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Insurance IT leaders herald new era for digital customer experience

CIO

The insurance industry is undergoing a sea change, with IT playing a crucial role in rolling out digital customer experiences for policyholders and agents, as in-person meetings all but vanish in the post-pandemic era. IT as industry differentiator Insurers and financial services firms like MassMutual, of Springfield, Mass.,

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BetterData taps the blockchain to help create better synthetic data

TechCrunch

User data is tokenized and stored on a blockchain which is only accessible with a user’s private encryption keys. The startup’s co-founders, CEO Uzair Javaid and CTO Kevin Yee, have backgrounds in AI data generation and blockchain security. Image Credits: BetterData. They met at the Entrepreneur First program in Singapore.

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Navigating The Complex Waters of Insurance Executive Search: A Strategic Guide

N2Growth Blog

Crafting the Future: The Significance of Selecting the Right Insurance Executive In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving business environment, securing the right insurance executive is more than a mere hiring decision —it’s a pivotal investment in the company’s future.

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Exploring Salesforce Blockchain

Perficient

Enter Salesforce Blockchain, a revolutionary technology integrated into the Salesforce platform, offering new possibilities for business transformation. In this blog, we will delve into the world of Salesforce Blockchain, exploring its applications, use cases, and implementation strategies that are shaping the future of business in 2024.

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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

TechCrunch

TrustLayer , which provides insurance brokers with risk management services via a SaaS platform, has raised $6.6 Twenty of the top 100 insurance agencies in the U.S. (as BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), a group consisting of 13 tech-focused insurance agencies in the U.S. million in a seed round.

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Enterprise Blockchain Adoption Hinges on DevOps

DevOps.com

There is a lot of excitement around blockchain right now, for a good reason. Production use cases continue to emerge across sectors such as manufacturing, energy, air travel, insurance and finance. Gartner predicts that by 2023, organizations using blockchain smart contracts will see a 50% increase in their data quality.

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Weather-focused IBISA raises seed round to back its microinsurance solutions for low-income small farmers

TechCrunch

“We work with mutuals, insurers, microfinance institutions, research institutions, farmers and breeders associations and governments,” its site explains. But there are also several reasons for them not to have agricultural insurance – most of them don’t, according to IBISA. ” What changed? .’