December 2017
Articles
AIA launches Hong Kong’s first blockchain-enabled bancassurance
AIA has launched a new blockchain-enabled bancassurance solution in partnership with its bank partners – a first for the bancassurance channel. This platform is based on the ...

Allianz’s captive insurance blockchain prototype
Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality (AGCS) division has developed a blockchain prototype for captive insurance policies as blockchain advisory service provider, digital...

AXA turns insurance-as-a-service into reality
AXA Singapore has launched an insurance-as-a-service API to make it easier for digital channels to integrate their products. This is in response to the Monetary Authority of ...

Google partners with Trov to insure its driverless car service
Google’s Alphabet has entered into a partnership with Silicon Vall...

HDIBOT
Turkey’s HDI Sigorta, recognizing the importance of social media in engaging today’s consumers, has launched a Facebook messenger bot tasked with handling simple ...

HiThere advanced analytics
HiThere is a Dutch startup founded in 2016 as a spin out of Kleynen Consultants and based on advanced analytics that was originally conceived as a back-office platform for in...

Jerry – A digital agency
Although aggregators have been around for decades, Jerry is eliminating the painstaking data entry element of aggregation with a new take on online personal lines di...

Muang Thai Life Rethinking Health Insurance
Muang Thai Life (MTL) has launched a health/wellness programme that focuses on providing Thai customers with more involved healthcare support than traditional health insuranc...

Progressive’s Flo turned into chatbot
Progressive Insurance has joined several insurers in embracing Facebook messenger chatbots. On this occasion, Progressive has imbued its chatbot with AI to enable a quoting t...

Tencent strengthens its positioning within insurance
Since the Zhong An IPO, Tencent has been diluting its position in Zhong An and adding additional positions within insurance to further bolster its ability to capitalise on th...

Zurich acquires Bright Box, specialist in connected car technologies
Zurich has acquired 100% of HK based Bright Box and its subsidiaries. Br...
