News

Deals: Ping An Teams Up with Merck on Healthcare Projects

The latest from the press newswires for you; Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited, one of the world’s leading healthcare ecosystem platforms, signed a strategic collaboration agreement today with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science […]

InsureTech

Insurtech Start-Up Ottonova Raises 60m Euros in Extra Funding

Digital health insurer Ottonova has received fresh capital of around 60 million euros. Existing investors Debeka, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, Vorwerk Ventures and btov Partners are increasing their commitment, according to an Ottonova press release. In […]

Insurance claims

Are Insurers Always Slow to Pay Claims? Nope, Not At All. MetLife Set A Record

If you read online forums you may assume that the average insurer, or broker is still passing claims to a bloke called Colin, who is surrounded by dusty box files in the basement, eating a […]

News

Deals: AON Swoops On SME Biz Insurance Specialist, CoverWallet

Deals and mergers continue apace across the global insurance industry, from small niche broker acquisitions by bigger VCs or MGAs, to insurtech partners being absorbed into big corporate groups, the speed of change means that […]

News

Is Amazon Care Really Amazon Health Insurance in Beta?

`Alexa, find me the cheapest car insurance.’ That’s the future for many consumers as regards comparison searches, but will Amazon itself begin to offer insurance products by way of reply? Perhaps the US company’s new […]

Global insurance trends

Gulf News: Sensely Partners With NAS on Virtual Health Assistant Project

At HLTH 2018, Sensely announced a partnership agreement with NAS, a Third Party Administrator based in the United Arab Emirates. The companies will be working in close collaboration to deploy Sensely’s virtual health assistant technology to […]

InsureTech

Asia News: Plug & Play Joins with Sanofi on Healthcare Product R&D

Start-up accelerator specialist Plug and Play has announced that the consumer healthcare business unit of Sanofi has expanded its partnership and is joining the Singapore Insurtech program, which has a focus on the HealthTech space. This […]

Life/Health/Critical illness

Company Healthcare: MAXIS Upgrades Its OneClient Portal

MAXIS Global Benefits Network, the international employee benefits network, has upgraded its market-leading OneClient portal for multinationals with new analytics and digital tools. The OneClient service, a best-in-class digital solution that provides access to data-rich […]