AI-powered recommendation engines and computer vision technologies offer real-time, precise analytics and generative AI further extends these capabilities by facilitating the creation of new content and designs with ease. But is it all just a hype? Tiffine Wang, an investment partner at MS&AD Ventures, dives into this question.
Read MoreWho’s Who in Insurtech — some of the companies that have had big raises and generated considerable buzz this year
Read MoreWe took note of some interesting insurtech funding developments this week. (And yes, since we’re not living under a rock, we had our own, “Well, well, well, would you look at that?” moment about the Charles Schwab/TD Ameritrade news.)
Read MoreInsurtech is a booming sector, and deep-pocketed investors show no sign of slowing down in pouring money into the next hot start-up. The latest example is Health IQ Insurance Services, Inc., which this week announced it has raised $55 million in growth capital, bringing its total funding raised to $140 million.
Read MoreWe liked this so-called “Anthemis takeover” of the 11:FS podcast (by Anthemis personnel including Ruth Foxe Blader, Matthew Jones, and Sophie Winwood) to discuss how the well regarded London-based VC looks at insurtech investments. The overarching point: Insurance companies are “special animals.”
Read MoreThe Financial Revolutionist is weekly newsletter and blog focused on the torrid pace of financial innovation. Today, thanks to the exponential rate of technological change, explosion in global trade and new regulations ushered in by the Great Financial Crisis, a new financial revolution is under way. In this battle, virtually every aspect of the greater financial services sector is subject to rigorous challenge. With the Financial Revolutionist, we are aspiring to create a boots-on-the-ground and highly opinionated assessment of important financial innovation developments in the past week.
