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ERGO: Winner Insurer Innovation Awards 2022 EMEA
The Digital Insurer community voted for ERGO as the winner of the 2022 Insurer Innovation Awards for the EMEA region. You can see the winning submission here. Six Awards finalists ...
Sigortambir: Winner InsurTech Innovation Awards 2022 EMEA
The Digital Insurer community voted for Sigortambir as the winner of the 2022 InsurTech Innovation Awards for the EMEA region. You can see the winning submission here. Six Awards ...
Finalists InsurTech Innovation: The World’s Digital Insurance Awards 2022 EMEA
Review of finalists – Cast your vote live on 15th Sep at 1-4PM CET / 7-10PM SGT InsurTech Innovation Awards The InsurTech Innovation Awards are for InsurTechs in any category ...
Finalists Insurer Innovation: The World’s Digital Insurance Awards 2022 EMEA
Review of finalists – Cast your vote live on 15th Sep at 1-4PM CET / 7-10PM SGT Insurer Innovation Awards The Insurer Innovation Awards recognise outstanding established insurers...
Library: Accenture – Innovation of the month: Improving road safety safe driving data
Executive summary: We are excited to share this month’s innovation of the month, an opportunity for innovators to receive recognition for their projects early on in the awards ...
Etherisc – InsurTech analysis research deck and CEO interview
Etherisc’s mission is to build decentralised insurance applications, making the purchase and sale of insurance more efficient, enabling lower operational costs, increas...
Library: Marsh – Ukraine crisis: Property insurance considerations
Executive summary : As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues, heavy fighting is taking place across various parts of Ukraine — including close to and in the capital ...
Quantemplate – InsurTech analysis research deck
Quantemplate enables business users to take raw data sources, cleanse and harmonise them with tools powered by machine learning, then perform analysis to develop competitive ...
TDI Connect Monthly update Germany – February 2022
Welcome to the TDI Connect Germany community update email, summarising this month’s activity on the TDI Connect community platform. Click the link below now to join hundreds of ...
Taikang Community – Insurer analysis video and research deck
Taikang Insurance Group was established in 1996 and is headquartered in Beijing. It has developed into a large insurance financial service group covering insurance, asset man...
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Imburse – InsurTech analysis research deck
Imburse is a cloud-based payments integration platform. Imburse works with global insurers, banks and other large companies to connect outdated legacy systems to the global p...
Laka – InsurTech analysis research deck
Laka has developed a P2P bicycle insurance platform to insure bicycles and cycling equipment against theft or damage.
The Digital Insurer (TDI) Digital Insurance i...
Luminant Analytics – InsurTech analysis video and research deck
Luminant Analytics is an InsurTech company that offers advanced analytics solutions for insurance companies.
The Digital Insurer (TDI) Digital Insurance in Action ...
wefox – InsurTech analysis research deck
wefox is a digital insurance company aiming to make people safe and prevent risk by reinventing insurance at scale through technology.
Please note this analysis by TDI...
Library: Oliver Wyman – The Future of Insurtech in DACH
Executive summary: Oliver Wyman has launched the fourth edition of its InsurTech Radar for DACH, or the German-speaking region in Europe, making up Germany (D), Austria (A) and ...
Bought By Many – InsurTech analysis research deck
Bought By Many is an InsurTech that provides pet insurance products with a streamlined customer experience.
The Digital Insurer (TDI) Digital Insurance in Action r...
Photocert – InsurTech analysis video and research deck
Photocert validates the authenticity of photos and videos and performs image analysis to automate processes in the insurance sector.
The Digital Insurer (TDI) Digi...
Eigen Technologies: TDI InsurTech Innovation Award 2021 finalist pitch deck and video
Eigen Technologies 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 partn...
Qover – InsurTech analysis research deck
Qover offers plug & play digital insurance solutions to allow any other digital business to integrate insurance into its strategy. Its clients include Deliveroo and Revol...
Innoveo – InsurTech analysis research deck
Innoveo is a no-code platform working across multiple sectors. In allows insurers to build and market innovative insurance solutions for Property & Casualty, Life & H...
Getvisibility – InsurTech analysis research deck
Getvisibility enables organisations to get a single unified view of their data with one platform allowing them to control, govern and benefit from their unstructured data.
Simply Business – InsurTech analysis research deck
Simply Business is one of the UK’s biggest business insurance providers, specialising in public liability insurance for SMEs and insuring over 800,000 small businesses and la...
Cyber insurance – A strategic view
Cyber insurance is still relatively new, historical data are scarce, the risk has increased, it is not stable and predictable. Against this backdrop Vincent Van de Winckel ...
How are cyber attacks evolving, and what is the impact of COVID-19?
With Cyber attacks on the increase, Vincent Van de Winckel asked Mauro Almeida, from everis Portugal, who is responsible for information security and cyber-security, on what ...
