Meet Our Member Start-up Series #3
Cortical.io delivers AI-based Intelligent Document Processing solutions that help insurances and brokers process unstructured documents without the need for data science experts. Based on its approach to natural language understanding, Cortical.io solutions automatically search, extract, compare and classify information more accurately, and provide faster time to value. Join us to meet Francisco Webber and to […]
Meet Our Member Start-up Series #2
Profilo Assicurativo è una piattaforma di consulenza assicurativa full digital che, grazie al proprio algoritmo proprietario, è in grado di elaborare una consulenza assicurativa completa ed evidenziare prima i consigli utili per limitare l’esposizione al rischio del singolo e poi, raccolti quelli di interesse, proporre i prodotti corrispondenti profilo di rischio e capacità di spesa. […]
Future of Insurance in Switzerland: Distribution & Bancassurance
One of the most significant developments in European financial services over the past 30 years has been the increasing convergence of banking and insurance in the retail area. This trend towards bancassurance refers primarily to banks entering the insurance sector by offering insurance products to their retail customers. In some European countries (e.g., Spain, France) […]
Meet Our Member Start-up Series #1
Lokky is a new technology platform for the insurance sector that offers tailored products for small entrepreneurs. Designed and built by industry professionals, Lokky adopts new technologies to analyse customer requirements and understand their real insurance needs, automatically identifying the right products to manage business risks. Join us to hear Sauro Mostarda to learn more […]
Digital Ethics & Trust
According to PwC, AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030, more than the current output of China and India combined. Digitalization touches every aspect of our lives as humans in the 21st century, from shopping to social relations to even psychological meaning-making. This is great; however, it carries risks, […]
Behavioural Finance and Investments
What is Behavioural Finance about? How do our cognitive biases influence our decisions incl. spending and saving habits? How can this be used by companies to build meaningful relationships with their customers? Join our knowledge-sharing session to understand the potential of Behavioural Science in building extra-ordinary Customer Experience and watch examples of real use cases! […]
InsurTech Market in Switzerland
The Swiss insurance market is a world insurance hub, with one of the highest penetration (8.4% ) and expenditure per capita ratios ( 6 835 USD) in the world. In addition, insurance industry plays an important role in the Swiss economy. According to the Swiss financial centre report, Swiss insurance market generated in 2020 gross […]
Investing into SaaS start-ups
Today, many software companies are increasingly moving to a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business model, where customers buy a subscription to a program instead of a one-time license. SaaS shares are popular among investors, and that popularity has shifted into overdrive, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, valuations of SaaS stocks are very high, […]
Artificial Intelligence and its application in Insurance
While some industries such as banking and healthcare have been investing in artificial intelligence for years, the insurance sector is lagging behind in the worldwide and intersectoral artificial intelligence movements. Nevertheless, it is likely that artificial intelligence will have a broad impact along the insurance value chain, from underwriting and claims management over distribution and […]
Proposed EU legal framework for AI
On April 21, 2021, the European Commission published a draft proposal for an EU-wide legal regime governing the use of AI (AIA), representing a significant milestone toward a European template to AI governance. How will this affect EU capacity to innovate in AI space? What are the implications for InsurTech companies? Which requirements will be […]
