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Climate risk: floods after fire

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Disruption dies, but collaboration connects

Insurtech disrupters have come and gone in the last 8 years. Insurers won that battle. Collaboration is what matters. And that’s not just about the delivery of technology.

Curious George and Bob the Builder

Peak hurricane season is here. Today Hurricane Idalia will be battering the west coast of Florida, north of Tampa, with gusts of 150 mph as a Category 3 storm.

The rise of wildfire as a significant climate risk

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Fleas, worms and insurers

In my local vet is a sign asking pet owners if they have taken care of fleas, worms and insurance. But should insurers really be considered in the same class as parasites?

Better informed underwriters

Most senior underwriters still don't have easy access to the data they need to write better risks, according to a

Generative AI in Practice - Issue 1

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Beyond the hype and hallucinations

One side effect of spending all day thinking about insurance risk and data is that it can be hard to switch off when the work is done.

Beware of the pickpockets

It was around 2015 that a new breed of “disruptors” emerged, threatening to shake up the insurance industry with what is sometimes referred to as Insurtech 1.0.

What’s happening in carbon insurance?

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Shaking sensors

The term “Shake and Bake” insurance was used in the past by underwriters when referring to a policy that covered damage to a building by both earthquake and fire loss.

Heat stressed prawns

It’s a wild world of trains, planes and automobiles travelling across the UK these days.

New York State of Mind

Matthew and Robin were in New York last week taking InsTech on tour.

The reinsurer reveal

You’ll almost certainly have heard of Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book ‘The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable’ but have you read it?

Mobility, earthquakes and risk aggregation

With 3 public holidays falling in May this year, we wondered if personal insurance claims increase with more people travelling, doing DIY or taking part in adventurous days out.

Climate risk: what data gaps remain?

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£370 million funding commitment

We were delighted to join the Lord Mayor of London and Michelle Donelan, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, this week to discuss the UK government’s commitment to make the U

Multiple meetings and high-frequency weather losses

It’s been an intense couple of weeks of conferences here in the UK with Insurtech Insights and the Aventedge Catastrophe conference.

Claims - another success story

Despite the focus on analytics and innovation over the last 10 years, claims handling processes are still often lagging behind underwriting in the deployment of new technology, yet the cost benefit

Automating processes and speeding up operations: 30 companies we know

For most insurance organisations, there are manual elements to ingesting, processing and transferring data, which is time consuming and expensive.

Richard Hartley: Co-founder & CEO, Cytora: Helping underwriting risk submissions glide through your business flow

Cytora is well known in London and increasingly in the US too, as providing analytics for insurers - founded in 2014 and with some well-known clients including Allianz, Beazley and Markel - this is

“Making Risk Flow Podcast” from Cytora - Digital first operating models

We’ve released over 200 podcasts through our usual InsTech channel. At InsTech, we’re also keen listeners of other people’s podcasts.

2022 losses highlight the importance of secondary climate perils

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InsTech News: Making insurance payments pay

This week, how to register for our next event, sponsored by Mastercard and Stripe, plus Appian on low-code/no-code solutions and predicting climate risk with Jupiter Intelligence.

Data Extraction and Ingestion: The 40 companies to watch in 2021

Data Extraction and Ingestion: The 40 companies to watch in 2021, a new report from InsTech London, takes a detailed look at the organisations working to overcome the frictional cost of manual data

Location Intelligence 2021 - the Companies to Watch

Our latest report, 'Location Intelligence 2021 - the Companies to Watch: Where, what and how risky?', offers a comprehensive look at the technology helping insurers identify and manage risk.

Building Ecosystems for Commercial Insurance

The availability of information on commercial property for insurance underwriters has lagged behind what is available for residential properties.

Google Cloud and Insurance – Planning for a Truly Digital Future

Remember when we all got together and ran in-person events? Recorded live at The Steelyard, Episode 74 features the highlights from our event with Google Cloud.

Richard Hartley: CEO & Co-Founder of Cytora: Underwriting analytics for commercial insurance

As data becomes more widely available, underwriters may have more information to select and price the business they are taking on, but they don't have more time.

Insurtech For A Digital London Market