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采访：Ricky Chung，智能放映
拥有清华大学理科学位的Ricky Chung于2000年加入汤森路透，担任互联网技术顾问，之后前往加拿大追求成为数字艺术家的梦想。 ...
生命/健康分配中的AI计划
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AI initiatives within life/health distribution
Artificial intelligence, IoT and big data have become inescapable buzzwords but the notion that software will perform functions typically associated with the human mind is fast ...
China In-Depth: The impact of data analytics and AI on China’s insurance industry
Although AI has become the inevitable answer to a range of distribution, product development, and operational questions, the ability to extract insights from new data streams does ...
InsurTech of the month: Xuqiubao (需求保)
This month we feature an agency management startup called Xuqiubao (需求保) which is merging traditional agency management apps with an AI based assisted decision tree. By doing...
Interview: Ricky Chung, Smart Screening
Ricky Chung, who has a science degree from Tsinghua University, joined Thomson Reuters as an internet technical consultant in 2000 before going to Canada to pursue his dream of ...
Grab raises $300m from Invesco to move beyond ride-hailing
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Grab , a ride-hailing company in SEA has raised $300 million from Invesco to further boost its drive to become a “super-app” offering a plethora of ...
Prudential powers up PRUWorks for SMEs with HælthTech technology
In HK, Prudential has entered into a regional agreement with HælthTech, a provider of technology solutions and operating platforms for insurers. PRU leverages HælthTech’s OMN...
Using blockchain to reimagine health information exchange in India: PwC
Article Synopsis : With the use cases for using blockchain for electronic billing, prescriptions, health data and a single countrywide medical record for each citizen being ...
Parametric Insurance within Agritech
Shouguang, known as the vegetable basket of north China, recently suffered a devastating flood that caused the evacuation of hundreds of farms. While flooding in Shouguang is not ...
InsurTech of the month: 2019 update
This month we revisit several Chinese InsurTechs previously featured in The Digital Insurer in order to assess their ongoing development. 1. Bihu Technologies Bihu is a Beijing ...
Interview: Lex Tan – CEO of MotionsCloud
Lex Tan is the CEO of MotionsCloud. MotionsCloud provides an intelligent claims solution for property and motor insurers to streamline and automate claims processes. Q.1 The fact...
China In-Depth: Agritech
Amidst rapid urbanisation along with China’s eastern sea board, it’s easy to forget its agrarian hinterland. Yet China’s farms have managed to feed its giant cities, ...
Great Eastern launches three-generation critical illness term plan
Great Eastern Singapore has launched GREAT Family Care, a critical illness term plan that protects three generations in a family within a single policy. The solution comes at...
UOB renews bancassurance deal with Prudential for S$1.15b
Prudential Plc and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have renewed their bancassurance agreement for S$1.15bn. The partnership is 15 years old and started when UOB sold its life insu...
AIA and Citi reinforce partnership with digital insurance solution
In Malaysia, Citi and AIA have collaborated to launch an end-to-end digital channel that allows Citi customers to purchase AIA’s suite of insurance products and solutio...
Modernising the insurance value chain: Top three digital imperatives
Article Synopsis : Insurance is undergoing massive change. The industry is being forced to adopt technology not simply to modernise, but in order to survive. Incumbents are also ...
Zurich Partners with The Makeover Guys to Protect Newly Renovated Homes
Zurich General Insurance has partnered with The Makeover Guys, (a property investment solutions provider) to launch a new insurance solution known as ‘The Make...
Interview: Haifei Li, Sino Conflux Life
This month we speak to Haifei Li of Sino Conflux Life, a regional life insurer in China’s North Eastern province of Liaoning. Q.1 In the face of increasing competition in the ...
Online Reciprocal Communities
The success of low price/low limit health insurance platforms on WeChat has fulfilled some of the hopes around P2P insurance in China. However, despite answering the customer ...
China In-Depth: InsurTech impact on Chinese insurance
China’s digital insurance landscape has been popularised by the success of Zhong An and followed by hundreds of startups working in the knowledge that a growing middle class and ...
InsurTech of the month: Kaopubao
The traditional role of life insurers is to deliver financial planning products in addition to protection that reduces the need for large amounts of liquid assets. However, the ...
5月采访: 李海博
To view this content in English click here Q.1面对中国保险业日益激烈的竞争，西方保险公司如何与百度，阿里巴巴和腾讯（BAT）竞争？ ...
在平安交叉销售
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中国深度：自然巨灾预防
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本月InsurTech：获客宝
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Cross Selling at Ping An
要用中文查看此内容，请单击此处 Ping An is China’s undisputed digital insurer with a 90 billion dollar market cap and a range of standalone units that includes ...
