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Library: Accenture – Three life insurance underwriting predictions for 2023
As the insurance industry continues to navigate the pace of change, complexity and uncertainty in our world, consumers continue to respond, expecting companies to be more ...
In-depth: The global race in embedded insurance, and why insurers must move from an ‘egosystem’ to ecosystem mindset
Embedded Insurance has emerged as the insurance industry comes under sustained pressure to reform. It increasingly needs to revolutionise the way it conducts business, treats ...
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 ...
The New Wave: Evolving pricing and underwriting models
Bridging the gap between legacy comforts and tomorrow’s requirements is a challenge for every industry. This bridge is particularly important for life and health insurers as ...
ICLAM 2019: TDI Underwriting and Claims Tech Panel
Personalisation of Insurance: the end or a new beginning?
A Brave New World InsurTech and the personalisation of insurance is a subject I’ve written about a lot. The concept is simple. Old world methods of assessing risk are blunt ...
Knowing the risks: How to manage regulatory risks while driving innovation forward
The insurance industry is in the midst of unprecedented change. Changing customer dynamics, rapidly evolving technologies, and the growing ability to distinguish customers at ...
Risk and Regulation
Shaping the actuarial workforce of the future
Shaping the actuarial workforce of the future Advanced analytics and big data are fundamentally changing actuarial work. Today’s actuaries no longer have to follow the ...
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 ...
Analyze Re – applying Cap Mkts tech to bring reinsurance underwriting into the 21st century
The $500bn reinsurance industry provides insurance for the insurers. In this market it is all about premiums and risk and the relationship between them, defined as the loss ...
New! Coming soon
We are putting the finishing touches on our special report on Digital Underwriting and Fulfilment that we have produced in collaboration with Swiss Re. The report explores current ...
Exclusive Digital Underwriting and Fulfilment Report produced by The Digital Insurer and Swiss Re
In collaboration with Swiss Re, The Digital Insurer is pleased to reveal its exclusive Thought Leadership Report on Digital Underwriting and Fulfilment in Asia Pacific. We are ...
Applied adds Geo Underwriting to personal lines panel
Applied Systems, a cloud-based solution provider has launched a new product in partnership with Geo Underwriting called Geo FlexiLet. The product is underwritten by Ageas and...
TDI Webinar – February 2019 – The Digital Actuary – preparing for the future … Now!
The Digital Actuary – preparing for the future…Now! webinar was held on 27th February 2019. The agenda included trends & predictions about: How actuaries can prep for ...
Les Wong from The Digital Insurer speaks @ Digital Insurance around the world panel session – Global LIVEFEST 2018
Watch Les Wong from The Digital Insurer speak @ Digital Insurance around the world panel session – Global LIVEFEST 2018 about Bought by Many as Global Challenger where people...
Underwriting & Claims in a digital world panel session @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018
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Joe Van Niekerk from Discovery Vitality speaks @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session -Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World
Watch Joe Van Niekerk from DISCOVERY Vitality speak @Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session -Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World about innovative ways to improve health ...
Oliver Werneyer from IMburse speak @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session- Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World
Watch Oliver Werneyer from IMburse speak @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session- Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World about an innovative Cloud-based centrally managed ...
Florence Nabakiibi from ICEA Life Insurance speaks @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session -Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World
Watch Florence Nabakiibi from ICEA Life Insurance speak @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session -Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World about the opportunities and ...
Thomas Gachie from Resolution Insurance speaks @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session -Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World
Watch Thomas Gachie from Resolution Insurance speaks @ Africa LIVEFEST 2018 panel session -Underwriting & Claims in the Digital World about Medical E-claims Initiatives and ...
Element AI brings AI underwriting to GroupAssur
GroupAssur, a Canada-based broker, has partnered with Element AI, which offers AI-based software solutions to optimise its underwriting workflows.
Element AI helped Gr...
Coming of Age for Automated Underwriting – Infosys
Article Synopsis : The business benefits of end-to-end automation and straight-through processing renders the implementation of automated underwriting solutions as one of the ...
