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Russell Corbould-Warren: The ex-Uber boss reinventing insurance for independent workers
After witnessing first-hand, the life changing impact of insurance for independent workers at taxi ride-sharing giant Uber having reinvented insurance once there, Russell Corbould-Warren moved to insurtech, Collective Benefits (Collective) to do it all again.
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Lloyd’s boss John Neal has ‘big ambition’ to build the most advanced insurance marketplace
Lloyd’s of London chief executive, John Neal has big ambitions for the Future of Lloyd’s to build “the world’s most advanced insurance marketplace”.
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Lloyd’s, London Market Insurance Companies and DXC Technology partner to transform the world’s largest insurance marketplace
This unique agreement, that brings together both the Lloyd’s and insurance company markets in London in a new joint venture agreement with DXC Technology, will deliver both world class technology as well as significantly reducing the processing costs for the market.
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IoT data is the risk prevention tool of the future in insurance, highlights new Geneva Association report
The report, authored by Isabelle Flückiger and Matteo Carbone, is based on interviews with over 60 insurers, technology companies, start-ups, global organisations and leading academics across all insurance business lines and geographies.
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SCOR to provide life insurance products for people with chronic conditions through new partnership with Bayer and One Drop
This joint effort between SCOR, Bayer and One Drop aims to empower people to proactively manage their health through innovative products and to reduce the risk of life-threatening complications from medical conditions.
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The Journal, 3rd edition: Construction Risk
StrategicRISK and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions launch the third edition of The Journal examining construction risk
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Lloyd’s takes action to accelerate transition to sustainable economy
Lloyd’s publishes its first Environmental, Social and Governance Report which details its ambitions to fully integrate sustainability into all of Lloyd’s business activities.
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Munich Re’s “Ambition 2025” sets new growth and results targets
With its Group Ambition 2025, Munich Re has specified a series of bold targets for the next five years
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Flock enters flexible connected motor insurance market
It is also signing up a select number of forward-thinking fleet owners for an entirely usage-based insurance product, set for widespread availability in 2021
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SPECIAL EDITION: FUTURE OF BUSINESS 'Supply chains: Spotlight on Asia'
The nature and extent of disruption to supply chains arising from major events in the past ten years reflects the growing complexity and interdependencies within supply chains in Asia Pacific. From the Thai floods and Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011, to the Tianjin port explosion in 2015 and ...
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The future of supply chain risk management
The COVID-crisis has prompted a period of introspection as organisations question how to best structure their supply chains and manage their risk
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India’s insurance platform Turtlemint raises $30 million
Only a fraction of India’s 1.3 billion people currently have access to insurance. Insurance products had reached less than 3% of the population as of 2017, according to rating agency ICRA.
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Zurich puts environmental and social goals at heart of impact investment strategy
Zurich becomes first large institutional investor to prioritise the environmental and social goals of its impact investment portfolio
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Aon enhances its global tropical cyclone models with climate risk scenarios from Columbia University collaboration
This enhancement will enable insurers to quantify climate risk in their portfolios and make adjustments that will inform better decisions on pricing, investments and exposure management both today and over the long term.
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Sustainability: The road to mandatory climate change disclosures
Pressure is mounting for organisations across all industries to better understand, report on and mitigate the impact that climate change is having on their businesses
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Guy Carpenter launches GC Access, a dedicated programme business unit underpinned by market-leading analytics support
Guy Carpenter announced today the launch of a new business unit GC AccessSM to provide dedicated MGA programme business solutions. GC Access offers a range of services to carriers and MGAs operating in the dynamic programme market. This includes carrier and reinsurance transactions, captive support, insurtech expertise and programme ...
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‘Time is ripe’ for technology transformation says Kingfisher
The broker’s group director of transformation tells Insurance Times about its newest technology partnership and how the business plans to revamp back office functionality to support both staff and customers
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Lloyd’s sets out recommendations for building simpler insurance products in response to COVID-19
Lloyd’s today published a new report, Building simpler insurance products to better protect customers , which sets out a number of ways the global insurance industry could remove complexity and provide enhanced coverage clarity for their customers.
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Future of insurance: Rise of parametric covers
Special edition: Future of business. In The Future of Business series, sister title StrategicRISK, in association with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, look at the scale of change in the industries that are driving real innovation and shaping the future of business, and consider the impact from a risk and insurance ...
