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News, insight and comment on how the re/insurance market is changing for the future.

PPL launches programme to accelerate API adoption
WTW and Tysers move to integrate new API connectivity into their technology platform

PPL looks to London Stock Exchange for new CEO
John Mason was previously group head of platform at the LSE

How prospective syndicates help Lloyd’s think outside the box
Asta and Greenlight Re describe the widening appeal of the syndicate-in-a-box mechanism

Acord launches global advisory council
The new body will promote data standardisation in insurance markets worldwide

HDI Embedded partners with Germany’s wefox and Italy’s Wind Tre
Embedded insurance provider will enable greater coverage and extended warranty solutions for customers of Italy’s second-biggest telecoms company

Marsh advances ‘data-first’ digital trading transformation
Marsh says the rollout will be delivered through Verisk’s Whitespace platform, following a successful pilot in 2023 that traded more than $400m of premium

Underwriters plot route to automation
Algorithmic underwriting is a matter of ‘when, not if’, but insurers are taking a variety of approaches to the technology

Crunch time for London market firms as Blueprint Two cutover approaches
With less than five months to go before phase one of the Blueprint Two project to create a new digital, data-first market goes live, there is significant work for the London market to do to

Carbon Underwriting’s platform ‘democratises’ insurance data
Chief technology officer at Lloyd’s first syndicate-in-a-box explains why Carbon Underwriting created its own underwriting platform

Insurers grapple with blockchain challenge
There has been no great demand for blockchain-based products in insurance because, unlike banks, insurers do not face the same pressures for speedier or cheaper payments, and do not issue as many asset-backed securities

Artificial Labs raises £8m in fresh capital
London-based insurtech has partnerships with Apollo, PPL and Lockton

Viewpoint: Blueprint Two is a significant potential risk event
Blueprint Two is one of the larger programmes most of us will have experienced in our careers and brings the promise of many benefits in terms of improved data quality, reduced costs and increased resilience
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