Thought Leadership

From Digitisers to Super Platforms
South East Asia is home to the highest mobile phone adoption rates. This provides a solid platform for the birth of new digital and innovative solutions. Prudential recognizes that this... Read More ➞

Blurring Boundaries Drive Innovation
...of the Management Board of Aegon, to share his thoughts. In our view he is one of the boardroom executives who not only advocate change but really support and... Read More ➞

Focus Innovation on Real Impact
In 2006, years before Lemonade started to disrupt the insurance industry and the terms fintech and insurtech became known at large, Daisuke Iwase co-founded the first digital life insurance company... Read More ➞

What insurers can learn from AFC Ajax
Of course we’ve all watched – and very much enjoyed! – the spectacular games of Ajax in the Champions League. Obviously, they achieved this through an extraordinary talented team, a... Read More ➞

The Four Waves of Insurtech
...the US economy fluctuates with weather. So you can imagine that the value of their sensors and data applications is enormous. Or think of micro-insurance solutions, such as offered... Read More ➞

DIAmond Award Winners – DIA Amsterdam 2019
...Connected home, leak detection device & servicing, aiding with risk management and claims mitigation. MDGo (Israel): Connects automotive, healthcare and insurance, by combining vehicle damage estimation and injuries prediction,... Read More ➞

The Number 1 Insurtech Trend for 2019: Ecosystems beyond Insurance
The most effective way to tap into the real needs of customers is to be part of relevant platforms and ecosystems. Platforms where people go to, to solve the challenges... Read More ➞

Emerging digital models are showing success
In an interview with the DIA last month, McKinsey’s Jörg Mußhoff painted an optimistic picture of the insurance industry’s digital transformation journey. Building on this discussion, we sat down... Read More ➞

The vision behind Ping An’s success story – Part 2
...We’re the largest health insurer in China, but private health insurance is only 5% of the health pool in China today. The government is 50%, the rest is out... Read More ➞

The vision behind Ping An’s success story
...platform supporting about 50% private clinics in China Ping An Health Connect also provides a range of services, ranging from anti-fraud and over-billing controls, to support the State Health... Read More ➞

Leaving the ‘Valley of Uncertainty’ – and what’s next
...cats, cyber risks, the sharing economy or additional service components. We agree there is a lot of opportunity to innovate around the latest tech. Jörg: “Absolutely. And many companies... Read More ➞

What’s behind the brand on the shirt of Lionel Messi
For many, Rakuten is the brand on the shirt of Lionel Messi. But there is just so much more to it. Think of Amazon, Booking.com, ING Direct, E*Trade … Now... Read More ➞