Fetch! debuts searchable database of underwriting guidelines
In the US, distribution-based InsurTech called Fetch! has launched a software application which allows underwriters to search relevant underwriting guidelines on the go, ther...
Swiss Re Advanced Risk Management Seminar
The Digital Insurer was pleased to present to the Swiss Re ARMS conference. Digitalisation is changing the world at an extraordinary pace. What does that mean for our insurance ...
Enabling the future of underwriting
Article Synopsis : With the insurance industry awash in data from a variety of sensors and devices, underwriters are under growing pressure to collect and combine just the right ...
Lincoln Financial Group’s new underwriting engine delivers instant life insurance quotes
Lincoln Financial Group provides advice and solutions around retirement, insurance and wealth protection to help support its customers in their lifestyle, savings and income ...
Integrating real time data in the underwriting process – IBM
Article Synopsis : Insurance underwriting is on the verge of a quantum leap as an increasing number of insurers are recognizing the role of data analytics and big data in risk ...
Verisk’s ISO Personal Lines Program Targets $40 Billion Private Flood Insurance Market
Verisk has launched a new flood insurance program which enables insurers to enter the private flood insurance market by offering broad and flexible coverage options in a temp...
Library: WTW – New satellite data reveals increasing proportion of population exposed to floods worldwide
August 2021 featured report: The impact of climate change is all around us. Wildfires have been raging in parts of the US, Europe, and Australasia over the past year. Flooding ...
New rules of the road in Underwriting – E&Y Research
Article Synopsis : There is no doubt that digital advancement presents a great opportunity for insurers to leverage technology, data and analytics to achieve underwriting ...
McKinsey & Company – Rewriting the rules: Digital and AI-powered underwriting in life insurance
Executive summary : To many consumers, buying life insurance can be painful. Despite insurance companies’ substantial investments over the past several years in digitising ...
Strategic Considerations for Automated Underwriting – RGA
Article Synopsis : A responsive and automated underwriting solution that allows quick access to critical information, offers comprehensive risk analysis, optimises costs, and ...
Streamlining underwriting – EY report
Article Synopsis : Technological innovation together with enhanced analytical capabilities is transforming the future of underwriting and insurers have started re-imagining it as ...
Technology Solutions to Complex Risk Underwriting – Accenture
Article Synopsis : Traditional underwriters are often bound by manual processes and tasks such as managing data, documentation and tracking clients/agents, which can impact the ...
The digital revolution – how underwriting is changing to support the mobile sales process
In this article, from guest author Glen Holmes, the role and design of automated underwriting tools are explored. The mobile advisor is arriving quickly – just in time to ...
Underwriting transformation in the digital era
Article Synopsis : This report from EY is based on a global survey of business and IT executives at more than 40 carrier, broker and InsurTech firms. The survey is the first to ...
Winning New Technologies – Munich Re report
Article Synopsis : Improved technology, data availability and analytics tools have emerged as great enablers and now insurers are increasingly embracing automated underwriting as...
Will fewer mergers reduce reps and warranties insurance p...
Mergers are below their pandemic high and that means the market for reps and warranties insurance coverage is string to soften
A return of cash flow underwriting – is this common sense...
As interest rates rise, talk is growing of a return to cash flow underwriting. Popular in the 1980s and 1990s, this is when insurers underwrote unprofitably,
Transforming Commercial Lines Underwriting with AI and Co...
Leaders of NeuralMetrics discuss how property/casualty insurance organizations of all sizes can leverage AI to quickly classify and evaluate commercial risks, and price and quot...
Why location intelligence, digital mapping is making unde...
The technologies safeguard insurers' ability to understand historical data and remotely apply those insights to risk modeling and underwriting.
ATS Underwriting Chooses Gradient AI to Expand Medical St...
Gradient AI’s SAIL Removes Barriers for Small Groups in Transition to Self-Funded PlansBOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#AIinInsurance--Gradient AI, a leading enterprise…
AXA XL Re names Guidée CEO, as Bewlay to become AXA Grou...
