Up to DIA #18

Dear readers,

ITC DIA Europe would like to wish you all a prosperous and very Happy New Year. ITC DIA Europe has tons of exciting stuff planned for this year so please look forward to it.

Now, with greetings out of the way, Up to DIA is back and will continue its run in 2023! Up to DIA #18 features: three 'Featured Insurtech' articles, one 'Thought Leadership' article, and two new types of written content in the forms of press releases and investment news. So, a short but sweet Up to DIA!

Today's video in the spotlight is the opening interview by Roger Peverelli and Global Head of Innovation Munich Re , Tom Van den Brulle during DIA Munich 2022. In this interview, you'll learn about the key trends in insurance and insurtech for the upcoming years and how should the industry respond.

In case you were wondering which insurtechs you should keep an eye on, we got the perfect guide for you! Our ITC DIA Europe Top 100 features the best insurtechs that took the stage at DIA Amsterdam and DIA Munich 2022.

Like what you see? Check out our upcoming event: ITC DIA Europe held in Barcelona this year from the 27th to the 29th of June.

This interview thought leadership article features the Head of Robotics at insurance company MS Amlin , Fei Ling Woon . Fei talks about their automation journey, the human side of automation in insurance and their collaboration with UiPath. In this interview, you'll learn more about what exactly the ''human side'' of automation is in insurance, what the drivers for automation are at MS Amlin, how to measure the success of the automation initiatives and where to start an automation journey.

This telematics company has the mission to fundamentally change the way insurance is priced and consumed. The Floow is an insurtech specialising in connected motor insurance, making mobility safer and smarter for insurers and customers. They operate in four key areas that greatly assist insurers.

• Attract and retain users
• Help build intellectual property and competitive advantage
• Offer and embed more accurate pricing
• Reduce the cost of connected motor insurance programs.

Starting this year we're also releasing the monthly Insurance & Insurtech Investment News segment, featuring the hottest and most eye-catching deals in the insurance and insurtech space. While there was a noticeable dip in deals made in Europe and APAC, North America more than made up for it.

The Faktor Zehn Suite is an all-in-one solution designed to help insurers gain competitive advantages in the market by being able to develop new products at a faster pace. Their products are modeled centrally, allowing insurers to launch new insurance products and services at a fast pace, cost-effective and (optionally) specialised for the German market.

New segment in the Up to DIA is the press release written by our colleague from InsureTech Connect , Merlin Beyts . Without further ado, insurance broker Howden, A Chart Industries Company has acquired Spanish firm March Risk Solutions from investment bank Banca March . Check out what the key players of both companies had to say about this exciting acquisition.

Insurance Business Applications offers its cloud-native P&C insurance platform, dubbed the IBSuite platform, which accelerates the digital journey of P&C insurers to make them more agile and efficient. It handles everything from quote to bind and policy administration. In this article, you'll read about a potential car crash and what would then happen inside the IBSuite platform.

More exciting news is looming on the horizon, so please look forward to what we'll announce in the upcoming weeks.

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