Os ciberataques, o efeito do SARS CoV-2, e os tipos de incidentes cibernéticos
Vincent Van de Winckel (VVDW): O que contribui para o agravamento recente destas práticas? Quais são as tipologias de cyber riscos, qual a sua evolução recente e prevista? ...
As seguradoras, entre os alvos dos cibercriminosos
As seguradoras têm uma dupla face em relação à cibersegurança. Por deterem informações pessoais valiosas, elas próprias são um alvo privilegiado dos cibercriminosos e ...
O seguro cibernético
O cyber-insurance ainda é recente. Os dados históricos são poucos, o risco agudizou-se, é pouco estável e previsível. Uma conversa abrangente onde se fala dos tipos de ...
Insurers are being targeted by cyber criminals, just as their customers are
Insurance companies are double-sided with respect to cyber security. As they retain valuable personal information, they themselves are a prime target of cyber criminals and must ...
Friday, Getsafe, Bitpanda, and more | InsurTech and Fintech developments in the D-A-CH region, Q2 2021
The latest InsurTech news and developments from across the European German speaking regions from Frank Genheimer. A quick note before we start this edition, TDI is currently ...
Accenture – Tomorrow’s open insurance opportunities
Executive summary : Tech savvy insurance customers are demanding ever more personalised services from their providers. What they really want is open insurance – effective, ...
Library: Sollers Consulting – The pandemic is pushing insurers to the cloud
March 2021 featured report: You won’t be surprised to hear that insurance is something of a laggard when it comes to digital transformation. We tell you this all the time, but ...
BCG – An FAQ for European insurers in the downturn
Executive summary : Given the human toll that COVID-19 has already exacted in Europe and the risks that it still poses, insurers across the continent are thinking about actions ...
McKinsey & Company – Moving to a user-first, omnichannel approach
Executive summary : Today, about one in four motor insurance policies in Germany is sold online, and other property – and personal-insurance products are increasingly being ...
Tendências de fundo da transformação digital em 2021
Neste início do ano quis fazer um ponto de situação sobre o estado da transformação digital do setor e saber o que se deveria esperar para os próximos meses. Sabemos que, nos...
What fundamental trends will mark the insurance digital transformation agenda in 2021?
At the beginning of 2021, I wished to take a step back and consider what should be expected regarding the insurance sector’s digital transformation in the coming months. In ...
PwC – Middle East Insurance Industry Beyond COVID-19
Executive summary : As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, insurers’ strategic focus is now turning to what the competitive landscape will look like in the aftermath, ...
CURATED INSURTECH NEWS | What’s going on in the D-A-CH region?
What is new and what is hot in the FinTech and InsurTech space? I have selected some interesting and groundbreaking news and information from the past few months from startups and ...
Healthcare and Insurance – Should we try to incentivise the ‘right’ behaviours through technology? Part 2/2
This is part 2 of the interview. Please find part 1 of the interview here. Uli Kleber, TDI News Correspondent for Germany and Switzerland, got together with Professor Henriette ...
Portugal’s Dynamic InsurTech Map – in collaboration with Portugal Fintech
Welcome to Portugal’s Dynamic InsurTech Map produced by The Digital Insurer in collaboration with Portugal Fintech. The idea of the Dynamic InsurTech Landscape Map came about ...
CURATED INSURTECH NEWS | What’s going on in the D-A-CH region?
What is new and what is hot in the Fin- and InsurTech space? I have selected some interesting and groundbreaking news and information from the past few months from start-ups and ...
Healthcare and Insurance – Should we try to incentivise the ‘right’ behaviours through technology? Part 1/2
Uli Kleber, TDI News Correspondent for Germany and Switzerland, got together with Henriette Neumeyer and Lukas Naab. Henriette is a medical doctor who now runs the Master of ...
Library: Hiscox – Cyber Readiness Report 2020
July 2020 featured report: Cyber risk is one of the biggest issues facing businesses these days. One finding of the 2020 Hiscox report into cyber risk readiness is that there has ...
EIOPA : Call to action for insurers and intermediaries to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus/COVID-19 on consumers
Executive summary : EIOPA recognises the unprecedented situation which has arisen as a result of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak and is closely monitoring the situation as it ...
McKinsey: Scaling the impact of advanced analytics in Iberian insurance
Executive summary : The business potential of advanced analytics (AA) is immense. This is especially true for the insurance industry, where prediction and assessment are hardwired ...
Beyond Insurance – a nova estratégia para o sector?
Há cerca de 3 anos começou-se a ouvir falar de beyond insurance. Grandes grupos internacionais estão a desenvolver estratégias que passam por montar ecossistemas beyond ...
Ageas INsure – Open Innovation. Speaking of innovation with Nuno Horta
Vincent Van de Winckel ( VVdW ): The Ageas Group is present in 14 countries, 5 in Europe and 9 in Asia. In Portugal, the group stands in the top 3 of insurance groups. Ageas...
