February 2019

The Latest from Mayer Brown

Regulatory Corner: Finding Common Ground - Recent Developments in International Supervision [Insurtech by Mayer Brown]

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Technology’s Impact on P&C Insurance in 2019

As consumers are looking for a more personalized experience, especially when purchasing something as important as Property and Casualty ("P&C") insurance, the ...

2019 Insurance Outlook: Growing Economy Bolsters Insurers, but Longer-Term Trends May Require Transformation

Where do insurers stand as they enter 2019?

In Deloitte's 2019 report, this question is explored, among many more, regarding how the insurance industry must transform ...

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 ...

Trends in P&C Insurance Tech

The latest report from CB insights highlights key trends in P&C insurance technology in startup, incumbent and cross-industry activity.

Download the report here.

March 9

The World Economic Forum Tackles Cybersecurity Regulation [Digital Insurance]

U.S. Treasury Report to take 'Fresh Look' at Nonbank Fintech Regulation [American ...

Greenlight Capital Re Launches Insurtech Innovation Unit

Specialist property and casualty reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re has launched Greenlight Re Innovations, a new unit aimed at implementing a “holistic" risk management ...

Guidewire Announces 2017.2 Release Of InsurancePlatform

Guidewire had announced the launch of its InsurancePlatform2017.2, the platform aims to enable "smarter, faster and more connected insurance operations" through a ...

World’s first ‘insurtech’ IPO raises $1.5bn

ZhongAn Online Property & Casualty Insurance issued the first of its kind IPO for an insurtech firm, raising $1.5 Billion. This also made ZhongAn's listing the ...

Why and How P/C Insurance Carriers Should Work with Insurtechs

Startup insurtechs need partnerships more than they need money from insurance carriers, according to one leading venture capitalist actively funding ...

Blockchains Get Into the Catastrophe Business

The similarity between catastrophe bonds and insurance contracts has investors and industry insiders hopeful that blockchain will eventually be utilized in the ...

Regulators as Mystified by Insurtech as Insurers

According to Patrick Vice, Insurance-Canada’s partner and director of products and services, when it comes to the next wave of insurtech in auto, insurance companies ...

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Partners with Insurtech Firm to ID Liability Risks

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), is working with Praedicat, the Los Angeles-based insurtech analytics firm, to better predict key catastrophe ...

Study Finds Insurtech Funding Dips as Startups Launch; Predicts Small Business Disruption Ahead

Total insurtech funding in the first quarter of 2017 was down compared to total funding in 2016. The dip in spending may be attributed to the heavy investments in 2016 ...

Milestone for InsurTech Drone Startup, 6,000 Roof Inspections in 2 Years

A California-based insurtech startup, BetterView, has announced it has already performed more than 6,000 rooftop inspections for insurers since its inception two years ...

New US Insurtech Targets City Dwellers

Insurtech startup Jetty, based in New York, is the latest insurance starup targeting city-dwellers specifically with low-cost property and contents coverage, as well as ...

Navigating Through Uncertainty in The US Commercial Insurance Distribution

McKinsey & Company evaluates areas of risk that US commercial lines insurers will have to address in order to enhance the value they deliver and develop new ...

Generali Group and Nest Partner to Make Clients’ Homes Safer and Their Lives More Protected

Generali announced that they will offer household insurance with smart home technology provided by Alphabet owned Nest Labs to actively protect customer' homes.

The ...