AXA XL Reinsurance (AXA XL Re), the reinsurance arm of AXA XL and part of the global AXA Group, has announced a new CEO, with Renaud Guidée moving over
Canopius launches medical malpractice business
It will be led by Ashley Moulton as its Healthcare Underwriter
MGA Landmark Underwriting enters property market
Landmark Underwriting has secured a property binding authority with AmTrust International for excess insurance and reinsurance business.
Everest Insurance taps global underwriting chief
New underwriting head has “a strong track record of building exceptional global underwriting teams,” says chief executive
ANALYSIS – Breakup of Insurers’ Climate Coali...
The success of Republicans in triggering the breakup of a coalition of insurance firms aimed at tackling climate change is down to U.S. states being the
MGA Volante Global Launches Branch in Singapore, Managed ...
Volante Global, a multi-class, multi-territory international MGA and Lloyd's syndicate, has launched Volante Singapore, according to Asta, the Lloyd's
How life insurers may leverage ChatGPT in underwriting
There are other less obvious ways underwriters can use the technology, but one area is field underwriting.
Modern Life Offers Suite of Prudential Protection Products
Advisors utilizing tech-enabled brokerage gain access to insurer’s suite of term and permanent products.
PERILS names Swiss Re’s Christoph Oehy as new CEO &...
PERILS AG, the catastrophe loss data aggregator service, has named a new CEO to replace the outgoing Luzi Hitz, with Christoph Oehy of Swiss Re set to
People Moves: Hong Kong’s FWD Names Former SiriusPo...
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at FWD Group and Lloyd's of London. A summary of these new hires follows here. Hong Kong's
Ariel Re brings back Partington Howarth as Chief Capital ...
Ariel Re, the global reinsurance company that is a consistent user of third-party and ILS capital, has announced the hiring of a former employee to a key
HDI Seguros Colombia Adopts Akur8 RISK and RATE Modules P...
The agreement follows a successful engagement with HDI in Chile and strengthen’s Akur8’s presence in Latin America.
Munich Re launches next-gen AI-powered underwriting solution
New proposition aims to enhance customer experience and insurer profitability
Beazley stalwart to join Lloyd’s as chief underwriting of...
Incoming hire part of Lloyd’s Market Association, London Market Group boards
SageSure gets upsized $100m Gateway Re 2023-2 at below-gu...
Coastal property managing general underwriter SageSure’s latest catastrophe bond, the Gateway Re Ltd. (Series 2023-2) deal, has now been finalised to
Beazley, Arbol team on parametric weather risk, Nephila a...
London headquartered specialty insurance and reinsurance firm Beazley has teamed up with Arbol, a technology-led underwriter of parametric risk transfer,
Qlaims inks multi-year deal with Prestige Underwriting
Qlaims has signed a multiyear contract to include its cover in the Prestige Underwriting Coverall household policy, Insurance Age can reveal.
Argo Surety partners with Trisura Group
Trisura will provide surety underwriting services and other services to support Argo’s surety operations.
New Majesco Report Reveals Growth Opportunities for Prope...
Morristown, NJ – May 24th, 2023 – Majesco, a global leader of cloud insurance software solutions for insurance business transformation, today
U.S. P/C Industry Posts Record Q1 Underwriting Loss: S�...
An analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence found that the finger can be pointed at personal lines carriers for most of the property/casualty
How insurers can profit amid inflation
Inflation and the higher interest rates driven by central banks’ attempts to tame it are causing trouble among insurers.
AIG to Sell Validus Re to RenRe in $3B Deal
American International Group (AIG) said late Monday it has entered into an agreement to sell Validus Re to RenaissanceRe Holdings for about $3 billion,
Stillwater Partners with NeuralMetrics to Accelerate Data...
Stillwater selects AI-powered classification and risk intelligence data solutions from NeuralMetrics to boost growth in the small/medium business sector.
