"Companies need to commit to speed. Insurance is a highly regulated industry and it is not easy to move quickly, but the fact is...

""There are times when we talk to carriers about integrating a line of code into their app to integrate more with Facebook, and the...

Winner takes All- the majority of profits,around 25% and with the next 3 insurers hoover up nearly half of the industry profits. That...

Operating in the heart of digital transformation this article gave me a guilty feeling. Not as guilty as the many examples given but not...

Christopher Surdak points to Campbell's Soup potentially wrong-footing digital disrupters. How does an old school analogue manufacturer,...

Digital platforms must easily add sensors  like Leakebit from Homeserve.

In addition to initiating emergency repairs platforms should...

Significant report from Startupbootcamp InsurTech and PwC .

Reminds me of being at Hilton Hotels when digital platforms were stealing...

Hard-pressed Brits, faced with increased inflation and a falling pound, are finding a creative way to make the holiday payments hurt...

Know the difference between AI. NLP, ML, RPA? Important to know and understand how the capabilities will tackle issues you face. Then be...

Too much investment, focus and hype has been around incremental aspects of insurance and customer facing distribution. Small bites of the...

How much of your enterprise data can be accessed and analysed today?

• 10%?
• 15%?
• 20%? - that's as good as it gets for most! SAnd totally...

"This leaves Europe with a massive accountability gap, and great uncertainty. Uncertainty for individuals that do not yet have clearly...

See "The Digital Experience 2017"in which only one of the top 24 UK insurers supports Digital Claims Self-Service

Another study reveals...

Who are the losers?

• The hotel
• The tour operator
• ABTA
• The travel insurer
• The credit card provider (if they provide your travel insurance)

This...

Well argued piece here on the dangers of machine learning and AI when data is still the weak link

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)...

1. Digital Thinker
2. Digital Disrupter
3. Digital Leader
4. Digital Transformer

"Although there continues to be a need for digital disruptors at the...

Digital skunk works and factories, new Fintech, Insurtech, Healthtech and other ventures spring up left, right and centre,

But is that...

“Millennial Myths and Realities”, Ipsos Mori’s new misconception-busting report, is a generational analysis framed as a quantitative...

AI & machine learning are all well and good but far too many organisations just don't have access to vital information hidden in...

Some surprises here- leaders slipping and countries labelled as faltering in fact the opposite.

"According to their overall digital...

Lesson for all Insurtech & Fintech startups. Critical success factors:-

1. Market understanding
2. Completeness of Vision
3. Ability to execute

As you plan transformation goals and strategy take time to think and what better time to enjoy a glass of wine? The C-Suite and people...

Marsh and Legal & General are shaking things up- or at least appointed Chief Data Officers from outside the industry to do just that....

£85 million of fraud detected by in 2015 but whiplash fraud increases by over 9%. 

 Insurers must be able to access and analyse...

There are few simple systems that easily integrate the two sides. This means that information about customers is often relayed poorly,...

Regulators & insurers worried about costs and risks of large scale cyber attacks.

Stress testing and access to relevant data vital

UK Pet Insurance premiums to grow 64%  by 2021 states Mintel.  

Owners expect an "Airbnb" type customer experience and deserve...

Challenge to all Insurtech Startups from Allianz Group CEO.

To move ahead- ""Does the startup move the needle, for Allianz?"

See an example...

How can insurers survive if they can only access 10% to 20% of the data in the enterprise?

With difficulty at the very least. Yet some...