All articles by Ronan Mccaughey
Ronan Mccaughey
China Life launches ‘love insurance’
Chinese life insurer, China Life, has launched ‘love insurance’ for young romantics – meaning love can be a bed of roses this Valentine’s Day.
InsurTech deals rise 32% YoY in 2016
Investment in InsurTech maintained its velocity throughout 2016 with a 32% YOY increase in the number of deals, and a total of $1.69bn invested in the space last year, according to new research.
Timetric: Japanese life insurers explore foreign growth opportunities
The gross written premium of the Japanese life segment is forecast to increase from JPY28.3trn ($248.9bn) in 2015 to JPY30trn in 2020, according to Timetric’s Insurance Intelligence Center (IIC).
PwC: Insurance more affected by disruptive change than banking and healthcare
Insurance CEOs are more concerned than leaders in any other industry about the combined threats to their growth prospects, according to findings from the 20th annual PwC global CEO Survey.
Positive outlook for East African insurance markets
The insurance markets in the East African Community (EAC) appear set for strong premium and penetration growth over the next five years, according to research by Timetrics Insurance Intelligence Center (IIC).
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Insurance legislation covering fertility of cancer patients introduced in California
US senator Anthony J. Portantino has introduced legislation in California that requires insurance policies to include fertility protection for patients undergoing cancer treatments and other diseases requiring aggressive treatments.
ABIs health insurance guide promotes PMI and cash plans
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched a health insurance guide for consumers.
Timetric: analytics is key to Big Data revolution in insurance
With the rise in Big Data, insurance policies are likely to be individually tailored in future as insurers promote products based on their knowledge of interests or geo-location, according to analysis by Timetrics Insurance Intelligence Center (IIC).
Eyeing up insurance opportunities for new facial AI tool
Swiss banking giant UBS is developing facial recognition software that will track whether people are paying attention. And this tool could impact the life and health insurance market.
Timetric: insurance product complexity the main barrier to online engagement
A majority of insurance professionals from across the world (30%) have said they expect social media to be the technology most utilised by the insurance industry over the next year, according to a Timetric survey.