ProtectX5: Digitalisation of protection demands attention

Protection Review's ProtectX series returned today (9 September) with seven TED-talk style presentations from industry commentators, following by a panel discussion. The theme of ProtectX5 was insurtech, which has seen a notable uptick in both industry attention and funding volumes in recent years. Technology has become synonymous with innovation and protection lags some way behind other sectors of financial services such as retail banking when it comes to adopting new technologies. But the pace of change is accelerating in protection, not least because of the way in which consumer be...