Beyond Insurance – the new strategy for incumbents?
About 3 years ago, we started to hear about beyond insurance. Large international groups are developing strategies to build beyond insurance ecosystems, managed through digital ...
Insurance Europe: Making EU insurance regulation that works and benefits consumers
Article Synopsis : This short paper from Insurance Europe – IE, the European insurance and reinsurance federation – is focused on the debate about better regulation. It ...
CURATED INSURTECH NEWS | What’s going on in the D-A-CH region?
What is new and what is hot in the InsurTech space? I have selected some interesting and groundbreaking news and information from the past few months from startups and incumbents ...
How to move from an ego system to an ecosystem – In conversation with Moshe Tamir, Founder of Tel Aviv innovation builder Axell
How do insurers tackle innovation in a connected world? Uli Kleber, The Digital Insurer’s Germany News Correspondent, connects with Moshe Tamir who is perfectly positioned to ...
Will tech save health insurance?
The Health at a Glance study, released on November 7 by the OECD, reveals that Portuguese families have to pay more and more to care for their health. Paying 28% of total health ...
Poderá a tecnologia salvar o seguro de saúde?
O estudo “Health at a Glance”, divulgado a 7 de novembro pela OCDE, revela que as famílias portuguesas têm de pagar cada vez mais para cuidar da sua saúde. Ao pagar 28% do ...
Flashback no Web Summit 2019
Alguns factos e números Quem esteve em Lisboa entre 4 e 7 de novembro terá sentido uma atmosfera hype, hiperactiva, cosmopolita e frenética na cidade. Durante 4 dias e 4 noites ...
Web Summit 2019 flashback
Some facts and figures Those who were in Lisbon between November 4th and 7th will have felt a hype, hyperactive, cosmopolitan and frenetic atmosphere in the city. For 4 days and 4 ...
A transformação digital dos seguros e o papel da APS – Entrevista de José Galamba de Oliveira – Presidente da APS, Associação Portu...
Vincent Van de Winckel (VVdW): Participou no arranque de um banco iminentemente tecnológico, do qual continua administrador não executivo (BIG – Banco de Investimento ...
The digital transformation of insurance and the role of APS – An interview of José Galamba de Oliveira
Vincent Van de Winckel ( VVdW ): You took part in the start-up of an imminently technological bank, of which you are still executive director (BIG – Global Investment Bank). ...
Panorama Insurtech em Portugal: 2019
O Insurtech em Portugal tem vivido um período de desenvolvimento com um dinamismo acelerado. Qualquer player poderá trazer inovação para o sector, mas é indubitável que as ...
The four trends that define insurance in 2020
Article Synopsis : A new report from Deloitte has identified four fronts that insurers must campaign if they are not to be left behind by the digital blitzkrieg. New world, new ...
Insurtech Panorama in Portugal: 2019
Insurtech in Portugal has been experiencing a period of development with an accelerated dynamism. Any player can bring innovation to the industry, but there is no doubt that ...
CURATED INSURTECH NEWS | What’s going on in the D-A-CH region?
What is new and what is hot in the InsurTech space? I have selected some interesting and groundbreaking news and information from the past few months from start-ups and incumbents ...
The dating platform for insurance – Insurlab Demo Day 2019
Björn Crüts, Strokemark’s Chief Scientific Officer, is in a happy mood: “We have just closed a contract in Tel Aviv with one of the world’s largest medical device ...
‘FinTech meets InsurTech’ – Breakfast with Samarth Shekahr and Karl Heinz Passler
As FinTech and InsurTech are growing up and value propositions are sharpened, startups look outside to discover how their business models can be applied to new opportunities beyond...
TDI LIVEFEST 2019 Europe Startup InsurTech Award Winner – KASKO2GO
Congratulations to KASKO2GO! After listening to presentations from four Digital Insurer Startup InsurTech Awards finalists, and taking part in a Q&A panel session, purely ...
QUANTALYSE and Schönenberger Advisory Services: The automotive digital transformation and the economic impacts of existing data access mo...
Article Synopsis : The European aftermarket, or the value chain that keeps a vehicle on the road once purchased, is a big deal. It serves 320 million passenger vehicles and light...
Bank of England: Embracing the promise of fintech
Article Synopsis : The economy is becoming digital and fintech is just one aspect of this evolution/revolution. Innovation is happening more often and more rapidly as technology ...
DNB: Vision for the future of the Dutch insurance sector
Article Synopsis : This paper looks at the insurance sector in the Netherlands and ultimately comes to a very similar conclusion to the Hogan Lovells paper on the North American ...
CURATED INSURTECH NEWS | What’s going on in D-A-CH region? – Q2 2019
It’s great that you are following my selection of InsurTech-News for the German speaking countries. And this edition, again, I have selected some interesting and potentially ...
