Insurtech Book - The Insurance Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs

The definitive compendium for the Insurance Digital Revolution
 
From slow beginnings in 2014, InsurTech has captured US$7billion in investment since 2010 -- a 10% annual compound growth rate is predicted until at least 2020. Three in four insurance companies believe some part of their business is at risk of disruption and understanding the trends, drivers and emerging technologies behind Insurance's Digital Revolution is a business-critical priority for all growth-minded firms.
 
The InsurTech Book offers essential updates, critical thinking and actionable insight -- globally -- from start-ups, incumbents, investors, tech companies, advisors and other partners in this evolving ecosystem, in one volume. For some, Insurance is either facing an existential threat; for others, it is a sector on the brink of transforming itself. Either way, business models, value chains, customer understanding and engagement, organisational structures and even what Insurance is for, is never going to be the same. Be informed, be part of it.
* Learn from diverse experiences, mindsets and applications of technologies
* Discover new ways of defining and grasping growth opportunities
* Get the inside track from innovators, disruptors and incumbents
* Be updated on the evolution of InsurTech, why it is happening and how it will evolve
* Explore visions of the future of Insurance to help shape yours
 
The InsurTech Book is your indispensable guide to a sector in transformation.

List of contents

Preface viii
 
About the Editors xi
 
Acknowledgments xiv
 
1. What is InsurTech?
 
InsurTech Definition as Its Own Manifesto 6
 
Why is Insurance Failing? 9
 
Digital Transformation in Insurance - Four Common Factors from Other Industries 13
 
InsurTech - Problem or Solution for Agents and Brokers? 17
 
The Best InsurTech May not be InsurTech 21
 
"Real" InsurTech Startups do it Differently! 24
 
2. InsurTech Now and Next A Cartographer's Dream - Exploring, and Mapping, the New Unknown 32
 
Where Does InsurTech Leave the People who Work in Insurance? 35
 
InsurTechs - Magical Thinking and Other Secrets of Success 40
 
"INSoT" - The Insurance of Things and the Proliferation of Protection 43
 
From Insurance Premium to Discrete Event 47
 
Seamless Insurance: The Time is Now 50
 
The Potential of a Pension Dashboard Infrastructure for UK Pension Savers 53
 
Six Mega-trends that Will Take Insurance Back to the Future 57
 
InsurTech - Not a Zero Sum Game 61
 
3. The Founder's Journey
 
Not too Big to Learn not to Fail? 68
 
Insurance Expertise, Family, and Integrity - The Story of SPIXII's Founding Team 71
 
Disrupting Car Insurance - Drivies App Makes Driving More Fun, and Insurance Fairer 75
 
Genomics 101 - The Search for a Better Life Expectancy Predictor Leads GWG Life to a Science Lab 80
 
4. Internationalizing InsurTech
 
Internationalizing InsurTech - A Global Phenomenon in Different Markets 88
 
Increasing Access to Insurance in Developing Countries 91
 
Insurance in China 95
 
Seven Things Insurers and InsurTechs Need to Know about the German Insurance Market 98
 
InsurTech in Turkey - Challenges and Opportunities 102
 
InsurTech in Latin America - The Promise of Insurance for Everybody? 106
 
InsurTech Trends - Why Regionalization Matters 108
 
5. Collaborative Innovation: Observe - Partner - Invest The Corporate Collaboration Opportunity in InsurTech 117
 
Competition vs. Coopetition in the Insurance Market 121
 
Incumbent and InsurTech Collaboration via Open Innovation Strategy 124
 
A Collaborative Approach in the InsurTech World - One Platform in One Click 129
 
Dating InsurTech Startups 134
 
Altered Attitudes, Altered Outcomes - Collaborating for a Better Future 137
 
Think InsurTech Culture Before InsurTech Adoption 140
 
6. The Value Chain
 
A Four-Step Practical Guide to Build InsurTech Value Chain Ecosystems 148
 
Sell Your Insurance at the Right Time - Consider Micro Policies 153
 
InsurTech: Refreshingly Different - Like Lemonade! 157
 
Forget Peer-to-Peer, the Future of Insurance is Invisible and Parametric 161
 
Behavioural Design and Price Optimization in InsurTech 165
 
Data Changes Everything 171
 
Beware of GDPR - Take your Cyber Risk Responsibility More Seriously 175
 
Why Claims Sharing? Innovating within the Businessto-Business Insurance Claims Handling Ecosystem 179
 
