ProtectX5: Digitalisation of protection demands attention

'We need to move fast'

John Brazier
clock • 4 min read

Digitalisation as a result of evolving consumer demands means the protection industry has to embrace change, according to ProtectX5 speakers.

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...

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