Blockchain on the block – Interview with Prof. Dr. Sandner, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Blockchain technologies are promising to revolutionise the world of insurance and finance. Facebook’s announcement to launch its own cryptocurrency by the name of Libra will only...
Ageas INsure – Open Innovation. Uma conversa sobre inovação com o Nuno Horta
Vincent Van de Winckel (VVDW): O Grupo Ageas está presente em 14 países, 5 na Europa e 9 na Ásia. Em Portugal está no top 3 dos grupos seguradores. Lançou recentemente o Ageas...
Deloitte: Insurance of the future – what will it look like in 2025?
Article Synopsis : Belgium has a mature insurance market and as a result, organic growth will be limited in core products. Insurers are aware that digitalisation will have a ...
Protechting, um programa de aceleração ao serviço de um grupo
O mundo InsurTech é composto por startups que procuram desenvolver produtos e soluções que melhorem a nossa relação com os seguros, proporcionando uma melhor experiência e ...
Portugal – Paraíso para investidores e empresas (insur)tech?
Portugal, um pequeno país na ponta sudoeste da Europa conseguiu, desde o virar da década, ano após ano, atrair cada vez mais turistas e investidores, chegando a um número ...
Insurtech / Fintech – Novos Ecossistemas
Afinal por onde é que essa revolução imparável chamada transformação digital nos vai levar? Convém esclarecer que Insurtech / Fintech tem duplo significado: i) alude a ...
O Insurtech workgroup da AFIP
A AFIP, Associação Fintech e Insurtech Portuguesa, nasceu em 2106 com o intuito de promover o desenvolvimento das tecnologias e das empresas FinTech e InsurTech em Portugal. Esta...
The AFIP InsurTech workgroup
AFIP – Associação Fintech and Insurtech Portuguesa – was created in 2016, to promote the development of Fintech and Insurtech companies and technologies in Portugal. ...
InsurTech/Fintech – New Ecosystems
João Paulo Matos, coordinator of the InsurTech workgroup of the Portuguese association of Fintech and InsurTech (AFIP) shares his vision for the future in the article. Where will ...
Protechting, an accelerator program servicing a corporate group
The InsurTech world is composed of startups seeking to develop products and solutions that can improve our relationship to insurance, providing a better experience and adequacy ...
Portugal an investor’s heaven for (insur)tech businesses?
Portugal, a small country at the south western tip of Europe, has since the turn of the decade, year on year, attracted increasing international attention from tourists and ...
Artificial intelligence in transport: Current and future developments, opportunities and challenges
Article Synopsis : The transport sector is undergoing a major change. Much of it is being driven by artificial intelligence (AI). Autonomous vehicles are not confined to our ...
Notes from the AI frontier: Tackling Europe’s gap in digital and AI
Article Synopsis : Europe is trailing behind the global leaders in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. And unless these companies get with the ...
Unlocking digital competition April 2019
Article Synopsis : The report of the Digital Competition Expert Panel in the UK has concluded that digital markets will work best under strong pro-competition policies. These ...
Digital bancassurance takes off in Europe
Article Synopsis : Digital bancassurance is at the leading edge of the insurtech revolution. Though its breakthrough is anticipated any time from the present moment to within the...
Future of Insurance Report 2019
Article Synopsis : Information is power, or so they say. Data is the best kind of information, as it provides context. This report from Raconteur provides an introduction for the...
The future of personal insurance in the UK – excellence or irrelevance
Article Synopsis : 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. Baby, you can ...
InsurTech Impact 25 2019
Article Synopsis : Oxbow Partners’ InsurTech Impact 25 2019 report reveals the 25 technology-led businesses it considers to be real movers and shakers in the European insurance...
CURATED INSURTECH NEWS | What’s going on in D-A-CH region?
I have been observing accelerated activities in the InsurTech space, and nowadays also on the incumbents’ side. This is really good news! As an illustration I have selected some ...
Regulation in the times of InsurTech – Interview with Kathleen Köhn (BaFin)
The InsurTech world is growing up; more and more startups are interested in applying for an official insurance license. To get some first-hand insights, Uli Kleber, The Digital ...
Seventh Consumer Trends Report
Article Synopsis : The European market has continued to change with a continued shift towards index and unit-linked products away from traditional with profit participation ones....
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. ...
TDI LIVEFEST 2018 Europe Insurance Innovation Award Winner – Quick Sigorta
Congratulations to Quick Sigorta! After listening to presentations from four Digital Insurer Insurance Innovation Awards finalists, and taking part in a Q&A panel session, ...
TDI LIVEFEST 2018 Europe Startup InsurTech Award Winner – TRACKACTIVE
Congratulations to TrackActive! After listening to presentations from four Digital Insurer Startup InsurTech Awards finalists, and taking part in a Q&A panel session, purely ...
