Industry Segments: Technology Page 13 / 16
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- April 28 2017
China’s mythical insurtech unicorns
The IPOs of China's biggest fintech companies have been slow to get off the ground, suggesting lukewarm interest.
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- April 28 2017
Startup Singapore Life raises US$50m in funding
The Series A funding round is led by Hong Kong-listed Credit China FinTech and UK-based investment firm IPGL.
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- April 21 2017
Kyobo Life joins Korea’s insurance blockchain project
The project will develop and implement an automatic payment system for small claims to policyholders.
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- April 10 2017
Munich Re, Sompo agree partnership with Trov
The insurtech firm is expanding its on-demand policies in Europe, Asia and South Africa.
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- April 7 2017
Ping An commits US$1bn yearly for tech investment
China’s second biggest insurer remains committed to expanding its investment in the field of internet development.
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- April 3 2017
Sun Life inks insurtech deal with Vietnam’s GOFS
The Canadian life insurer has forged a three-year partnership with the operator of Vietnam’s first digital bank.
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- March 27 2017
China’s first tech insurer to launch by 2020
Enterprises affiliated with the China Academy of Sciences are sponsoring the establishment of China’s first tech insurance company.
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- March 24 2017
Blockchain’s insurance revolution
While bitcoin itself remains a wild frontier, the underlying technology of blockchain is evolving into a powerful insurance tool.
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- March 20 2017
Global M&A activity at lowest level in three years
However, Asian transactions were still robust, with 12 of the top 20 deals by value in 2016 involving an Asian insurer.
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- February 24 2017
Singapore pushes for insurtech edge
The Lion City wants to become an insurtech hub, in line with a vision laid out in its Committee on the Future Economy.
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- February 22 2017
Insurtech startup Digital Fineprint enters Asia
The company is one of just eight insurtech worldwide firms to take part in MetLife's collab partnership.
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- February 16 2017
Sompo partners with Stanford and startup incubator
The Japanese insurer aims to develop products and services for the age of autonomous vehicles and robots.
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- February 15 2017
Dai-ichi Life considers using fintech in life insurance
The Japanese insurer is using its investment in bitFlyer to explore innovations that unite finance and technology.
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- February 14 2017
China’s JD.com mulls online insurance business
One of China’s e-commerce giants is set to launch an internet insurance service.
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- February 9 2017
New insurance platform to launch in China
The collaboration between Fosun and CXA will focus on employee healthcare and wellness.
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- February 8 2017
More insurance members join blockchain initiative
The consortium hopes to improve the way data is shared between reinsurance and insurance companies.
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- February 2 2017
Blockchain-based insurance platform launched in Thailand
The decentralised platform was launched by the creators of the peer-to-peer YoCoin digital currency.
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- January 27 2017
Breaking the digital ceiling
Could 2017 could be the year that digital and insurtech solutions break into the mainstream in Asian insurance markets?
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- January 27 2017
Japanese insurers expand cyber attack coverage to IoT
Several of the country's major non-life insurers are offering wider coverage and higher payout limits.
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- January 27 2017
Consortium to explore use of blockchain in insurance
The Blockchain Insurance Initiative is planning to announce several new members in the next weeks.