InsurTech of the month: Hukebao 獲客宝
要用中文查看此内容，请单击此处 Hukebao is a Beijing based agency management tool that is equipping agents with WeChat based lead generation, O2O consultation ...
Interview: Gavin Li
要用中文查看此内容，请单击此处 This month we speak to Gavin Li of Bihu Technologies, a Beijing based InsurTech. Q.1 In the face of increasing competition in the ...
China In-Depth: Natural Catastrophe Prevention
要用中文查看此内容，请单击此处 Global insured losses from natural catastrophes in 2018 were $76 billion, the fourth highest on record. Additionally, Asia suffers ...
Digital India: Technology to transform a connected nation
Article Synopsis : If you were to consider which could be the next big connected market, where would you say? Somewhere in Europe? Southeast Asia? Perhaps. But would India make ...
Solidier.ly, a digital health related solutions
Soldier.ly is an Australian tech startup which has developed a stress detection app for smartwatches that provides users with real-time assistance when it detects stress. The...
SCOR teams up with Garmin Health to improve underwriting process
SCOR Global Life has announced a partnership with Garmin Health, a wearable technology startup, with the aim of improving its underwriting in the Asia Pacific region.
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中国深度：生命/健康的生态系统
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人寿保险代理管理工具
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本月的Insurtech：Bihubao
To view this content in English click here Bihubao是一家中国人寿保险创业公司，专注于代理商的生产力，这个市场依然依赖于强大的增长代理商。 ...
采访Peter Wang
To view this content in English click here 本月，我们与总部位于广州的人寿保险公司Qian Hai Life的Peter Wang进行了交谈. Q.1 ...
Agency management tools
Amid widespread discussion about digital disruption, its easy to forget that 95% of life insurance relies on offline sales channels. Of these, the agency channel remains the key ...
InsurTech of the month: Bihubao
Bihubao is a Chinese life insurance startup focusing on agent productivity in a market that still relies on tied agents for growth. The problem Bihubao is addressing is a ...
China In-Depth: Ecosystems with life/health
Although Ping An and Zhong An are widely recognised for their ability to establish end-to-end operations and move upstream to secure new distribution channels, these efforts have ...
Interview: Peter Wang
This month we speak to Peter Wang of Qian Hai Life, a Guangzhou-based life insurer. Q.1 In the face of increasing competition in the Chinese insurance industry, how can western ...
数字生态系统:扩展人寿保险和健康保险的价值创造边界
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MSIG Insurance, the first in Singapore to use video tech to optimise motor claims process
MSIG Insurance has partnered with communications tool Wavecell and claims management software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Merimen to launch a video interaction pilot program...
China Commercial Health Insurance White Paper
Article Synopsis : China’s got a problem with its health and it knows it. This paper says the commercial health insurance market is about to explode as a result of increasing ...
中国深度：人寿保险
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China In-Depth: Life insurance product innovations
中英文版都有 China’s Life insurance market remains a bright light in the global insurance industry, with a 10% annual growth rate, a 3% penetration rate, and a premium ...
泰康在线
To view this content in English click here 泰康在线作为唯一拥有互联网保险许可证的人寿保险公司，在中国占据独特的市场地位。 ...
Taikang Online
中英文版都有 Taikang Online occupies a unique market position in China as being the only life insurer with an internet insurance license. Recognizing the importance of the ...
Digital ecosystems: extending the boundaries of value creation in life and health insurance
中英文版都有 Technological advances have the potential to radically change the way life insurers interact with consumers and also help them better assess and price risks. The...
New generation chatbots boost sales by revolutionising the customer experience
Singapore is riding the crest of a wave of digital implementation across financial and government services. The government has made a commitment to the pursuit of a cashless ...
Ping An Announces AI-Driven Car Insurance Claims Processor
Ping An’s has launched a mobile app that allows drivers to make claims and get compensation deducted from a dynamic credit quota, which is ...
What should insurers do today to prepare for tomorrow? Asia-Pacific insurance outlook 2019
Article Synopsis : This EY paper looks at the importance of the Asian market on the growth – and transformation – of the global insurance market. Rapidly expanding ...
ZhongAn Insurance’s entry sparks shift to digital products in Japan
China’s pre-eminent digital insurer, ZhongAn, is partnering with Japanese insurer Sompo Japan Nipponkoa to enhancing its technical strengths. ZhongAn’s IT platform will...
采访：Leo Wong RGAx
To view this content in English click here 本月，我们与RGA的转型引擎RGAX Asia的常务董事Leo Wong交谈。 ...
