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数字人民币的发展和意义
在中国引入数字人民币 (e-CNY) ...
中国深究：无现金社会对保险公司意味着什么？
关键点： • 由于 COVID-19的蔓延，全球非接触式支付需求大幅增加，截至 2020 年底的三个月内，亚洲市场的数字用户增长了 20%。 • ...
Snack by Income – InsurTech analysis research deck
Snack by Income lets users get free insurance coverage, purchase bite-sized insurance policies and make investments as they take a ride, have a meal, go shopping, run and mor...
Lemonade – InsurTech analysis video and research deck
Lemonade is one of the world’s most successful and best known InsurTech unicorns, which boasts more than 1m customers in the US and beyond. Built on an AI and behavioural...
In-depth: Underwriting innovation
Key points: Traditional underwriting approaches are hindering effective data gathering, especially in the aftermath of incidents, as outlined by Guidewire When gathering ...
Ping An Health case study
Ping An Health is a joint venture between Ping An and global financial services company, Discovery, that specialises in health, life, motor and investments across 30 markets around...
AntChain – InsurTech analysis video and research deck
AntChain is the blockchain technology arm of Ant Group, one of the largest tech conglomerates in China, and is a global leader in blockchain, providing blockchain solutions t...
Infographic and video analysis: Zhima Credit vs Tencent Credit
China’s private credit scoring and loyalty program system – Zhima Credit vs Tencent Credit (the mobile extension of Tenpay) compared and contrasted.
T...
中国深究：中国数字营销的演变
中国数字营销的演变及其对保险的影响 ...
中国深究：全渠道保险模式中国成熟化
为什么全渠道代理模式的核心是数字化和人性化 重点一览： ...
中国深究：西方保险公司如何在中国取得成功？
关键点： 外资保险公司在中国的日子并不轻松。强劲的本地竞争、本地化商业模式的需求以及缺乏培训和发展计划限制了他们的增长。 ...
Centaurus – InsurTech analysis research deck
Centaurus may become China’s first public/private partnership focusing on chronic disease risk modelling and minimizing fraud, waste and abuse within the public health system...
CausaCloud – InsurTech analysis research deck
CausaCloud is using AI and modelling to provide solutions to insurers and insurance brokers with more accurate and efficient underwriting and claims process.
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Slice – InsurTech analysis research deck
Slice is the first on-demand insurance cloud platform provider, enabling companies to build intuitive digital insurance products
The Digital Insurer (TDI) Digital ...
Library: Aging Analytics Agency – Investment Digest – Longevity industry in Asia 2021
Executive summary: Longevity Investment Digest at a Glance This investment digest summarises key players and observations in the private equity and venture capital ecosystem, ...
Dnurse – InsurTech analysis research deck
Dnurse provides intelligent diabetes management solutions that combine medical devices with advanced analytics to provide daily recommendations regarding insulin dosages, die...
In-depth: What does a cashless society mean for insurers?
Key points: As a result of COVID-19 there was a huge rise in contactless payments across the world and Asian markets experienced a 20% increase in digital users in the three months...
The development and implications of the digital yuan
Plans to introduce a digital yuan (e-CNY) in China are not only an economic intervention, but driven by political and regulatory motives. Chinese regulators have made it clear they...
Infographic and video analysis: Alipay vs Tenpay
China’s tech giants Alibaba and Tencent’s payment platforms – Alipay and WeChat Pay (the mobile extension of Tenpay) compared and contrasted.
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OneConnect Financial Technology – InsurTech analysis video and research deck
OneConnect is a financial technology company that provides technology-as-a-service to all of China’s major banks, and more than half of its insurance companies.
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Library: The Conversation – Underinsurance is entrenching poverty as the vulnerable are hit hardest by disasters
Executive summary : More than 70 homes were destroyed by bushfires in Western Australia this week, leaving those affected facing enormous costs. After disasters like these, ...
In-depth: How can Western insurers succeed in China?
Key points: Life for a foreign insurer in China has not been easy. Strong local competition, the need to localise business models, and a lack of training & development ...
CEO interview: AXA in China, adapting, evolving
Yamin Zhu (pictured), CEO of AXA Tianping, AXA’s wholly owned P&C company in China, speaks to The Digital Insurer about how AXA is adapting to the rapidly changing Chinese ...
dacadoo: TDI InsurTech Innovation Award 2021 winner pitch deck and video
dacadoo is the winner of the TDI Insurtech Innovation Award 2021. Below is the...
DocDoc: TDI InsurTech Innovation Award 2021 finalist pitch deck and video
DocDoc is a finalist of The Digital Insurer 2021 InsurTech Innovation Awards. Below is the finalist deck used by the company during the Award finals held in partnership with ...