Reinsurers Need Backward Innovation 182
 
7. Business Models
 
Business Model Innovation - From Incremental to Disruptive 190
 
The Future of Insurance - From Managing Policies to Managing Risks 195
 
Seeing through the Hype - A Closer Look at Key Smart InsurTech Business Models 199
 
Assessing the Long-Term Viability of the Insurance Peerto-Peer Business Model 202
 
You Said ... Sharing Economy? 206
 
From Claim Settlement to Claim Prevention - How Insurers Can Make Use of Predictive Analytics to Change their Business Model 211
 

About the author

SABINE L. B. VANDERLINDEN is the CEO and Managing Director of Startupbootcamp InsurTech, Europe's leading early-stage and independent accelerator for insurance technology startups, and Rainmaking's corporate innovation and growth venture focused on the insurance and InsurTech spaces. NICOLE ANDERSON is a multiple time technology entrepreneur and an innovation thought leader who is passionate about technology business models that are challenging the status quo and provide greater inclusion for people globally, focused on emerging technologies and emerging markets. SHÂN M. MILLIE is a Board Advisor, Business Coach and hands-on Growth and Strategic Communications Specialist. Highly-respected in UK General Insurance and InsurTech, she founded her own Growth consultancy Bright Blue Hare in 2016. SUSANNE CHISHTI is the CEO of FINTECH Circle and the FINTECH Circle Institute, offering fintech online courses across InsurTech, WealthTech, RegTech, enterprise innovation, blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. She is also the Co-Editor of the bestseller The FinTech Book and a guest lecturer at leading universities globally.

Summary

The definitive compendium for the Insurance Digital Revolution

From slow beginnings in 2014, InsurTech has captured US$7billion in investment since 2010 -- a 10% annual compound growth rate is predicted until at least 2020. Three in four insurance companies believe some part of their business is at risk of disruption and understanding the trends, drivers and emerging technologies behind Insurance's Digital Revolution is a business-critical priority for all growth-minded firms.

The InsurTech Book offers essential updates, critical thinking and actionable insight -- globally -- from start-ups, incumbents, investors, tech companies, advisors and other partners in this evolving ecosystem, in one volume. For some, Insurance is either facing an existential threat; for others, it is a sector on the brink of transforming itself. Either way, business models, value chains, customer understanding and engagement, organisational structures and even what Insurance is for, is never going to be the same. Be informed, be part of it.
* Learn from diverse experiences, mindsets and applications of technologies
* Discover new ways of defining and grasping growth opportunities
* Get the inside track from innovators, disruptors and incumbents
* Be updated on the evolution of InsurTech, why it is happening and how it will evolve
* Explore visions of the future of Insurance to help shape yours

The InsurTech Book is your indispensable guide to a sector in transformation.

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"This is a useful addition to the editorial team's collection of crowd sourced books, and it will be interesting to see what they come up with next." - Irish Tech News (June 2018)

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"This is a useful addition to the editorial team's collection of crowd sourced books, and it will be interesting to see what they come up with next." - Irish Tech News (June 2018)

Product details

• Authors: Anderson, Nicole Anderson, Anderson Nicole, Janos Barberis, Slb Chishti, Susanne Chishti, Susanne Barberis Chishti, Chishti Susanne, Sh N. M. Millie, Shân M Millie, Shan M. Millie, Shân M. Millie, Sabine L B VanderLinden, Sabine L. B VanderLinden, Sabine L. B. Vanderlinden, Sabine L.B VanderLinden, Sabine L.b Millie Vanderlinden
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2018
• EAN: 9781119362210
• ISBN: 978-1-119-36221-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Finanzwesen, Allg. Finanz- u. Anlagewesen, Finance & Investments, Finanz- u. Anlagewesen