TDI Talks! With Martin Spengler, Insurance and Work Automation Lead @ Appway
15 minutes live with Martin Spengler from Appway who shares his views on automation and achieving process efficiency through Human Computer collaboration.
Global LIVEFEST DIGITAL INNOVATOR Paul Prendergast – How to partner with InsurTechs – A low-risk and low-cost approach to del...
This article is by travel insurance InsurTech Blink CEO Paul Prendergast, one of The Digital Insurer’s Digital Innovators for Europe and panellist at our Global LiveFest 2018 ...
Global LiveFest Digital Innovator Gareth Eggle – Is Insurance really broken?
This article is by Gareth Eggle, Founder of Eggle Consulting, and one of The Digital Insurer’s Digital Innovators for Europe at our Global LiveFest 2018 virtual conference in ...
Customer Engagement webinar recording – Poll concludes that the most important customer initiative is building an omni-channel capa...
Our November 2017 webinar had over 400 registrations from around the globe. This was our fifteenth webinar as part of our Digital Insurance in Action series, sponsored by KPMG. ...
Innovation & Transformation by Pega
We were very pleased to announce that Pega was our lead tech sponsor for the Europe 2017 LiveStream event held in September. As part of this Tony Tarquini, Pega Director of ...
Winner of The Digital Insurer’s European Insurance Innovation Award 2017 – Generali
Congratulations to Generali! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Insurance Innovation Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists ...
Finalist of The Digital Insurer’s European Insurance Innovation Award 2017 – Healix
Thank you, Healix! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Insurance Innovation Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists presented ...
Finalist of The Digital Insurer’s European Insurance Innovation Award 2017 – HDI Sigorta
Thank you, HDI Sigorta! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Insurance Innovation Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists presented...
Finalist of The Digital Insurer’s European Insurance Innovation Award 2017 – Zurich
Thank you, Zurich! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Insurance Innovation Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists presented ...
Winner of The Digital Insurer’s European Start Up InsurTech Award 2017 – Aerobotics
Congratulations to Aerobotics! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Startup InsurTech Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists ...
Finalist of The Digital Insurer’s European Start Up InsurTech Award 2017 – Shift Technology
Thank you, Shift Technology! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Startup InsurTech Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists ...
Finalist of The Digital Insurer’s European Start Up InsurTech Award 2017 – NuvaLaw
Thank you, NuvaLaw! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Startup InsurTech Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists presented online...
Finalist of The Digital Insurer’s European Start Up InsurTech Award 2017 – CBien
Thank you, CBien! On 19th September 2017 the final presentations for The Digital Insurer Startup InsurTech Awards were held. In this unique format four finalists presented online ...
On Demand Insurance webinar recording – Poll concludes that majority of insurers will have an on-demand insurance offering for cust...
Our September 2017 webinar had over 400 registrations from around the globe. This was our thirteenth webinar as part of our Digital Insurance in Action series, sponsored by ...
Fuelling Digital Innovation in Insurance webinar recording – Poll overwhelmingly concludes that we are just at the start of a lengt...
Our July 2017 webinar had about 500 registrations from around the globe. This was our twelfth webinar as part of our Digital Insurance in Action series, sponsored by KPMG. ...
Smart car, smart business model – KPMG Report by Alec McCullie
Article Synopsis : Connected, driverless vehicles are set to overhaul not just the automotive industry, but software, finance and telecommunications too. In this concise ...
Understanding Digital Expectations – PwC Report
Article Synopsis : In the digital age, it’s about understanding customer needs and then aligning the business – all of it – to serve those needs. ...
AI & Machine Learning webinar recording
Our March 2017 webinar had about 870 registrations from around the globe. This was our tenth webinar as part of our Digital Insurance in Action series, sponsored by KPMG. ...
Transforming life insurance with design thinking – McKinsey Report
Article Synopsis : Over the last fifty years the promise of financial security powered by strong actuarial teams with minimal investments in customer experience has been a ...
Connected Insurance – Our view about the Italian Market – PwC
Article Synopsis : Growing competition from InsurTechs and digital natives, the explosion of e-commerce (and e-everything), and mounting pressures on profitability due to ...
The rise of digitally-enabled motor insurance – Deloitte Report
Article Synopsis : Connected devices are a prominent part of our daily lives and digital insurers are working to exploit this trend to create a deeper relationship with customers...
The Digital Insurer Asia & Europe Annual Conferences 2017
SAVE THE DATE Due to the phenomenal success of the TDI Asia 2016 conference we are ready to announce our 2017 conferences. For the first time we will be holding our annual ...
Cyber Insurance Recent Advances, Good Practices & Challenges-ENISA
Article Synopsis : Cyber insurance was created to address risks not reasonably mitigated by security measures. In comparison with other insurance sectors, cyber insurance appears...