AppMan: TDI InsurTech Innovation Award 2021 finalist pitch deck and video
AppMan is a finalist of The Digital Insurer 2021 InsurTech Innovation Awards. Below is the finalist deck used by the company during the Award finals held in partnership with ...
Cheche – InsurTech analysis research deck
Beijing-based Cheche Technology is an InsurTech that actively explores big data, AI and IoT capabilities internally and with external partnerships to offer digital insurance ...
Library: BCG – Digital Partnerships, unlocking a $10bn opportunity in insurance
July 2021 featured report: The rapid growth of the south east Asian economy is creating opportunities across all sectors. Insurance is no different, with partnerships between ...
Gefen – InsurTech analysis research deck
Gefen builds omni-channel digital hubs to connect agents, customers, and carriers, generate more business and provide better service without losing the ...
Library: Coforge – Future Ready: Multi-Channel Distribution in Life Insurance
Executive summary : How can you differentiate your insurance business and stay ahead of the curve? The answer lies not just in developing excellent products and services, but in ...
In-depth: Why the omni-channel agency model is both digital and human at its core
At a glance: The omni-channel agency model is highly relevant as digital consumers increasingly expect on-demand services with a human touch, and China is already pressing ahead in...
Swiss Re – Nirantar Bharat: The business case for sustainable India
Executive summary : Nearly one year since the outbreak of COVID-19, the reality is clear – this is going to be a long-drawn fight which will drain more resources, financial ...
TDI Point of View – ‘Omni’ is the future for insurance advisors in a digital world
Consumer adoption of technology is advancing rapidly, and the typical consumer is no longer tolerant of a sales process that only operates on a face-to-face basis. For insurance ...
The Banking & Finance Post – Why is it important to insure against Covid-19 crisis
Executive summary : The corona epidemic is not just impacting the financial sector. It is also causing irreparable damage to the health of the people. On the other hand, the corona...
insurance News – Digital or bust: the now and the next for Australian insurers
Executive summary : While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the global economy on a scale we’ve not seen in generations and impacted every element of our daily lives, it has ...
KPMG – A COVID-19 call to action for the Australian insurance and wealth sector
Executive summary : The insurance, super and financial advice consumers are showing early signs of refusing to return to their pre-COVID-19 ways of interacting with their financial...
中国深度：全球疫情后医疗保险数字分销新模型
重点 利用奥利弗·怀曼（Oliver Wyman）和埃森哲（Accenture）所确定的框架体系，我们提出了在数字世界分销健康保险的框架。 ...
中国深究：亚洲老龄化
老龄化的亚洲的年金和退休人员照顾方案 ...
World’s first L&D programmes on digital insurance, now grant-supported in Singapore & Hong Kong
In early 2020 The Digital Insurer (TDI) launched TDI Academy – the world’s first comprehensive global Learning & Development programme on Digital insurance. Designed to...
In-depth: The evolution of digital marketing in China and its impact on insurance
At a glance: The ways businesses market to their potential audiences is rapidly changing as more consumers choose to operate within the digital environment Insurers in particular ...
How China is harnessing livestreaming in insurance: Alipay, Bihubao, and Manulife
As digital insurance platforms gain more traction among the Chinese population, insurers are looking for new ways to bring people through the door. Livestreaming is becoming ...
Financial Times – Japan’s army of insurance saleswomen feel threat of digital revolution
Executive summary : Coronavirus has accelerated an analogue-digital showdown that Japan had hoped could be postponed for years: the clash between selling insurance online and the ...
PwC – COVID-19: Impact on the Indian insurance industry
Executive summary : The insurance industry seeks to protect a country’s people, assets and businesses. Hence, the business of insurance has always been closely linked to a ...
中国深度：为什么客户终身价值是每家数字化企业都需要关注的重要模型？如何在保险业有效执行该模型?
概要 随着各个行业加快数字化，保险服务提供商须改变观念，聚焦客户终身价值（CLV），以维持有利可图的业务。 ...
Library: Swiss Re – Going digital: Insights to optimise consumer appetite for online insurance in Asia 2020
January 2021 featured reports: In line with the broadly regional theme of this month’s library entries, we are featuring two reports from Swiss Re on digital transformation and ...
PwC – Sri Lanka Insurance Report
Executive summary : The numerous advancements that took place within the insurance industry during 2019 contributed towards the establishment of a more competitive, coherent, ...
China’s Dynamic InsurTech Map in collaboration with Beijing Fintech Institute
Welcome to China’s Dynamic InsurTech Map produced by The Digital Insurer in collaboration with Beijing Fintech Institute. The idea of the Dynamic InsurTech Landscape Map came ...
