Thought Leadership

Digital Insurance Agenda 2017: Insurance at the brink of massive customer centric change
Amsterdam, 13 May 2017 – 850 Decision makers of more than 250 companies representing 40 countries from all 6 continents turned the second edition of Digital Insurance Agenda (DIA) into... Read More ➞

Blockchain and InsurTech: Time to overtake the banks
In general we see in technology that whatever happens in banking emerges in insurance a few years later. This is by no means a ‘lashing out’ at insurers, it is... Read More ➞

Success factors for insurtech / incumbent partnerships
Insurers are making unprecedented investments in startup technology firms. Incumbent firms and industry newcomers increasingly operate within new partnership arrangements that go beyond the traditional supplier-buyer relationship. The success of... Read More ➞

Digital Innovation: Stepping up to the plate in execution
Access to advanced technology concepts in A.I., the ‘Internet of Things’, open APIs, and “App”-less modes of interaction are changing the way we think about customer engagement and delivering value. Read More ➞

The power to insure what you want, when you want it
Interview with Trov founder and CEO Scott Walchek DIAmond Award winner... Read More ➞

The Insurtech checklist: Ten differentiators that turn optimisers, transformers and disruptors into Insurtech – part1
Insurtech is hot so the world tells us: VCs and PE firms, large IT companies and a wide range of start-ups all agree. A cynic would however say that two... Read More ➞

Seven symbiotic relationships with Fintechs and Insurtechs
Our previous blogpost introduced the ‘Top 10 insurtech trends for 2017’. We received a lot requests to share more of our view with regards to the last trend we mentioned:... Read More ➞

The Top 10 Insurtech Trends for 2017 that set the Digital Insurance Agenda
December is usually the month to predict key trends for the year to come, and so it goes with the insurtech sector as well. Most lists focus on the latest sexy... Read More ➞

10 Insurtechs for dramatic cost savings
Winning insurtechs are those that tap into the key challenges insurance carriers are facing. In this post the second of seven different flavours of winners in fintech insurance: Insurtechs that... Read More ➞

Seven flavours of fintech in insurance
Foto credit: Submarine surfacing Piazza Duomo in Milan at the launch of the Life Park Protection Store of Genertel, a concept store dedicated to life and protection. Successful insurtechs... Read More ➞

Celent: Engaging with the innovation ecosystem
The first event that Celent ever ran on the topic disruptive innovation in insurance was at the start of 2012. It’s almost hard to believe that just four years ago... Read More ➞

DIA Barcelona announces winners DIAmond Awards 2016
The 500+ insurance thought leaders that attended DIA Barcelona during 20-21 April awarded 6 companies the prestigious DIAmond Award for the insurtechs with most strategic impact. DIA Barcelona is the... Read More ➞