InsurTech weekly 467 ?? Getting ready for what might happen next

First of all, I hope you'll have a fantastic summer break ??? if you're taking some time off.

Of course, innovation and technology in the insurance industry never take a break. That's why I'll continue this weekly newsletter throughout the summer, just as I have in previous years, to share the most engaging articles from the first half of the year. (Note: thanks to our friends from Finance Innovation for the reusable water bottle that glows in the sunlight).

And I can't resist saying a word about the Olympic Games currently taking place in Paris.

Below, you'll find the three most engaging articles from this week. They are about insurance & risks innovation, FinTech comparables and tech trends worth a look. Which is your favorite one?

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1?? Emerging risks insurers will need to tackle

The Global Risks Report, developed in collaboration with Marsh McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group, explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict. As cooperation comes under pressure, weakened economies and societies may only require the smallest shock to edge past the tipping point of resilience.

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2?? UX challenges in FinTech

Welcome to the vicious cycle of why UX is hard. You can observe this pattern in every generation, from PayPal to early Neobanks, to Crypto. Great UX is incredibly hard. Great UX comes from solving 1,000s if not 10,000, tiny little issues in infrastructure, process, and compliance that add up to feeling frictionless. There are so many that enumerating them all could create a GPT5 scale training data set.

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3?? Latest developments in self-driving cars

A little bird suggested I (Kristen Korosec) pay closer attention to Waymo and the company’s expansion plans in the San Francisco area. Specifically, the autonomous vehicle company’s efforts to gain access to the San Francisco International Airport.?

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< Read last?week?release I

-My latest podcast (for French ???? speakers)-

I had a look back at fundraising rounds announced in June and deep dived into the three largest one (Wopta, Enzo, Kenko). This is also an opportunity to illustrate the current state of InsurTech in Europe.

>> Listen to it on Podcast platforms or on Youtube.

Listen to previous episodes:

?? From telematics to connected insurance

?? InsurTech-as-a-Service: tackling the innovator's dilemma

?? Technology serving insurance brokers

?? Open Insurance, Open Banking: same but different?

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