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Quick Takes: Insurance News You Can Use
A quick round-up of news you can use; basically we scour the web so that you can spend more time on that Peloton gadget. You’re welcome. INSURTECH INVESTMENT IS OUT THERE Ever thought of just […]
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Oxford Vaccine is Good To Go, But WIll 2021 See Return To Normal?
The news today that the Oxford vaccine will be rolled out from next week in the UK has to be good for insurers. Commercial policyholders with several staff sharing office/shop space and rest room facilities […]
InsureTech
Switzerland: Kickstart Celebrates Insurtech Proofs & Partners
Kickstart Innovation, one of Europe’s leading innovation platforms, announced the initiation of 48 Proofs of Concepts (PoCs) and other partnerships between start-ups, scale-ups and established companies and institutions. Since 2015, a total of over 170 […]
InsureTech
Think Your InsurTech Brainwave Has Potential? Prove It. NavVid Did.
The insurance sector has been overwhelmed with insurtech investment, new start-ups, labs, innovation hubs, hackathons and much more in the last three or four years. Investment keeps pouring in, and there’s no doubt that companies […]
Global insurance trends
Grab Bike Ride-Hailing Scheme Offers Safer Travel for Urban Commuters
Ride hailing on mopeds and small motorcycles is something that is an everyday mode of transport in much of the developing world. But many passengers, and riders, carry no insurance cover. A new scheme is […]
Business
Munich Re Makes Mahoosive $250m Investment in Next Insurance
Next Insurance, the leading digital Insurtech company transforming small business insurance, today announced that it has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round from Munich Re. The funds will enable new product development as […]
InsureTech
Blockchain News: Proof of Trust Rebrands & Strengthens Exec Board
Proof of Trust, a blockchain-based platform that brings immutability and distributed trust for smart contracts and data storage, is announcing a brand shift away from its former company name iCash to signal its reiterated responsibility […]
Fraud
Opinion: Tackling Smartphone Insurance Fraud
In this Opinion piece, Toby Stubbington, Managing Director of loveit coverit, looks at the latest techniques in fighting fraudulent mobile phone claims. With modern handsets like the iPhone X, Blackphone and Samsung Galaxy S9 all […]