2018年回顾
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年度Insurtech：水底宝
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InsurTech of the year: Bihubao
中英文版都有 Bihubao is a Beijing based startup and this year’s InsurTech of the year. Bihubao has succeeded by tackling an issue that lies at the heart of China’s ...
Shanghai-based insurtech raises US$15.5 million in series A round
Shanghai-based Ins For Renascence (IFR) recently raised approximately $15.5mn in series A funding led by Matrix Partners.
IFR specializes in pre-insurance ris...
Phoenix Intellinsur building insurance’s Dianping.com
Phoenix Finance is a financial investment platform established by Phoenix Satellite Television Group. Phoenix Finance provides a wide range of financial products and private ...
Interview: Leo Wong RGAX
中英文版都有 This month we speak to Leo Wong, Managing Director of RGAX Asia, the transformation engine of Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). RGAX partners with carriers and...
2018 China digital insurance and InsurTech in review
中英文版都有 2018 was a year of continued pragmatism within China’s insurance industry. Although a 3% penetration rate and tax incentives promoting the provision of ...
Relevance of Mutual and Cooperative Lessons learned from developed Europe and Asia
Article Synopsis : Much of the talk concerning insurtech focuses on the growth of adoption in personal lines and the need for commercial insurers to act now or regret later. ...
Tencent
中英文版都有 Tencent, the world’s fifth most valuable company, has succeeded by mastering notoriously difficult fields including social networking, gaming and ...
AXA launches Shared Services Centre in Manila; creates up to 300 IT jobs
AXA has established a shared services centre in Asia as a part of its digital transformation journey. The centres will be based in Philippines and Malaysia.
The new sh...
Belgian insurer AG ties-up with TCS to accelerate digital...
Belgian insurer AG has formed a strategic partnership with Indian IT service firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to accelerate its digital transformation.
DBS’s Tan Su Shan using tech to diversify $$ from NIM
The top corporate banker at DBS wants her clients to get on board the bank’s A.I.-enabled DLT platforms.
Tractable’s AI solution to save adjusters 360,000 hours a...
It solves a long-standing problem in the market with the speed at which motor claims can be solved
Willis Towers Publishes Q3 Insurtech Investment Report – ...
... by InsurTech firms across 104 deals, up 63% and 41% respectively over the
prior quarter. Deals included two $500 million rounds, but the mid-tier funding
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AIA Hong Kong Extends Insurance Industry’s First Robotic ...
[PDF] Bancassurance: A Feasible Strategy for Banks in Ind...
The scope for bancassurance models as feasible source of sustainable ... While
analysing the present trend of banks handling insurance products, it also ...
The World’s Largest Fintech Is Going Public. What&#...
Ant Group, formerly known as Ant Financial and parent company to mobile wallet Alipay, is going public in what is expected to be the largest IPO in history. We analyze the facto...
InsuranceDekho launches online mobile app ‘ID Edge’
The app allows individuals, including insurance partners, to sell insurance via its seller platform.
MSA&D to deploy Tractable AI
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... the importance of brand trust, and more. Visit the website for more information
on the ITC Global event. Christian Mumenthaler's ITC Global insurtech Interview.
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Insurance has been going through a 'data revolution' over the past few years,
with data analytics informing everything from pricing, to products and marketing ...
Tencent applying for reinsurance license in China: Report
Giant Chinese technology conglomerate and fintech company Tencent is applying for a license to operate a reinsurance entity in China, according to reports
Aegon plans to offload Eastern European business
Dutch insurer Aegon is reportedly looking to offload its Eastern European business in a bid to cope with the financial hardships brought by the pandemic.
Japan’s SBI creates blockchain app to manage insura...
SSI includes home contents insurance, tenant insurance, motorbike or bicycle
insurance, amongst others. The idea behind the blockchain project is to create a
...
Seven firms in Japan deploy blockchain to digitize trade ...
Blockchain tech to prevent data tampering for Japanese companies. ... MUFG
Bank, Toyota Tsusho, Kanematsu, Sompo Japan Insurance and Tokio Marine ...
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Sompo Asia has selected Willis Towers Watson’s pricing solutions for its retail business across Asia in a bid transform its pricing operations.
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VSK and Angara Professional Assistance have launched a cy...
The service component of the product protects companies from ransomware, malware infections, exploitation of vulnerabilities, phishing, and hacking of information systems.
Thailand makes Covid travel insurance compulsory for visi...
According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), medical insurance with at least US$100,000 coverage is now a compulsory requirement for foreign visitors wishing to visit t...
Indonesia: The OJK has issued an Implementing Regulation ...
