As insurers look to the subsequent horizon of enlargement with an inclusive and various method, there are a variety of alternatives influencing scale potential together with acquisitions, capital investments, the metaverse and the emergence of insurtech 2.0.
On this month’s Insurance coverage Information Evaluation, Joanne Laffan and I talk about how a pre-scale insurer like Lemonade is planning to leapfrog its opponents via its current acquisition of Metromile, a pay-per-mile automotive insurance coverage firm.
With the arrival of Ethereum Merge in an effort to fight the carbon-intense power consumption from blockchain in cryptocurrency, we talk about what it means for insurers’ capital investments as they’re making an attempt to remain on high of each new know-how and internet zero targets.
We additionally talk about a number of the early methods we anticipate to see the metaverse impression insurers’ operations and their buyer and worker experiences. Plus we concentrate on the implications of so-called ‘insurtech 2.0’ which emerged as a scorching subject of dialog at ITC 2022 in Las Vegas.
Lastly, after a brand new U.S. Home Committee report discovered there was little change in racial, ethnic and gender illustration amongst workers on the largest U.S. insurers between 2017 and 2021, we talk about practices that insurers can implement to make sure inclusion and variety is promoted.
