Insurers Hope Insurtech Will ‘Nudge’ Customers to Less Risky Behaviors September 19, 2017 By Jemima Kelly and Carolyn Cohn Insurers are counting on real-time technology to help them cut back payouts, from a system warning ships of nearby pirates...
EY, Maersk and Microsoft Create Blockchain-Based Marine Insurance Platform September 6, 2017 By Jemima Kelly Consultancy EY, data security firm Guardtime, Microsoft and ship operator Maersk have joined to build a blockchain-based marine insurance platform...
Barclays Says It Conducts ‘World’s First’ Blockchain-Based Trade Finance Deal September 8, 2016 By Jemima Kelly Barclays and an Israel-based start-up company have carried out what they say is the world’s first trade transaction using blockchain...
China’s Ping An Joins Global Blockchain Consortium, Led by Fintech Firm R3 May 24, 2016 By Jemima Kelly China’s second-biggest insurance company, Ping An Group, has become the first Chinese member of a global consortium led by fintech...
Claims, Oil and Resentments Linger Four Years After BP Oil Spill April 21, 2014 By Jemima Kelly Four years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is still washing up on the long sandy beaches of Grand Isle,...