Under this new circular letter, insurance companies in marketing their ... in any
insurance distribution agreement (including bancassurance agreements).
LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Yonomi, Inc. Announce Conne...
PRNewswire/ -- LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and Yonomi Smart Home have
joined forces to develop an innovative turnkey home insurance Internet of Things
(IoT).
Sompo Asia transforms and enhances its insurance pricing ...
This ranges from traditional rating structures through to complex pricing
algorithms with embedded models that take advantage of machine learning
methods, ...
Chubb Life launches health monitoring app
Available in Thailand, Hong Kong and Myanmar, the app is designed to help people actively manage physical, emotional and environmental factors during and beyond the Covid-19 pan...
How Processing Of Insurance Claims Are Improved By Artifi...
Insurance carriers have looked to deploy a balanced scorecard for their ... There
are four major categories of AI and subsets of technology within each category.
Innovation in design and delivery needed to spread insurance
Microinsurance would work better for lower-income people, but systemic issues
have kept its share below 2% in 2019-20. One of its biggest impediments is the ...
EP 87 – Ashish Kenath – Regional Lead Digital...
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HKMA Issues Guidance on Bank Sales of Policy Replacement
Banks engaged in insurance sales are expected to identify policy replacement at
the point of sale and provide advice to customers on whether policy ...
The End of Insurance
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Lufax is a survivor of the peer-to-peer lending wave that was one of the ...
Tinkoff launches financial messenger built into its super...
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Cross border payments part 1: the competition is really, ...
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How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Insurance...
AI solutions can also aid in customers' non-retirement investment decisions and
insurance coverage. AI-powered Opportunities for Insurance. Despite the fact that
...
Sompo adops Emblem and Radar Base by WTW
SOMPO, which already uses Willis Towers Watson’s liability calculation tools, will initially implement Emblem and Radar in Singapore, India, Malaysia and Indonesia, before casca...
India’s Gift City Regulator Introduces Regulatory S...
All entities operating in the capital market, banking, insurance and pension
sectors, as well as individuals and startups from India and FATF-compliant ...
Young Insurance Company, SME Development Bank sign …
A ceremony to sign implementation of bancassurance between Young Insurance
Co., Ltd and SME Development Bank was held at 10 am on 20 October at ...
Grange Insurance Awarded LEED® Gold Certification
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to occasionally receive carefully selected messages from TMC and other ...
Grab launches Hospital Cash Cover, microinsurance protect...
GFG's microinsurance business demonstrates an unmet need across the region
for access. financial services. In Indonesia, insurance ownership is generally ...
Nippon Life to target low-income Asians with micro-insura...
Japan's Nippon Life Insurance is planning to target low-income Asians with its
micro-insurance products to boost its overseas business activities.
Generali expands partnership with Munich Re on life insur...
Italian insurer Generali has has selected Munich Re’s ALLFINANZ as its automated underwriting solution for the life insurance business globally.
Generali enters partnership with Munich Re’s ALLFIN...
On life insurance solutions we required a partner specifically in early automation
stages, ... This approach will ensure our digital underwriting capabilities match ...
Hong Kong’s IA bullish on fintech advantage
The key resource for accurate, insightful and reliable coverage of Asia’s insurance and reinsurance market.
MicroEnsure & Marie Stopes Society Enter Strategic P...
Marie Stopes Society Pakistan has entered into a strategic collaboration with MicroEnsure to introduce a health care initiative under the Sehatyab Program for the women in low a...
Cover Genius teams up with Intuit QuickBooks
QuickBooks will have access to a world’s-first API-based parametric insurance platform that fully automates claim assessments and payments, meaning QuickBooks customers can quic...
SBI General Insurance: SBI General aggressive on multicha...
On SBI General's focus on microinsurance, Amar adds, “If there's a gap in ... will
be rolling out two products in the micro-insurance space to protect human assets
...
North American insurtechs win Zurich’s global compe...
The second year of the worldwide competition brings eight regional finalists from four regions.
Ai Group report, insurance stress on the rise – Foo...
Employer group Ai Group says insurance stress is a growing concern for
business after a poll of its members found more than half reported unusual
trouble ...
‘AXA Light Up Your Mind Programme’ New online learning pl...
‘AXA Light Up Your Mind Programme’ New online learning platform to support mental wellness of primary students
Nippon Life targets low-income segment with microinsuranc...
Nippon Life Insurance is reportedly planning to introduce microinsurance plans in a bid to attract low-income clients in Asia.
Swiss Re and Palomar E&S to provide capacity for Cov...
Stablecoin News for the week ending Wednesday 21st Octobe...
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