• Verily's new hires and partnerships point to a move into health insurance.
• The company is looking to take on risk for patient populations...

Hoteliers beware! 

Airbnb is considering launching an airline as a step to transform itself from a home-sharing app to an all-round...

Keep an eye on this Munich Re-Bosch Partnership as Reinsurers, Insurers, OEMs evolve ecosystems to anticipate future market needs. Think...

"“When you boil it down, there are really three things that if you get right, you’ve just multiplied your chance of success.”

Markus...

Well researched report detailing 25 Insurtechs that will significantly impact the insurance market

You would think that after years of evolving this would not happen. Vulnerabilities? That's just what blockchain is meant to guard against

“Nowhere is there a clearer demonstration of the purpose and value of insurance than in the payment of claims. The London market is...

"With the camera, the fight for pixels falls by the wayside. We are moving towards a computing era when the camera will run applications...

Mobly, Baloise’ mobility platform, will open «Mobly Go» and «Mobly Car Expert» in Belgium, Baloise said in a statement today. «Mobly Go»...

Technology is changing the kind of experience customers want from insurers and opening up a new front in the competition for customers....

Three heavyweights; Berkshire Hathaway, JP Morgan and Amazon there with the technology. "Let’s be clear, this is NOT something these...

Fascinating research by Accenture with 33,000 customers e.g.

Globally 36% prefer alternatives to traditional insurance suppliers and those...

It's true that insurance on demand can best be bought and, if need be claimed, automatically. On the other hand, much of insurance is far...

"More than four in five insurtech funding deals in the fourth quarter of 2017 were done by established insurers, according to Willis...

When insurers expand globally they inherit myriads enterprise apps, core systems, data silos. Deploying a platform becomes a nightmare...

Compatibility, complexity, sheer bloody frustration. A rigorous scientific study of how a fully connected home can both enable and...

“In our very immediate, always-connected world, this includes how quickly and how well organisations respond to their questions and...

"We are seeing a trend toward, and need for, service-based capabilities. For one example, many carriers are now seeking headless...

I was fortunate to be at the England v Wales rugby game on the weekend with DellEMC. 

Observing and hearing Matt Symons (Wasps second...

Staid, analogue incumbents in all industries look to digital transformation strategies, projects and technology to improve UX. That is a...

Insurers have spent a long time worrying about where the threat from big tech will come from. Already this year the answer has become...

Autonomous vehicles, auto subscription pricing with bundled insurance- all part of the changing auto insurance landscape. 

New...

Bezos is at it again, this time announcing his intention to shake up the American health care industry. His strategy for doing so teaches...

For starters Baidu offers eight insurance products in three classes of business-medical insurance, major illness insurance and travel...

Will traditional insurers anticipate the threat from new entrants and/or new partnerships like that between Airbnb and Lloyds of London?

Picture these SoftBank investments

1. SPRINT-Telco Carrier
2. ARM- Chip Manufacturer
3. UBER- Car Share
4. WeWork- Offices on Demand
5. Lemonade- Insurtech

Aviva CEO Mark Wilson pointing finger at analogue rivals? Another innovator Legal and General also providing a quote after just 5...

"“The forward-leaning hotel companies are investing in a shift from transactional-based data to event-based data.”

Chris Silcock, CCO,...

New ecosystems start from new investments, partnerships and overlapping industries from healthcare to smart cities to insurance to...

What is the biggest change a P&C exec sees when she moves moves from traditional carrier to insurtech innovator?

The way the...

"Last year, Baloise tested the water with a selection of innovative insurance policies for personal belongings. It is now going even...

"A report by Techworld highlighted the apparent struggle faced by technology start-ups when looking for appropriate cover. It cited the...

A healthcare ecosystem in the making. After the "Amazon, Berkshire, JP Morgan to create healthcare company" announcement insurers...