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Briefing: Data reform bill treads privacy fine line, but insurer opportunities ahead

2024-11-20T09:00:00+00:00By

New data access bill has the power to ’drive efficiency and economic benefits’, says head of analytics, claims and underwriting

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TechTalk: Market conditions keep insurtech investors cautious – but ‘green shoots’ may be ahead

2024-11-01T08:00:00+00:00By

’There’s a need for more action to be taken to encourage investment in technology and insurtech markets,’ says co-chair

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Briefing: Office vs remote working – does in person working really foster innovation?

2024-10-18T07:00:00+01:00By

Innovation is key for insurance firms to maintain a competitive advantage, but many firms lack the flexibility that drives it

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TechTalk: Uptick in chief artificial intelligence officers joining insurance c-suites

2024-10-04T07:00:00+01:00By

AI ’doesn’t fit squarely in technology [roles] because data is involved’, therefore more firms have begun hiring chief artificial intelligence officers, says chief executive

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Briefing: Can risk prevention mitigate against the increase in cyber attacks on the public sector?

2024-09-25T08:00:00+01:00By

With cyber attacks on the public sector increasing in scale and volume, should an active model to cyber insurance be adopted?

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TechTalk: Crypto stock market crash could burst AI bubble for insurtechs

2024-08-20T07:00:00+01:00By

’The downturn in the crypto markets signals a period of heightened caution and strategic reassessment’, says chief operating officer

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Briefing: Why the Crowdstrike IT outage is a ‘wake up call’ for the insurance industry

2024-08-14T10:00:00+01:00By

’The losses we saw for Crowdstrike are not even close to the losses for a cloud outage,’ says chief executive

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TechTalk: Brain drain hits claims sector – but will AI hamper the hiring of new talent?

2024-07-03T07:00:00+01:00By

With artificial intelligence doing tasks typically assigned to entry level starters, how is this impacting career routes and talent in claims? Insurance Times explores the issue…

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Briefing: Cryptocurrency risk landscape is shifting – will insurers step up?

2024-06-19T07:00:00+01:00By

Insurers have steered clear of insuring crypto as it’s a volatile market – but following a recent deepfake scam, is it time to rethink this emerging risk?

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TechTalk: A short history of eTrading – and its future in the market

2024-06-05T07:00:00+01:00By

’To me, eTrading is like water running through pipes – it’s a facilitator. Any modern insurer or broker now just expects it to be there,’ says managing director

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Briefing: Two Insurtech 50 firms collapse amid continued investor caution

2024-05-16T08:00:00+01:00By

’Investors are becoming more democratic in their funding allocations,’ says global head of insurtech

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TechTalk: Climate change focused insurtechs support insurers to ‘insure the uninsurable’

2024-04-30T10:00:00+01:00By

Industry needs to ’adopt new technologies to future forecast’ because developing climate change risks are ’harder to insure as you can’t rely on historical data’, says senior manager

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Insurtech 50 cover

In 2023 we launched our inaugural Insurtech 50 report, produced exclusively by Insurance Times and based on data provided by business management consultancy Oxbow Partners.

This report collates a portfolio of the 50 most innovative UKGI insurtechs that insurers and brokers should have on their partnership radar, based on specific criteria defined by Insurance Times to reflect the needs and interests of our readership.

Read the report