CBA’s CommInsure launches new digital quote service
Insurance service uses tech from UnderwriteMe Australia.
InsurTech
Fintech funding round-up: 12 April 2018
Featuring Intramezzo, Microsoft for Startups, Global Fintech Solutions, Eos Venture Partners and Supply Finance.
GoodData ventures into insurtech
BI firm GoodData has expanded into the insurance industry to simplify claims and underwriting.
Banking Technology April 2018 issue out now
You sought symmetry. And fintech came to you.
The gift of the gab: three chatbots leading in insurtech
Chatbots can do more than just use a script to move customers through a sales funnel.
Podcast: Distribution – the lifeblood of insurance
Karn Saroya of Cover talks about how they made a mobile-only insurtech business a success.
Top fintech stories this week – 23 March 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Europe emerging as insurtech hub – Accenture
Accenture analysis finds investment growth dwarfing North America.
Aviva in major digital tech revamp with Atos
Atos will deliver “cross enterprise critical data services” to Aviva over a six and-a-half year period.
Snapsheet teams with Aviva Canada for virtual insurance claims
This marks Snapsheet’s first step into the Canadian market.
Insurance industry identity crisis and modernisation
Modernisation isn’t just a necessity, it’s an inevitable cultural change and the pivot point is now.
Will AI replace humans in the insurance industry?
Will you be one of the 800 million individuals ousted by AI?
Banking Technology March 2018 issue out now
Fintech with flourish. Nourish your brain.
Global VC investment in fintech reaches record $27.4bn
Driven by surge in India, US and UK, Accenture analysis finds.
Dream Payments and Mastercard speed up insurance payouts
Cloud-based payments platform Dream Payments has teamed up with Mastercard.
Visa and Allianz partner to create mobile payment app
Allianz Prime app is “first of its kind” in insurance industry.
BNP Paribas fires up new investment fund for start-ups
More help is on the way for the young guns of fintech and insurtech.
Top fintech stories this week – 23 February 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Defining the insurance company of the future
Just as customer demands are changing in a digital economy, insurtech-driven change is also inevitable.
Insurtech Homelyfe opens up tech stack for third party fun
“Partner Platform” offers access to its product lines and to provide home insurance cover.
“I have lightbulb moments all the time – doesn’t everyone?”
What was Liz Maguire’s, head of transformation and digital at ANZ, lightbulb moment?
What will help facilitate a secure future for the insurance industry?
This is the age of the “I want it now”, the insurance industry seems paralysed in working out a new vision.
Credit Union Australia feeling Rosie with Flamingo AI insurance chatbot
Provides a service for potential new members visiting its website.
Women in fintech: people will be empowered by connectivity
Swiss RE’s Cecilia Sevillano talks about her journey in the industry.
TIA Technology acquires Danish insurtech start-up goBundl
TIA’s core insurance platform will be combined with goBundl’s self-service digital frontend.
Blockchain tech firm Stratumn opens public beta for IndigoTrace
Blockchain tech start-up Stratumn has launched the beta of its new plug-and-play software.
Amazon, Warren Buffett and JP Morgan Chase create new healthcare firm
The company is so new it doesn’t have a name.
Cutting edge broking
Insurtech will bring about new ways of broking and enhance the current insurance industry.
How can insurtech ramp up your firm’s digital renaissance?
Explore the crucial elements of an effective digital strategy.
Three steps to improving customer engagement with AI
What does 2018 have in store for AI, and how can companies get the most out of it?
Top fintech stories this week – 19 January 2018
Catch up on our top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
We were kings when fees went to zero
Spirios Margaris discusses the troubling future of zero fee financial services.
Working together: how partnerships are paving the way for insurtech
A chat with Jennyfer Yeung-Williams, head of UK and European partner engagement at MunichRe Digital Partners.
How to keep traditional underwriting ahead of the curve
Elena Rasa, chief underwriting officer at Zurich, speaks to us at InsurTech Rising 2017.
TCS drools over two delicious insurtech deals for $2.7bn
Two separate deals with Prudential and Transamerica.
Pay-per-day with Revolut’s new travel insurance way
Product uses a customer’s geolocation to provide medical and dental cover.
Atos aims for fintech affinity with new trinity
Unleashes three new initiatives to tap into fintechs, insurtechs and regtechs.
InsurTech Rising Live: Digital Week
Featuring industry leaders discussing the issues impacting insurtechs today.
Is the insurance industry ready for autonomous cars?
Driverless cars; opportunity for the insurance sector or a challenge that could lead to its downfall?
Fintech Lab launches insurtech accelerator in Moscow
Nine start-ups primed for action.
