COVER Feature: Rise of the robots

Fintech, insurtech and now… protech?

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Katie Crook-Davies asks, can technology be the solution to our protection shortfalls?

Technology has infiltrated and continues to infiltrate almost all industries. Innovative startups branding themselves as fintechs, insurtechs, and, another one, edutechs, are transforming markets by making it easier and cheaper for consumers to get what they want when they want it. Convenience is gold, if you can make a busy life more manageable that busy life will become a customer. While this is certainly true in many industries, does it translate to the protection world?  Protection is undersold, an opportunity that has not been missed by the entrepreneurs and investors who believe...

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