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Insurtech associations form global alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
A group of associations representing insurance technology have co-founded a new Global InsurTech Alliance (GITA). Insurtech Australia, along with Insurtech London, Insurtech Asia and FinTechNZ are co-founders, along with future partners in Europe and ...

Aussie fintechs among world's best

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... is a strong reflection of the diversity of fintech innovation. There are fintechs with lending and payment platforms, insurtech, digital banking and companies applying big data to fintech. Superior data and analytics capability notably will be a requirement ...

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Australia's insurance innovation ecosystem will be formally established this week. National not-for-profit organisation Insurtech Australia will focus on representing insurtech startups, insurers, reinsurers and brokers and other insurance related disciplines ...

The rise and impact of insurtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... collaboration. According to the 2017 World Insurance Report from Capgemini and Efma, about one-third of customers rely on insurtech either exclusively or combined with incumbent relationships to access insurance services. Of the 8000 consumers surveyed ...

Insurers require urgent start-up collaborations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... insurtechs are enabling that." Dobson, also a member of the panel, said an example of Munich Re's commitment to new insurtech business models is establishing its own insurtech start-up Digital Partners some 18 months ago in the northern hemisphere, which ...

Technology and mergers threaten insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
One-in-two insurers are experiencing a 'sink-or-swim mentality' in an industry undergoing rapid technological changes and facing the competitive threat of up-and-coming insurtechs. These are the findings from the inaugural insurance industry report ...

Insurtech is coming and could make insurance obsolete: PwC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... the rise of artificial intelligence, peer-to-peer cover, on-demand insurance and blockchain, noting that collectively insurtech will have a transformative effect on the industry. "For hundreds of years, the insurance industry has been inert. Its processes ...

Wealth and investment leads Aussie fintech

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... the Australian fintech ecosystem, including payments, wallets and wearables, blockchain/distributed ledger, regtech, insurtech, data aggregators and cybersecurity. The latest EY FinTech Adoption Index shows Australian consumers are embracing fintech ...

Fintechs must collaborate, not disrupt: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Capgemini Australia and New Zealand director of digital customer experience Nicolas Boussand said. The report also found insurtech has been slow to launch in Australia, but is poised to disrupt the local and global insurance industry. The fintech sector ...

Insurtech here to stay: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... particularly in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Claims and underwriting continue to be an attractive area for insurtech companies - which have the highest market potential and chances of success, the report said. Oliver Wyman partner Dietmar ...