All articles by Ronan Mccaughey
Ronan Mccaughey
Comment wire – Digital healthcare: just what the doctor ordered for life insurance
The emergence of digital healthcare providers, such as babylon health in the UK, offer life insurers significant opportunities to better engage consumers, improve risk prevention and attract millennials.
Insurance companies warned to consider impact of interest rate spike
A.M. Best believes insurance companies should consider how their investment portfolios would respond to a sudden interest rate spike.
Capgemini: new insurance products for the sharing economy in 2017
New insurance products will be introduced for the sharing economy in 2017 and the use of wearables and other Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices will be increasingly incentivized next year according to Capgemini.
Prudential Financial suspends distribution of MyTerm policies through Wells Fargo
US life insurer Prudential Financial is to suspend the distribution of MyTerm policies through all Wells Fargo bank branches and website, pending the results of Prudentials review of how the product is sold by Wells Fargo.
UnderwriteMe selected by three more intermedaries
Protection technology business, UnderwriteMe, has been chosen by three intermediaries: Assured Futures, Tuto and Future Proof
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Call for insurers to issue protection statements to policyholders
The Finance & Technology Research Centre Protection Forum and the Protection Distributors Group have joined forces to campaign for better communications with existing customers.
Royal London agrees screening deal with Square Health
Square Health has agreed a deal with Royal London to provide doctor and nurse screening services for the insurer.
Comment wire: Wearable tech and insurance time to look beyond the smartwatch
Wearable technology in the shape of fitness bands and smart watches has been heralded as a potential saviour for the life insurance industry since the technology hit the shelves over the last 2 years.
AI and drones among top ten start-ups selected for Startupbootcamp InsurTech
Startupbootcamp InsurTech has revealed the top ten technology start-ups that will participate in its 2017 acceleration programme.
L&G partners with digital healthcare provider in wellness drive
Legal & General has partnered with UK-based digital healthcare service, Doctor Care Anywhere, to offer virtual access to GPs for existing group income protection (GIP) customers.