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Will U.S. bank collapse impact Canadian insurtech funding?
March 14, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatinoCanadian insurtechs may not be entirely immune to the aftershocks of two U.S. bank failures, one expert told Canadian Underwriter. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed on Mar. 10 after its mostly tech-centric and tech start-up customer base, hit hard by…
Brokers are more like Amazon than they think: IBAO Convention
October 24, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatinoMuch like Amazon, P&C insurance brokers offer consumers distribution, choice and data, a broker executive observed at the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) convention in Toronto last Thursday. In the same way, brokers offer insureds three things that…
Customer choice must be key consideration in next wave of insurTech: expert
May 18, 2017 by Angela StelmakowichAn insurer’s safest bet for survival as insurTech enters its second wave is to make customer choice a true focal point, providing customers access to answers and services when and how they want, Matteo Carbone, founder and director of the…
Emerging technologies still discussed more than deployed by U.S. insurers, but balance is shifting: Novarica
January 12, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterWhile “hot” topic areas like social media, mobile, analytics, big data, cloud, digital and Internet of Things (IoT) are still discussed more than they are deployed in most cases in the insurance industry in the United States, the balance is…
Insurance undergoing “a fundamental structural change”: KPMG speaker
December 8, 2016 by Angela StelmakowichThe insurance industry is undergoing structural change with the emergence of platform-based business models and insurers need to ready themselves to be able to take part, Matthew Smith, insurance co-lead for the Global Strategy Group at KPMG, suggested during the…
Munich Re posts profit of 684 million euros in third quarter
November 10, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterMunich Re has posted a profit for 684 million euros in the third quarter of 2016 ending Sept. 30, up from 525 million euros in the same quarter last year. For the first nine months of the year ending Sept.…