PwC – COVID-19: Impact on the Indian insurance industry
Executive summary : COVID-19: Impact on the Indian insurance industry PwC Executive Leadership Interview Series Interview with R Chandrasekaran, former secretary general, ...
Insurance Council of Australia : General Insurance Code of Practice
Executive summary: Life can be unpredictable. Insurance can help protect you from life’s unpredictability. Some of the ways general insurance can protect you are: for loss or ...
Strategy& : Japan’s Insurance Sector post-COVID Where to From Here?
Executive summary : As of May 2020, Japanese insurers have mobilised rapidly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The sudden decrease in global interest rates and significant ...
中国深度：在数字平台上建立有效的合作伙伴关系，其他人可以从中国的成功中学到什么？
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New models for digital distribution of health insurance in a post-pandemic world
KEY POINTS Drawing on frameworks identified by Oliver Wyman and Accenture we present a framework for distribution of health insurance in a digital world Insurers are increasingly ...
The innovative digital distribution channels being adopted by healthcare insurers in China
Healthcare and insurance are rapidly evolving all over the world. Ageing populations are enjoying older age, with longer retirements. But longevity has its drawbacks, as more ...
India’s Dynamic InsurTech Map – in collaboration with India InsurTech Association
Welcome to India’s Dynamic InsurTech Map produced by The Digital Insurer in collaboration with India InsurTech Association. The idea of the Dynamic InsurTech Landscape Map came ...
Why Customer Lifetime Value is the key metric every digital business needs to focus on, and how to effectively adopt it in insurance
KEY POINTS As digital adoption accelerates across industries, insurers need to shift their mindset to focus on customer lifetime value (CLV) in order to sustain profitable ...
How the Customer Lifetime Value framework is transforming insurers in China
Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is a powerful tool that insurers are beginning to get to grips with. Making it the central plank of an insurer’s culture will greatly assist in ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Library: 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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。 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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....
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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Insurance industry growth in South Korea
Direct written premiums (DWP) set to increase to KRW262.5 trillion (US$229.5 billion) in 2025, predicts GlobalData
CCI approves GPN’s stake acquisition in Future Generali I...
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Generali Participations Netherlands’ (GPN) proposed acquisition of shares of FGLIC.
MS&AD Ventures backs Intellect
Intellect is a personal companion to creating a better you.
AXA publishes its annual Mind Health and Wellbeing Index ...
The study looks at the current state of mental health and how it differs by age and gender around the world
MetLife and Zurich conclude $3.5bn longevity swap
MetLife joined forces with Zurich Assurance and Aon to close a $3.5bn longevity reinsurance deal for a UK pension scheme.
How Socotra enabled a multinational insurer to launch a d...
This multinational insurance company envisioned creating a direct-to-consumer auto insurance product—hosted completely in the cloud—to drive efficiencies
New AI solution to help homeowners recover faster from na...
AI Property, from Tractable, uses artificial intelligence to assess the amount of external damage to buildings caused by wind, hail and hurricanesApplying
battleface Partners with Mondee to Offer Travel Insurance...
battleface, a full stack global travel insurance company, today announced its partnership with Mondee, a rapid growth, technology-first travel marketplace.
MAPFRE Asistencia’s InsureandGo Australia signed over to ...
Europ Assistance expands down under buying one of Australia’s top B2C travel insurance entities
Insurtech Reask Gets Funding to Deliver Next-Generation N...
Insurtech Reask, an Australian science and technology company that focuses on natural hazard modeling, announced it has closed its seed funding round, led
Sentiance and RAC reduce distracted driving by nearly 60%
Sentiance developed the Safer Driver app with RAC, the Royal Automobile Club of WA, using behavioral science to change bad driving habits and reduce phone usage behind the wheel.
Europ Assistance acquires Call 365 to create EA Slovenia
Europ Assistance is a subsidiary of the Generali Group.
INDmoney raises $75 million
INDmoney describes itself as a super money app.
Game-Changing Trends in 2022 for the Future of Insurance
Nippon Life to encourage more firms to reduce CO2 emissions
Swiss Re CorSo makes parametric payout to utility after t...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, the large commercial risk specialist unit of the global reinsurance firm, settled a parametric insurance claim within days
Blink Parametric partners with AwayCare
Partnership to provide real-time flight disruption cover solution to Canadian travelers worldwide.
Mercury Insurance Launches One Inc ClaimsPay
The application will enable Mercury to speed up the claims payment process and and efficiently transfer claims payments using a variety of digital payment options.
Zluri raises $10 million
MassMutual Ventures led the round.
