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

TechCrunch

While based in Luxembourg, the startup is focused on emerging markets, with a partnership-based approach. “We work with mutuals, insurers, microfinance institutions, research institutions, farmers and breeders associations and governments,” its site explains. ” What changed? .’

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Concept to Cost: A Complete Guide to Blockchain Implementation

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What is Blockchain technology? Blockchain Technology is a modern database infrastructure that revolutionizes information sharing amongst the network of participants. Due to this, Blockchain technology emerged as a potent immutable ledger for tracking orders, accounts, payments, and other transactions.

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Southeast Asia insurtech Igloo increases its Series B to $46M

TechCrunch

Igloo develops its insurance products and then partners with insurers who underwrite their policies. Igloo currently works with 20 global, regional and local insurers across Southeast Asia. It distributes its insurance products through partnerships, and is partnered with over 55 companies in 7 countries.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO

The industries these decision-makers represented include insurance, banking, healthcare and life sciences, government, entertainment, and energy in the U.S. The listening centered on conversations about emerging technologies and use cases associated with innovation, such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, blockchain, robotics, Web 3.0,

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Binance-backed Xend Finance launches DeFi platform for credit unions in Africa

TechCrunch

DeFi aims to bridge the gap between decentralized blockchains and financial services. The second is lack of insurance which means people don’t have the confidence to join saving cycles. Xend Finance is plugging these gaps using blockchain technology. Image Credits: Xend Finance. It has since secured $2.2