Thought Leadership

Theme Park for the Security, Health and Wellbeing of Customers
The January issue of Time Magazine read ‘SOMPO – Japan’s traditional insurance provider – is transforming into a global force for innovation, advanced technology, health and well-being.’ A great incentive... Read More ➞

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
Relevant change and speed can only be achieved through investing and partnering with fintech and insurtech players. That’s why we asked Marco Keim, responsible for Aegon Continental Europe and member... 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
Over these last three years we have seen how the essence of ‘insurtech’ has evolved. The 300 insurtechs that we had on stage so far, and the 2,500 that we... Read More ➞

DIAmond Award Winners – DIA Amsterdam 2019
Amsterdam, 1 July 2019 – No less than 1,300 (!) decision makers representing 56 countries from all 6 continents turned the sixth edition of Digital Insurance Agenda (DIA) into a... 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 with... Read More ➞

The vision behind Ping An’s success story – Part 2
Last week we published part 1 of our DIA interview with Jonathan Larsen, Ping An’s Chief Innovation Officer. In the first part he shared some of the... Read More ➞

The vision behind Ping An’s success story
Ping An is the most innovative financial group in China and one of the largest insurance companies in the world. When it comes to a successful ecosystem strategy, Ping An... Read More ➞

Leaving the ‘Valley of Uncertainty’ – and what’s next
Only a few years ago, the insurance industry was still in ‘a valley of digital uncertainty’. Today, we see a different picture, and many players in the industry are starting... Read More ➞