Digital Economy Outlook 2016 – BBVA Research
Article Synopsis : The term ‘digital’ means different things to different people. Insurance executives worldwide are asking: What does digital mean to us? To help in this ...
Clarity on Non-Life Insurance – KPMG Report
Article Synopsis : Switzerland’s non-life insurance industry is being impacted by a range of new regulatory initiatives as well as changes in technology and customer behavior. ...
The Little Book of Insurance (Ireland) – Accenture Report
Article Synopsis : The “Little Book of Insurance” produced by Accenture Ireland’s Insurance Practice is a simple guide to the Irish insurance market with key terms, ...
Youbiquity Finance Research 2016 – Avaya Survey Results
Article Synopsis : Digital self-service builds customer confidence and better relationships. Based on the views of 3,015 consumers across Germany, Spain and the UK, the ...
Not Just Machines Will Power Digital Innovation – Cognizant
Article Synopsis : Technology driven automation leads to more agile operations and cost savings, but there is also the perception that it pushes humans to the periphery. In ...
2016 European insurance outlook – EY report
Article Synopsis : 2016 is a watershed year for European insurers. Solvency II taking effect on 1 January combined with sustained low interest rates and other macroeconomic ...
Insurance in the interconnected age – BT Global Services
Article Synopsis : The insurance industry faces increasing pressure from non-traditional threats such as retail giants and FinTech and InsurTech startups. What makes these new ...
Insurance of Things – how IoT shows prevention is better than cure for Insurers
It is just a matter of time. The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming to InsurTech. By 2020, 1/3 of European homes will be smart and everything with a power supply – and many ...
The Digital Insurer Reviews : Financial Services Technology Supplement @ Sunday Times 29th February 2016
I was fortunate to be invited to a roundtable on February 29 in London to discuss FinTech and the issues raised in the Financial Services Technology supplement from the Sunday ...
Can InsurTech be disruptive without causing disruption? 360Globalnet tell me how!
In the 21st century, there is no doubt that the world of insurance has gone digital. But there is more to it than just “going digital”. The latest generation of ...
InsurTech Weekly gets a Sneak Peak at the new CommerzVentures White Paper on Emerging Technologies for the Insurance Industry
Earlier today, CommerzVentures published a white paper on the emerging trends they are seeing in the InsurTech space. This report brings together their own point of view as well as...
Atidot – fortune telling for the insurance industry
In the world of InsurTech, there are Distribution players and there are Data players. When I look at the Data players, I see that they are essentially doing two things. First, they...
London’s InsurTech in-crowd go speed dating in Moorgate
Last night, over 250 people gathered at wework in London’s insurance heartland to see InsurTech in action. Instead of one pitch after another, the 18 start-ups ran 10-minute ...
The Deloitte Talent in Insurance Survey 2015
Article Synopsis : Insurance was ranked a lowly 19th out of 26 sectors by popularity among UK business students in 2015. In the looming digital talent war for millennials how ...
The InsurTech Spectrum – the 7 colours of digital innovation
It is almost a year since I published my first post on Daily Fintech and this one is my last. The subject back then was simply ‘where’s the Insurance Tech in Fintech?’ One ...
The Short-Term Insurance Industry – Elix-IRR
Article Synopsis : Increasing regulation, tight competition, and customer demand for new digital capabilities such as online self-service, price comparison, and social networking...
Customer Experience in the Insurance Sector – Microsoft
Article Synopsis : Customers increasingly employ social media and mobile channels to research and buy insurance. Carriers must update traditional business processes to meet ...
Google Insurance – has it crossed the line?
As the world’s most successful search engine, Google has played a major role in giving anyone with an internet connection easy access to the world’s sum of knowledge…or more ...
Future of Life & Pensions – Five digital myths – Grant Thornton
Article Synopsis : Insurance is a complex business and the emergence of digital is often a new pain point for carriers. Keeping in view the emerging business landscape, ...
Telematics trends in the UK
Usage of telematics is growing quickly in the UK, targeting young drivers and addressing some of the issues created by the new EU gender directive. What is telematics insurance? ...
Facebook targets financial services – moving into payments space?
eMoney – a game changer? The Financial Times has reported on Facebook’s moves into electronic payments in Ireland – with regulatory approval for an ...
AXA & Facebook creating a stir in digital insurance – what are the implications?
The AXA press release in France on its strategic tie up with Facebook has caused a stir in the insurance industry. At the moment publicly available information seems limited. This ...
Digitisation of intermediated insurance distribution – Roland Berger
Article Synopsis : This report from Roland Berger and Efma looks at the digitisation of intermediary based insurance models in Europe. The report makes the following observations ...
The World’s Digital Insurance Awards 2022 – EMEA Finals
Watch winner pitch for Insurer Innovation Awards 2022 EMEAWatch winner pitch for InsurTech Innovation Awards 2022 EMEA We are excited to welcome you to the World’s Digital...
