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Marsh Pilots Blockchain-Powered Insurance Placement and Binding Process
Sep 25 2019 // Insurance broker Marsh is piloting a digital insurance placement platform that it says has the potential to let clients, carriers and its brokers share real time information and feedback on the placement and binding...
China Pacific Insurance Joins Industry Blockchain Initiative, B3i
Aug 26 2019 // China Pacific Insurance Group (CPIC) has become the latest investor in B3i, the insurance and reinsurance industry’s blockchain initiative. CPIC’s membership further strengthens B3i’s representation...
New IBM Blockchain Network Manages Supply Chain Including Insurance
Aug 6 2019 // International Business Machines Corp. announced on Monday a new blockchain network aimed at improving manual and cumbersome supply chain management. Supply chain management involves overseeing the flow of goods and...
Financial World’s Blockchain Euphoria Gives Way to Pragmatism as Projects Stall
Jul 17 2019 // Two years ago Nasdaq Inc. and Citigroup Inc. announced a new blockchain system they said would make payments of private securities transactions more efficient. Nasdaq Chief Executive Adena Friedman called it “a...
Carolin Appointed CEO of Re/Insurance Industry’s Blockchain Initiative, B3i
Jul 17 2019 // John Carolin has been appointed chief executive officer of B3i Services AG (B3i). Carolin previously served as interim CEO since March 2019 after joining B3i as chief financial officer in March 2018. Carolin’s work...
Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express Join Peers in Shipping Blockchain Platform
Jul 12 2019 // German container group Hapag-Lloyd and Singapore-based Ocean Network Express (ONE) are to join peers in a blockchain platform aimed at limiting the industry’s costly paper trail. The two companies will join market...
Ethereum Blockchain Founder Among Those Worried About Facebook’s Libra Currency
Jul 12 2019 // Facebook Inc.’s foray into digital currencies risks reversing gains in privacy and user sovereignty won by computer-networking pioneers, according to one of the co-founders of Ethereum, the blockchain of choice for...
Aon, Insurtech Startup Etherisc Launch Blockchain-Based Agriculture Insurance
Jul 1 2019 // Aon plc has partnered with anti-poverty organization Oxfam and insurtech startup Etherisc to launch a blockchain-based platform that provides agriculture insurance for smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka. Nearly 200 Sri...
What Passed, What Didn’t: New Florida Laws Taking Effect July 1
Jun 27 2019 // The Florida Legislature looked at and passed many pieces of legislation in the 2019 session that will impact the insurance industry. The following are summaries of what passed — and what didn’t. What Passed HB 7065...
UK’s Legal & General Partners with Amazon to Create Blockchain System for Pensions
Jun 12 2019 // British insurer Legal & General has teamed up with Amazon to establish what it said is the first blockchain system for corporate pension deals. The insurer said it would use a managed blockchain system launched by...
Maersk’s Blockchain Platform Gains 2 Large Shippers
May 29 2019 // Two of the world’s biggest shipping groups will join a Maersk led blockchain platform aimed at boosting efficiency and limiting the enormous paper trail of global container shipping. With Mediterranean Shipping Co...
Microsoft Tools Ease Access to Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence for Businesses
May 3 2019 // Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced new tools for software makers aimed at making technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain easier for businesses to use. Microsoft released the tools ahead of its...
Canadian Banks, Insurers Tap Blockchain Technology to Verify Client Identities
May 2 2019 // Canada is making a big leap in modernizing identity verification, tapping blockchain technology to let consumers digitally prove who they are to securely access banking and other personal services. SecureKey Technologies...
Marsh Rolls Out Proof of Insurance Blockchain for Select U.S. Clients
Apr 26 2019 // A year after it began a collaboration to develop the product, insurance broker Marsh has announced that it has begun the rollout of its proof of insurance blockchain platform to U.S. commercial clients. Originally...
4 Insights From the Conference I Just Attended
Apr 17 2019 // I’m at the AAIS Main Event this week and I’ve learned a lot. I go to a lot of different events for a lot of different reasons. I go to this event in part to network and meet people that the Academy can help,...
ChainThat to Launch Blockchain-Driven Re/Insurance Risk Exchange in Bermuda
Mar 6 2019 // A blockchain-driven risk and capital exchange for the insurance and reinsurance market is set to be launched in Bermuda later this year by ChainThat. The exchange will allow broker, reinsurance and insurance companies...
AAIS Adds Carrier, Regulator Reporting Features on Blockchain Platform
Jan 16 2019 // AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services), a not-for-profit insurance advisory organization, has added additional features to its openIDL blockchain platform, including: improved data call transparency and...
What Agents Should Know About Cryptocurrency
Dec 3 2018 // Cryptocurrency and blockchain entities may seem like a hot market for insurance agents looking to specialize, but right now there are not many insurers willing to write it. Before jumping in, agents would be wise to...
What Agents Should Know About Cryptocurrency Insurance Market
Nov 19 2018 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Cryptocurrency and blockchain entities may seem like a hot market for insurance agents looking to specialize, but right now there are not many insurers willing to write it. Before jumping in,...
Winning, Sharing, Trusting, Failing, Losing: 10 Insuretech Connect Takeaways
Nov 5 2018 // Pulling together some loose threads from October’s Insuretech Connect Conference, here are 10 takeaways: Innovation Rap. “I actually feel the industry gets a bad rap in terms of innovation,” Dan Glaser,...
