Thought Leadership

Blockchain and InsurTech: Time to overtake the banks
In general we see in technology that whatever happens in banking emerges in insurance a few years later. This is by no means a ‘lashing out’ at insurers, it is... Read More ➞

Success factors for insurtech / incumbent partnerships
Insurers are making unprecedented investments in startup technology firms. Incumbent firms and industry newcomers increasingly operate within new partnership arrangements that go beyond the traditional supplier-buyer relationship. The success... Read More ➞

Digital Innovation: Stepping up to the plate in execution
...but instead a lack capability to turn an opportunity into something of real business value. New insurtech technological upstarts often don’t have this issue and start from a better... Read More ➞

The power to insure what you want, when you want it
...Amsterdam, this May. To warm up we’ve interviewed Scott last week. Trōv is the world’s first on-demand insurance platform for single items. It is a mobile app that allows users... Read More ➞

The Insurtech checklist: Ten differentiators that turn optimisers, transformers and disruptors into Insurtech – part1
Insurtech is hot so the world tells us: VCs and PE firms, large IT companies and a wide range of start-ups all agree. A cynic would however say that two... Read More ➞

Seven symbiotic relationships with Fintechs and Insurtechs
...have already launched two new services – award-winning Mobile Wallet and Robo Adviser – thanks to our partnership with some specialized Italian fintech start-ups. We help them by partnering,... Read More ➞

The Top 10 Insurtech Trends for 2017 that set the Digital Insurance Agenda
December is usually the month to predict key trends for the year to come, and so it goes with the insurtech sector as well. Most lists focus on the latest sexy... Read More ➞

10 Insurtechs for dramatic cost savings
Winning insurtechs are those that tap into the key challenges insurance carriers are facing. In this post the second of seven different flavours of winners in fintech insurance: Insurtechs that... Read More ➞

Seven flavours of fintech in insurance
...fraud detection, more cost effective customer acquisition and cost efficient service. 3. Sophisticated underwriting and risk reduction The core competence of insurance is ready for a makeover thanks to... Read More ➞

Celent: Engaging with the innovation ecosystem
The first event that Celent ever ran on the topic disruptive innovation in insurance was at the start of 2012. It’s almost hard to believe that just four years ago... Read More ➞

DIA Barcelona announces winners DIAmond Awards 2016
The 500+ insurance thought leaders that attended DIA Barcelona during 20-21 April awarded 6 companies the prestigious DIAmond Award for the insurtechs with most strategic impact. DIA Barcelona is the... Read More ➞

Being Digital: One size does not fit all
...if they want to be successful in driving up online adoption and delighting the customer. The industry must be careful not fall into the trap of designing solutions for... Read More ➞