January 2019

The Latest from Mayer Brown

Regulatory Corner: Keeping it Private - GDPR and Developments in Data Privacy in 2018 [Insurtech by Mayer Brown]

Push for Standardized ...

Digital Insurance in 2018: Driving Real Impact with Digital and Analytics

The 2018 McKinsey Digital Insurance Compendium synthesizes highlights from the past year that demonstrate the progress that has been made in reinventing the insurance ...

@Insurance Snapshot: Regulatory Corner – Eyeing AI: Artificial Intelligence and its Increasing Impact on the Insurance Industry

The use of artificial intelligence (“AI”), which may be defined as the development of computer systems able to perform tasks normally associated with human ...

Insurtech Oyster Opens up Its Pay-as-You-Go Workers’ Comp Model in California

A new insurtech wants to provide pay-as-you-go workers’ compensation to as many small businesses in California as possible, and it hopes to use the momentum it’s ...

Insurtech Disrupter Nets $19 Million Funding

A disruptive insurtech has confirmed a capital raise of almost $20 million this week, as it continues to challenge the major incumbents within Australia’s insurance ...

Lemonade Announces Global Expansion Plans

The insurtech giant Lemonade has announced its plans to expand into Europe with a goal to disrupt the insurance market. The home and renters insurance New York-based ...

November 2018

The Latest from Mayer Brown
Regulatory Corner: Reinsurance Collateral Requirements - They Are A-Changing  [Insurtech by Mayer Brown]
Missiles, Malware and Merger ...

Travelers to sell smart home solutions on Amazon

Travelers is working with Amazon to sell smart home kits - the first of its kind, according to the company.

President of personal insurance at Travelers, Michael ...

3 Tech Trends That Will Disrupt the Car Insurance Industry in 2019

According to Aon Inpoint research, premiums for commercial motor insurance worldwide reached $192 billion in 2017. The rapidly increasing number of cars globally is ...

October 20

Regulators & Innovators Come Together in Silicon Valley [Mayer Brown's Insurtech Team] – Related: If you missed last week’s @Insurtech Snapshot, read our ...

Distribution: About To Get Personal

Insurance Though Leadership's Rick Huckstep outlines how changes in consumer preferences will impact the way people buy insurance. He notes that just as the supply ...

Amazon is coming for the insurance industry – should we be worried?

Expanding on its last years launch of Amazon Protect, its service which covers purchases against accidental damage, breakdown, and theft, Amazon.co.uk is now said to be ...

September 22

Data + Risks = New ILS Deals [Intelligent Insurer, Subscription may be required]

Is Insurtech Moving Insurance From 'Grudge' to 'Nudge'? [Reuters]

Study – ...

Disruption – Or Opportunity? How Technology Opens Up New Markets – And Risks

In the 12 edition of its Global Insurance Market Opportunities report, Aon examined ways in which companies -- both incumbents and startups -- are pursuing innovation ...

Insurance Companies Increasingly Using ‘InsurTech’ to Set Rates

The latest World Insurance Report (WIR) finds that a wave of new digital technology is confronting most insurance sectors. While disruptive, the insurtech movement is ...

Super Regional Carriers Urged to Educate ‘Suspicious’ Regulators on Big Data Use

During the Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurance Company Conference in Lake Geneva, Wis., Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel acknowledged ...

Insurtech is Targeting the Back Office

Insurtech has gained considerable buzz for its consumer-facing and distribution disruption potential. However, now, back office technologies are starting to benefit from ...

July 12

Partnerships foster Blockchain Breakthrough for Insurers [Business Insurance]

Combining Big Data & AI: A Recipe for Disruption [Reinsurance News]

New Kid on ...

InsurTech & AI use of data to disrupt re/insurance: Willis Towers Watson

Willis Towers Watson's recent report identifies the combination of big data and artificial intelligence as an amplifying source to disruption in the re/insurance ...

ILS Players Look to InsurTech to Disrupt the Value Chain

As technology continues to advance and influence industries throughout the world, the risk transfer landscape seemingly has little choice but to embrace and utilize the ...

The Rise of Insurtech

Insurers are facing increasing pressure to evolve and reinvent themselves before disruption, caused by emerging technology and insurance startups, hits the bottom ...

Technology Creates Opportunities for Claims Organizations

Accenture's Matthew Lehman examines the rapid pace of change in technology and the opportunities it creates for claims organizations, particularly those who embrace ...