Industry Segments: Technology Page 14 / 16
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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.
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- January 13 2017
Tokio Marine tests blockchain-powered data policy
The new technology is being tested as a way to improve security in the marine insurance sector.
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- December 21 2016
Chinese insurer Zhongan scraps HK IPO plan
Instead, the insurer, which has more than 400 million customers, is considering listing in mainland China.
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- November 28 2016
Global usage-based insurance market growing rapidly
The market is expected to reach US$123 billion, growing at a rate of 36.4%, during the next six years.
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- November 25 2016
Asia’s insurtech gap
Insurtech is still in its infancy in Asia, leading some to conclude that foreign entrants have an advantage. But is this true?
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- November 25 2016
Mitsui Sumitomo to offer cover for bitcoin losses
Developed with bitcoin exchange operator bitFlyer, the product aims to protect both exchanges and their customers.
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- October 28 2016
Pokemon Go’s surprising health dividend
Microsoft estimates the game has added a total of 144 billion steps to US physical activity.
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- October 26 2016
Insurers advised to invest in tech startups
Insurtechs are forecast to take centre stage in the industry during the next few years, according to Gartner.
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- October 20 2016
Hanwha Life acquires 4.1% stake in Lending Club
Investing in the world’s largest peer-to-peer lender is part of an effort to enhance its fintech capabilities.
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- October 17 2016
Global catastrophe market to grow 5.49%
Climate change and natural and man-made disasters will be a key driver for the market's continued growth.
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- October 7 2016
Zhong An hires three banks for Hong Kong IPO
The Chinese internet insurer has hired Credit Suisse, JP Morgan and UBS to help it go public in Hong Kong.
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- September 29 2016
Sompo trials blockchain technology
The Japan-based insurer has been testing the technology for its catastrophe and weather-linked derivative transactions.
