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GDPR implementation is now weeks away. The impact that GDPR will have on the insurance industry has been well documented. Indeed, I’ve previously commented on it here. Some of the concerns that have
Can predictive analytics forecast if predictive analytics will transform the insurance industry? If you were to ask someone ten years ago, you might have thought ‘yeah right.’ But in the last few yea...
As the new year gets into its stride, I can see the insurance industry heading in some exciting directions. The starting point is how the last twelve or more months have witnessed Insurtech and Dat
The movie Blade Runner (and the novel it is based on, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) depicts a future world where artificial intelligence is taking over. It is a striking dystopia where robots ...
GDPR. These letters are increasingly visible in the media. When it comes into force on 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply to all EU member states, including the ...
Historians use eras to help map out the big gearshifts in economic and social change in retrospect. For the people who lived during those periods, well-known historical terms like the Middle Ages woul...
Next year is the fortieth anniversary of when Lloyd’s decided to make a dramatic, concrete and steel statement about its past and future. 1978 was the year work started on Richard Rogers’ Lloyd’s Bui...
I recently hosted our annual European customer conference, focussing on thought leadership, emerging technology trends and Insurtech innovation. We talked a great deal about the major trends in insura...
The UK is becoming a country of renters rather than home-owners according to a recent government whitepaper. The proportion of people living in the private rented sector has doubled since 2000 and j...
There is a huge amount of buzz around blockchain and many explanations out there for what it is, and its likely benefits for financial services, especially banking and finance. A blockchain, according...
Where in the world are you most likely to find a connected car? Los Angeles? London? Rome? Most people would think that Silicon Valley, home of Google self-driving cars and Tesla with its (controversi...
Why can’t the insurance business be more like Netflix? Or Tripadvisor or Booking.com? In my opinion, the transformation of insurance services and products by digitalisation will be nothing short of mi...