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Insurers Must Adapt to the Demands of the Information World

By Ross Campbell |June 14, 2017|English

New, technology-driven changes in the ways people live their lives are prompting revolutions across industries. The insurance sector must adapt to these changing needs if it is to remain relevant to customers. The power and popularity of wearable technology...
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Preventing Soft Fraud - Insights From Behavioural Science

By Markus Burbach |December 12, 2016|English | Deutsch

Lying and cheating are neither motivated by a criminal disposition nor do they follow the cost-benefit principles of the Simple Model of Rational Crime, according to Behavioural Economics and Psychology Professor Dan Ariely. People cheat just a little...
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Human vs. Machine – Which One Is Changing Insurance? [Video]

By Guizhou Hu |November 15, 2016|English

According to Ingenin’s 2015 Insurance Innovation Survey, 65% of insurance executives believe new technology will disrupt the insurance industry over the next five years. Among the many disruptors making the scene, it appears predictive analytics...
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High Time Medical Marijuana Was Taken Seriously

By Ross Campbell |October 20, 2016|English

Marijuana is associated with hallucinogenic effects and an altered state of consciousness. The dried leaves and flowers of cannabis sativa have also long been understood to have medicinal properties. Marijuana was first used in nineteenth century European...
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The Future of Insurance - Why Life Insurers Must Adapt

By Ross Campbell |October 13, 2016|English

The insurance industry is not the only business to struggle with understanding its data. But the sheer volume of information hitting insurers’ desktops on a daily basis means it cannot ignore the importance of acting now to embrace the latest...
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Tech Takes Insurance Back to the Roots With Peer-to-Peer Solutions

By Rodrigo Gomez |April 19, 2016|English

The concept of mutual risk sharing goes back to the dawn of insurance and is now making a comeback through products integrating digital technology. The question is whether this trend is more than a fad and whether the industry is about to undergo disruption. To...
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