Singapore Property Insurers’ Profitability 2023
GlobalData predicts profitable outlook for Singapore property insurers in 2023 due to reinsurance coverage and disciplined underwriting practices.
AIG to sell Validus Re in a $4.5 billion deal
Sale of Validus Re is expected to close in Q4 '23.
RenRe to raise third-party capital to support Validus Re ...
RenaissanceRe is intending to leverage its third-party reinsurance capital and insurance-linked securities (ILS) operations to extract greater
AIG reveals Validus Re sale
Deal aimed at reducing volatility and further simplifying business model
AIG to make “substantial” investment in RenRe...
As part of the recently announced arrangement that will see RenaissanceRe acquiring AIG's Validus reinsurance units and its AlphaCat Managers ILS
AIG to Sell Validus Re to RenRe in $3B Deal – Carri...
American International Group (AIG) said late Monday it has entered into an agreement to sell Validus Re to RenaissanceRe Holdings for about $3 billion, mostly cash. The deal, ex...
Why Insurtechs Must Embrace COPE
This article explores why insurtechs must embrace the COPE framework to supercharge speed and accuracy for underwriters
How Will Economic Pressures Affect P&C Industry?
How could the current economic environment affect workers compensation – and the property and casualty insurance industry overall – in 2023? Earlier this
Mobile Apps for Mental Health: Insights from Swiss ReR...
Discover how mobile apps support mental health, as Swiss Re's Head of L&H Underwriting explores AI integration and proactive assistance, improving the insurance journey and fost...
Synchrono Group Selects KCC for Risk Modeling Applications
The applications are delivered through KCC’s new underwriting application, powered by rapid, high-resolution modeling analyses for complex commercial policies.
LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT: J.C. Brueckner, CEO and President o...
LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT: J.C Brueckner, President & CEO, US at SCOR Global Life, talks to Insurtech Insights about strategy and future proofing.
AXA XL Hiring Drive: Insurance Giant Expands Cyber Underw...
AXA XL Insurance adds 10, expert cyber underwriting experts to its teams across its Australia and Europe regions.
Amwins and Flexpoint Ford back cat-focused property write...
SageSure, the expansive catastrophe exposed property underwriting specialist managing general underwriter (MGU), has received significant backing from two
Attorney Involvement Continues to Increase the Cost of Co...
How can insurers protect their business from excessive litigation? Let’s take a look at the forces behind this growing phenomenon and how you can be proactive in your defense.
Viewspection and Dais Technology Collaborate to Optimize ...
Tucson, AZ, May 11, 2023 – Viewspection, a trusted provider of self-service inspections to get more actionable data, is excited to announce a strategic
The AI Advantage in Group and Voluntary Benefits Sales an...
By streamlining quoting, optimizing resources, and automating manual tasks, AI can help increase group insurance sales, boost profitability, and improve the customer experience.
How life insurers can leverage digital field underwriting
Digital field underwriting must happen at a faster pace if the life insurance industry is to survive a time of falling sales.
FM Global Launches Climate Change Product to Predict Risks
The new tool identifies client-specific locations with the largest potential impact due to risk from extreme rain, strong winds, heat waves, droughts and rising sea levels.
Federal Life Partners with SwissRe, Reframe Financial on ...
Reframe LifeStage provides families with a hybrid policy that features Indexed Universal Life insurance with cash value and LTC benefits within a completely digital experience.
Auto Insurance Results ‘Historically Bad’ in ...
In 2022, the U.S. private auto insurance industry reported its worst underwriting results in over two decades, according to a S&P Global Market
Avid Insurance selects Allianz Partners UK as capacity pr...
The managing general agent (MGA) has chosen Allianz Partners UK to underwrite its travel insurance policies
Hannover Re’s renewals in 2023 a cornerstone to sec...
In reporting its first-quarter results this morning, Hannover Re's CEO Jean-Jacques Henchoz called the successful growth and pricing achieved at
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