360Globalnet – Digital Claims Management Platform
Zego – InsurTech analysis research deck
Zego is a commercial motor insurance provider that “powers opportunities” by providing insurance for fleets, self-employed drivers and riders.
The Digi...
TDI Connect UK Official Launch Event
Join us for the launch of TDI Connect UK a community group for people to work together to accelerate the digital transformation of insurance in the UK. We have industry leaders ...
Europe 2017 Live Stream Overview
The Digital Insurer Europe 2017 LiveStream held online in Q4 2017 was a unique two half-days of webinars featuring a mix of global digital advocates and experts in digital ...
Active.Radar by Ibshurance
Active.Radar brings together insurers, brokers and enterprise clients through a unified and highly customisable collaborative workflow hub that automates, manages and execute...
Europe 2017 Session Review – Insurance Innovation Award
The Digital Insurer Europe 2017 LiveStream held online in Q4 2017 was a unique two half-days of webinars featuring a mix of global digital advocates and experts in digital ...
Europe 2017 Session Review – Tony Tarquini, Director of Insurance from Pega
The Digital Insurer Europe 2017 LiveStream held online in Q4 2017 was a unique two half-days of webinars featuring a mix of global digital advocates and experts in digital ...
Admiral Group partners with MHR Analytics
Admiral Group has partnered with MHR Analytics to improve its underwriting capabilities through better data management. The partnership aims to co-ordinate Admiral’s internat...
Europe 2017 Session Review – Incubating, accelerating & venturing
The Digital Insurer Europe 2017 LiveStream held online in Q4 2017 was a unique two half-days of webinars featuring a mix of global digital advocates and experts in digital ...
TDI Talks! with Daniel Thafvelin, Executive Director of Global SaaS Contemi
TDI’s Pádraig Floyd speaks with Daniel Thafvelin, Executive Director of Global SaaS Contemi, about the firm’s software and digital insurance solutions, as well as broader ...
Aegon invests in German pension startup fairr.de
Cover Genius partners with Air Malta
Embedded travel insurance specialist Cover Genius has partnered with Air Malta to offer customers protection as part of the airline’s online booking process
How rising interest rates impact insurers’ investment dec...
Insurers invest some of the premiums they charge to earn interest and pay claims but they need to adjust investments when interest rates rise
Zurich launches intermediary portal for group life, incom...
Zurich backs start-up cyber-MGA for SME segment; eyes Eur...
Beazley probes digital health businesses’ insurance...
Poll of 300 business leaders spans Asia, UK, North America
RSA sets out strategic roadmap for 2025 with new “b...
RSA has revealed its strategic roadmap for 2025 with a target of reaching a combined operating ratio in the low 90s and committed to unveiling a new broker
Heirs Insurance, Heirs Life commence bancassurance
16 hours ago ... Two leading insurance companies in Nigeria, Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) have commenced a bancassurance partnership with ...
Cinven reopens process to offload Italian insurer Eurovita
Cinven is working with advisers Deutsche Bank and Citi as it plans to divest Italian life insurer Eurovita, reported Reuters citing sources.
Brokers hailed as a “critical” distribution channel for t...
CEO at Allianz Trade UK & Ireland, Sarah Murrow, has described brokers as a "critical" distributer when promoting trade credit insurance to clients.
Fortegra Receives UK Branch Authorization
The Fortegra Group Inc., a global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced that its European insurer, Fortegra Europe Insurance Co.
Swiss tech company dacadoo announces new product offering...
dacadoo has announced a new upcoming version of its Digital Health Engagement Platform (DHEP) with a forward-thinking approach to Predict & Prevent
Lockton Re Launches SAGE 2.0 to Boost Reinsurance Analytics
Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the world's largest privately held independent insurance broker, launches Lockton Re SAGE 2.0, its next
Biba launches second guide on underinsurance
The British Insurance Brokers’ Association has teamed up with QuestGates to publish a guide to valuations for members to use with their customers.
Howden seals deal to buy French broker Théorème
UK-based insurance intermediary Howden has brokered a deal to buy French insurance firm Théorème for an undisclosed sum.
Product and Channel Synergy: Improving Placement for P�...
Product placement is now a matter of channels and predicting when and where customers need a product. It’s all about the ‘The right place, the right time.’
Aon establishes Strategy and Technology Group
The group will initially focus on the property & casualty and life sectors.
Swiss tech company dacadoo announces new product offering...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance opens new office i...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) is expanding its European operations by opening a new office in Brussels, Belgium.
Earnix Introduces Underwrite-It Analytics-Driven Underwri...
Underwrite-It is designed to empower business users to create and manage rules and decision logic, leading to better underwriting decisions.
TytoCare, Vivaz and Nebula Partner to Bring Innovative Vi...