Vietnam insurance market set for growth in 2022
The total insurance premium revenue in Vietnam in 2021 is estimated to have increased by 15.59 per cent to VN$215 trillion in 2021, according to information from the Department ...
Berkley Insurance Australia teams up with Frontier to off...
21 hours ago ... The partnership will see BIA and Frontier enter the blockchain industry by providing professional liability, general liability, and directors' & officers' ...
Root Insurance selects Tractable as a strategic AI partne...
Root will integrate Tractable’s AI solutions to streamline and accelerate its material damage claims processesAfter thorough market testing, Root chose
The state and growth of Insurtech in Europe: a technologi...
24 hours ago ... Data on the European insurtech sector regarding Equity Funding activity dates back to 2016 and we can see how the sector has grown recently. In 2020 there were ...
MS&AD Partners with Geosite and GIC to Speed CAT-Rel...
The partnership brings U.S.-style spatial data and aerial imagery to Japan to accelerate claims settlements and reduce insurance costs.
Cyber Insurtech Corvus Buys Lloyd’s Coverholder Tar...
Corvus Insurance, the Boston-based, cyber-focused managing general agent, announced it has acquired Tarian Underwriting Ltd. from Beat Capital Partners
Corvus Insurance acquires Lloyd’s Coverholder Tarian Unde...
Tarian will be rebranded as Corvus Underwriting Limited.
Allianz’s Anusha Thavarajah on growth and risks in Asia
The key resource for accurate, insightful and reliable coverage of Asia’s insurance and reinsurance market.
NTUC launches SNACKFIT
Getting Bonus Insurance Coverage with SNACKFIT.
Kudo Money raises $4 million
Kudo is creating an ecosystem of Web 3.0 products such as Unomi and Bitquity for mainstream crypto adoption.
Subrogating Automated Driving Systems and Autonomous Vehi...
Imagine beginning your day with a cup of coffee in the car on the way to work, watching the morning news from a holographic projection on the windshield
Pay-per-mile auto insurance program surpasses 400,000 con...
In line with the company's open innovation strategy, Carrot has 100+ national & international partnerships, including South Korean government unit.
Weather-related insurance costs up in New Zealand
Total weather-related insurance costs in New Zealand have hit a record high in 2021 at NZ$304.9 million, beating the previous record, set in 2020, of $274 million
Introducing ANZ Plus
ANZ Plus will continue to release new services in a complete transformation from traditional banking that has been designed to help people and businesses improve their financial...
Reinsurance leaders see real-time data tools as ‘game-cha...
During a recent panel discussion that formed part of Aon Virtual Reinsurance Renewal Season fireside chats, leaders from the industry identified real-time
VSK introduces AI in claim settlements
AI is activated at the stage of registration of an accident after the client uploads photos from the scene of the accident to the mobile app.
Aspen re-organises underwriting, reinsurance & Bermu...
Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, the Bermuda headquartered insurance and reinsurance underwriter, has announced a range of changes to its senior
Likewize to acquire Optus Insurance Services
The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of the 2022 calendar year.
Thai travel protection boosted by Cover Genius option
Cover Genius partners with Agoda to offer customers embedded Travel Protection in Thailand
Sensely partners with Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance
Sensely's avatar and chatbot-based platforms assist insurance plan members and patients with the insurance services and healthcare resources they need.
Chubb Life launches whole life coverage plan ‘Life Protec...
Angela Hunter, Country President of Chubb Life in Thailand, said, ‘Our new product is designed to support the customers who need a long-term safeguard for the future of their lo...
Tokio Marine Life Insurance Singapore partners SP Group
As part of the partnership, the insurer will provide home protection coverage for Singapore’s first centralized cooling system program at public housing estate Tengah, which is ...
Tower partners with Allianz Partners for pet insurance
To celebrate the launch, Tower is offering customers one free month.
EXL Grows Analytics Business with Acquisition of Clairvoyant
The acquisition relationships accelerates EXL’s data and analytics focused strategy by expanding key capabilities and strategic relationships.
GoodTrust raises $5 million
GoodTrust is a digital life and legacy service startup.
Now Open: AIA Vitality Hub – the first health and wellnes...
Cover Genius strikes partnership with Agoda to offer cust...
United (UPC) transferring more homeowners business to HCI...
United Insurance Holdings (UPC Insurance) continues to exit homeowners insurance in certain states and accelerate its shift towards commercial property
Hong Kong’s WeLab is “going big in Indonesia”
WeLab’s Jessica Lam explains how the group is building an Indonesian digital bank alongside its H.K. one.
Technology increasingly a driver of emerging markets risk
From hashtag campaigns to government internet shutdowns, technology is now a key political risk focus according to the Willis Towers Watson Political Risk Index Winter Update
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