The year 2023 marked a pivotal moment for the fintech industry, with the prevailing global funding trends encapsulating a period…
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2020 was a good year for Singapore’s digital life insurer Singlife. The company completed its S$3.2 billion merger deal with…
Manila-based insurtech startup Saphron has raised SGD1.35 million seed fund coming from fintech-focused VC fund Sage, and Talino Labs, a…
Singapore, which has set out to become one of the leading fintech hubs in the world, has witnessed the establishment…
Prudential Singapore’s second edition of its digital innovation programme, the PRU Fintegrate Partnership (PRU Fintegrate) is this year inviting scale-ups…
The insurance industry is undergoing profound changes, driven by new customer expectations, emerging technologies, and sustained downward pressure on margin.…
Following Grab’s previous announcement on GrabPay and acquisition of Kudo, Anthony Tan, Co Founder and Group CEO announced the company’s ambitions to further…
Digitalisation benefits the entire insurance industry. From simplifying complex policies and streamlining approval processes, digitalisation can have a positive impact…
Malaysia’s insurtech company, FatBerry.com launched a digital marketplace for insurance providing Malaysians with a way to get insured in two…
UBS says that Asia’s underinsured market presents ripe opportunities for insurtech startups. In a UBS report titled Shifting Asia, it…
Wave after wave of technological disruption has hit us in recent years and it looks like the insurance industry is…
Fintech has achieved initial mass adoption in most markets but particularly in developing countries where startups have excelled at tapping…
A classic insurance product has two main problems: it’s boring, and it doesn’t have an obvious value for a customer…
The insurance is on the brink of a major disruption and insurance companies are very much aware of that. According…
As you probably already know, I’ve created InsurTechAsia as a vehicle to drive positive impact through the much needed changes…
The insurance industry had given us amenities that we take for granted today. For instance, the fire station is the…
In Asia, interest in insurtech grows as industry experts and observers perceive the region’s fast-growing economies and underinsured population as…
With over 20 million customers and operations in 14 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America, BIMA is a leading…
Annual investments in insurtech ventures have increased fivefold over the past three year, reaching a cumulative US$3.4 billion since 2010.…
What is the best way to drive innovation in insurance? In the last post, we’ve scratched the surface around the…