Vivaz introduces TytoCare’s virtual primary care solution to bolster healthcare options, primary care access and quality throughout Spain
Autonomous Vehicle InsurTech Koop Technologies Launches R...
The new coverage is designed for off-road autonomous vehicles and robotics developers, operators, and service providers across various industries.
Counterpart Rounds Out Management Liability Offering With...
Counterpart’s Crime insurance is available monoline or through a package enabling small businesses to protect themselves against all four major management
Trupanion acquires Smart Paws
The Smart Paws team will continue to manage and administer all of their products and membership policies.
The Hartford’s IoT executive talks tech use for pre...
Digital Insurance spoke with Dan Campany, vice president of innovation and head of IoT at The Hartford.
PIB revamps top team with Amwins and Aon hires
PIB Group has promoted Ryan Brown to deputy CEO, appointed Onno Janssen as CEO for Europe, and recruited Matthew Crane as CEO for underwriting with Bernard
Accelerant hires Pete Horst as Chief Technology Officer
Insurtech platform Accelerant has appointed Pete Horst as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Within this role, he will lead functions spanning
Cambridge Mobile Telematics launches FuelStar
FuelStar is currently available for free on the App Store.
InsurTech Accelerant Names Pete Horst CTO
Horst will lead Accelerant’s global platform strategy and development.
It’s now “imperative” that re/insurers ...
Current geopolitical instability, staffing woes, and inflationary pressures are forcing the insurance industry to dramatically improve its operational
AllClear partners with Akur8
AllClear Travel Insurance, UK, has partnered with French specialist software developer Akur8, giving the broker access to the company’s risk and demand modelling and rate making...
NN Group to offload MetLife’s Polish pension business to ...
Dutch financial services firm NN Group has agreed to divest the former MetLife pension business in Poland to Italian insurer Generali.
InsuraGuest signs strategic marketing agreement with Lodgify
Once purchased, the Hosts will make claims with InsuraGuest’s before making a claim on their current homeowner/commercial tenant policy.
More (cat) bonds and breadth: Millette, Hudson Structured...
Catastrophe bonds have been "the most successful of the children of Andrew," and because of their greater contract certainty and performance, Michael
The Cyber Security Industry is Changing
Coming off the heels of the pandemic, the cyber insurance market has become increasingly aware of the risks associated with underdeveloped cyber security strategies.
Property Catastrophe Reinsurance Entering a True Hard Market
Uncertain times are challenging for reinsurers. Claims may jump, and investment losses may dent profitability and possibly capital. However, uncertain
Zurich UK overhauls graduate hiring process
Zurich UK is changing its graduate hiring process to cater for “generation covid” after lockdowns affected young peoples’ chances to gain work experience.
Survey: How can brokers grow business in challenging times?
A recent broker barometer survey conducted by Insurance Age, in association with Close Brothers Premium Finance, explored current sentiment around business
Duck Creek Technologies Launches New Standard for Insurer...
Duck Creek Duck Creek Technologies Launches New Standard for Insurers in the UK Pet Insurance Market. We are a leading provider of comprehensive P&C insurance software and servi...
If you are just deploying technology to a broken process,...
As carriers and brokers embark on technology transformations, one of the key considerations is to review the existing process, and look at how it can be
Ageas moves into third-party reinsurance
Internal reinsurer opens itself up for business
Mercedes, Rivian to cooperate on the production of electr...
The companies intend to establish a new JV manufacturing company
Workers’ Comp Insurance Industry Backs CompScience ...
CompScience has found a way to reduce workers compensation risk and cost using artificial intelligence. Not just by the numbers, but by analyzing
Westfield enters international specialty market
This is Westfield acting on a timely, strategic opportunity.
Argo Group to offload Lloyd’s Syndicate 1200 to Westfield
Argo Group International has agreed to divest Argo Underwriting Agency and its Lloyd’s Syndicate 1200 to American insurer Westfield.
The Hartford president to retire
Doug Elliot will retire at the end of December.
Finnish insurer Sampo eyes dual listing on Nasdaq Stockholm
Sampo is assessing the option of a dual listing of its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm with an aim to draw more Swedish investors.
Blog: The rising threat of underinsurance
Chris Andrews of Aviva discusses how today’s challenges could be creating an increased risk of underinsurance
Lloyd’s of London sets aside $1.3 bln for Ukraine c...
Business-to-business (B2B) SaaS insurance startup MetaMorphoSys has raised $3 million in funding led by Info Edge-backed technology...
Pledg partners with Allianz Trade
Pledg and Allianz Trade have co-created an Buy Now Pay Later solution for B2B e-commerce sites.
In Depth: Underinsurance and the value of risk management
Sam Barrett explores the threat of increasing underinsurance amid a cost of living crisis and asks how brokers can help their clients and ensure they are
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