The Future of Insurance

This annual series examines the insurance industry in three parts and how it is set to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 100. We address some of the difficult questions facing the industry and look at the possible outcomes.

How long before the next insurance deluge hits?

Stakeholders of the insurance industry should take advantage of the calm before a potentially bigger cyber-crime storm to get their act together.

The rise of insurtech is bringing about the end of insurance as we know it

A powerful combination of millennials, venture capital and emerging technologies are changing the art of the possible in insurance.

The future of insurance

It’s been more than four years since the term insurtech was coined. Back then, a surge in interest in deploying new technology, data and analytics to improve all parts of the insurance buying process held the potential for radical change.

ThreatInformer plugs the cyber-insurance data gap

Cyber-risk is a unique problem for companies that need to transfer risk – and for brokers, underwriters and reinsurers trying to understand, price and manage that risk.

Podcast: How data is helping to insure the service based economy

What happens to insurers in a society where people only buy things as a service. In this podcast, Business Reporter investigates the implications for insurers…

Brexit and the general insurance market

As we approach the latest deadline in the Brexit saga, there is a huge amount that remains uncertain.

Insurtechs are helping to shape the future of insurance

The rapid advancement of digital technology is ushering in new ways to sell, buy, service and settle insurance.

Five things reinsurance execs want technology to do for their businesses

Intelligent Insurer asked decision-makers in reinsurers and brokers which breakthroughs had the potential to revolutionise their companies.

Start-up marriages made in heaven

How can incumbents ensure that they single out the ideal insurtech partner?

How disruptive forces are shaping the next wave of the insurance sector

Key drivers of change include the evolving nature of risk and liabilities. Advances in technology are also opening up new ways of doing business.

Why insurers could be an untapped intelligence goldmine

Organisations are failing to capitalise on their insurers’ and brokers’ unrivalled access to key business intelligence.

AI and automation can be a game-changer for commercial insurers

Insurers that embrace artificial intelligence and automation will gain a competitive edge that could help them swallow their rivals in the future, experts have said.

Make sure you can swim before you rock the boat

Can American peer-to-peer insurer Lemonade bring a new type of insurance to Europe?

Insurance decision makers: make your data come to light!

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Polaris is evolving to meet the needs of the insurtech community

Polaris was established in 1993 by insurers and brokers as a collaborative, not- for- profit venture to encourage the adoption of new technologies, with the aim of delivering a more efficient and cost-effective broker channel.

Harnessing technology to transform the insurance industry

MGAM Ltd is one of the fastest-growing managing general agents in the London insurance market, providing underwriting services to carriers, using the latest insurance technology solutions, to manage and process coverholder and binder business, data and back-office services particularly suited to high-volume, low-cost business.