How Augmented and Virtual Reality Can Impact the Insurance Industry
(Image source: screenshot of MetLife conVRse virtual customer service application.) Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are both nascent, revolutionary technologies making inroads into...
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MākuSafe Closes on $1.25M Funding for Wearable/Workplace Safety Platform
(Photo illustrating the evolution MākuSafe’s MākuSmart devices. Source: MākuSafe.) MākuSafe, a Des Moines-based InsurTech start-up company and makers of a wearable workplace safety device and software...
View ArticleEmerging Tech in Insurance in 2018
(Image credit: Adobe Stock.) Over the past few several years, a number of new technologies have grabbed headlines with their potential to improve or disrupt the insurance industry. Some are promoted by...
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MetLife Venture Fund, Accelerator to Cultivate Internal Innovation and...
(Photo credit: Beyond My Ken.) MetLife (New York) has announced the launch of two new InsurTech-related investment programs, MetLife Digital Ventures and the MetLife Digital Accelerators. While these...
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Digital, Core and Microservices: Conversations at IASA 2018
(Stan Morris, VP, Business Development, Data; and Brian Evans, VP, Business Development, ITS. Photo by author.) Scaling for Rapid Growth: Abhijeet Jhaveri, ValueMomentum The accelerated pace of change...
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MetLife Digital Accelerator Picks 10 Startup for Inaugural Class
(Photo source: MetLife.) MetLife (New York) has announced its inaugural class of 10 companies selected to participate in the MetLife Digital Accelerator powered by Techstars. Based at MetLife’s Global...
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Introducing the MetLife Digital Accelerator Inaugural Class
(Image source: MetLife.) MetLife has announced the inaugural class of MetLife Digital Accelerator powered by Techstars, which connects startups with MetLife leaders and Techstars mentors for an...
View ArticleTechnology’s Role in Insurers’ Response to the Growing Elderly Demographic
(Image credit: MimiRebelle.) According to the World Health Organization, between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years of age will nearly double from 12 percent to 22...
View ArticleHow InsurTechs and Real-Time Decisioning Breathed New Life into Life Insurance
(Image credit: NordWood Themes/Unsplash.) The Life insurance industry, once notorious for cumbersome onboarding processes, is in the midst of a transformation. Two accelerants—technology and the...
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John Hancock Adds New Apple Watch Series 10 to its Vitality Program
(Apple Watch Series 10. Source: Apple.) John Hancock (Boston) has announced that it is now offering the latest Apple Watch models to eligible life insurance customers participating in the John Hancock...
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