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How Anthemis Is Betting on the Future
The InsurTech startup companies that Matthew Jones cites in the accompanying article are all companies in which his firm, Anthemis, has an investment. Xapix describes itself as a data orchestration ...
Ways for Insurers to Master the Art of Innovation
Insurance industry conversations about digitalization have noticeably shifted. A growing number of carriers now see InsurTechs not as existential dangers to their business models, but rather as ...
The Aftershocks of the Guy Carpenter-JLT Re Alignment
Now that the dust has settled following the historic merger of giant broker Marsh and Jardine Lloyd Thompson, the transaction's impact on the two firms' reinsurance broking units, Guy Carpenter and ...
Customer Focus Is Key Ingredient for Future InsurTech Users
In her 1969 hit song "Both Sides Now," singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell looked at clouds and other metaphors of life both optimistically and pessimistically—and she felt uncertain about the future. ...
A Trailblazer in the Lloyd’s Marketplace Looks Back and Ahead
It took enormous courage to walk into Lloyd's for the first time and into the underwriting room—also known as "The Room." I was a very junior broker with absolutely no experience, tasked with ...
B3i’s Blockchain-Powered Insurance Network Gets Closer to Solving Some Industry Problems
The author Douglas Adams once said, "We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works." Many of us can relate, especially with new technology such as distributed ledger ...
Insurance Linked Securities in 2019: Asking the Right Questions
The record losses we saw in 2017 and 2018 were felt heavily by the insurance industry, and there is no denying that two years of losses have affected investor sentiment. While such a statement is ...
Agility Guide: A How-To for Navigating Tech Transformations
In the race to modernize, many insurers have found their progress slowed by the size, scale and scope of large transformation programs. From core systems to data warehouses, and from cloud platforms ...