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Parametric insurance: a growth opportunity for Lloyd’s? - The Parametric Post Issue 57 cover image

Parametric insurance: a growth opportunity for Lloyd’s? - The Parametric Post Issue 57

29 Sep 2023

Thought for the day… parametric insurance: a growth opportunity for Lloyd’s? 
In recent years, parametric insurance has principally been adopted where there is demand for coverage, but traditional... read more

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Land, feed and expand

28 Sep 2023

“Land, feed and expand” is a part of the consultant's playbook when advising companies on how to grow a business. Now that insurers have won the war against disrupters, collaboration is flourishing... read more

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Climate risk: floods after fire

21 Sep 2023

Climate Risk is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to climate-related insurance news - you can sign up for free here.
Climate risk: floods after fire
2023 has not been short of flooding or... read more

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Disruption dies, but collaboration connects

20 Sep 2023

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. At InsTech we’re seeing a... read more

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Consolidation in the parametric insurance market - The Parametric Post Issue 56 cover image

Consolidation in the parametric insurance market - The Parametric Post Issue 56

15 Sep 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
Thought for the day… consolidation in the parametric insurance market
In this week’s... read more

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Power to the underwriter

14 Sep 2023

Ten years ago wildfire was dismissed as a “tier two peril” by those concerned about catastrophe losses and there were few credible loss models. Not anymore. As new areas of the world burn, more... read more

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Generative AI in Practice - Issue 2

08 Sep 2023

Generative AI in Practice is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to the use of generative AI in insurance.
The InsTech Perspective
Coding mistakes and prompt engineering
Almost a year into the... read more

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Angel investors' interests revealed

07 Sep 2023

Angel investors have been a vital way for many of the UK’s emerging insurance and technology companies (the original insurtechs) to get started in the last decade, helped by tax breaks of up to 50%.... read more

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Parametric reinsurance for emerging climate risks - The Parametric Post Issue 55 cover image

Parametric reinsurance for emerging climate risks - The Parametric Post Issue 55

31 Aug 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective... parametric reinsurance for emerging climate risks
Insurance... read more

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Curious George and Bob the Builder

31 Aug 2023

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. Hurricanes (known as cyclones or... read more

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The rise of wildfire as a significant climate risk

25 Aug 2023

Climate Risk is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to climate-related insurance news - you can sign up for free here.
The rise of wildfire as a significant climate risk
In early August 2023, a... read more

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Fleas, worms and insurers

24 Aug 2023

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? The Financial Times reports... read more

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Better informed underwriters

17 Aug 2023

Most senior underwriters still don't have easy access to the data they need to write better risks, according to a recent survey sponsored by Send. Meanwhile, of the 24 teams pitching for a place in... read more

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Generative AI in Practice - Issue 1

11 Aug 2023

Generative AI in Practice is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to the use of generative AI in insurance - you can sign up for free here.
The InsTech Perspective
Spotting the GenAI use cases that... read more

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Beyond the hype and hallucinations

10 Aug 2023

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. As the InsTech team relax in front of their recent favourite TV... read more

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Parametric insurance for weather variability - The Parametric Post Issue 54 cover image

Parametric insurance for weather variability - The Parametric Post Issue 54

04 Aug 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective… parametric insurance for weather variability 
Parametric risk... read more

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Beware of the pickpockets

03 Aug 2023

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. That didn’t work too well for those... read more

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What’s happening in carbon insurance?

28 Jul 2023

Climate Risk is InsTech’s monthly newsletter dedicated to climate-related insurance news - you can sign up for free here.
What’s happening in carbon insurance?
Carbon credits are tokens representing... read more

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Shaking sensors

27 Jul 2023

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. Fire damage is obvious but... read more

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Parametric insurance enabling crucial financing - The Parametric Post Issue 53 cover image

Parametric insurance enabling crucial financing - The Parametric Post Issue 53

21 Jul 2023

The Parametric Post, the only newsletter dedicated to parametric insurance.
You can sign up for free here.
The InsTech perspective... parametric insurance enabling crucial financing
Currently, the... read more

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