06 September 2023
InsurTechNZ’s goals are to increase cross industry collaboration, promote data-led careers and strengthen international connections. View the strategy here. Our next event is on Thursday 14 September, at the Media Design School in Auckland. Join us and learn how two leading insurers craft their technology innovation roadmaps, aiming to strike a balance between stability and adaptability. … Continue reading "Collaboration will grow our ecosystem"
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01 September 2023
Applications are open for insurance sector organisations to engage Masters students for a ten week applied project in 2024. The students are enrolled in the University of Auckland’s Master of Business Analytics programme (FinTech, Marketing Analytics and Supply Chain), and use Python, R and SQL throughout their study, as well as MS Excel, MS Project, … Continue reading "Collaboration will grow our ecosystem"
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08 August 2023
A draft strategy document is now available for member feedback. Does this reflect what you see as the priorities for InsurTechNZ? Comments and ideas welcome – send them to info@insurtechnz.org.nz
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Firstly, welcome to new members Bizcover, Cumulo9, Infolog and V-Unite who are all adding to a stronger InsurTechNZ community. Members come together for regular events in a range of locations including Wellington. The next event will be held in Takapuna on 10th August. June’s panel discussion about generative AI was as wide ranging as anticipated, canvassing … Continue reading "Collaboration will grow our ecosystem"
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07 July 2023
The InsurTechNZ ‘Connect’ event at the Mindlab on 29 June featured an industry panel discussion led by Deloitte’s AI representative, Amanda Williamson. The conversation navigated the exciting, yet challenging landscape of AI in the insurance sector. Panellists, including Megan Bonetti, GM, Legal, Partners Life, Dale Smith, CEO of JAVLN, Roneel Kumar, co-founder & CTO, Folio … Continue reading "Collaboration will grow our ecosystem"
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07 July 2023
AUT University is researching the insurance industry’s digital journey and the barriers or challenges faced working with various systems and processes. Studies will focus on two areas – digital augmentation and the concept of digital debt. The researchers are keen to speak to digital transformation stakeholders including system architects, CTO’s, CIO’s, CXO’s, Project Leads, etc. … Continue reading "Collaboration will grow our ecosystem"
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Investment in InsurTech is booming globally, with a new report saying US$4.8B was raised in Q2. As an Association we are committed to growing the local ecosystem, including bringing people together for regular industry-wide events. On 27th July we hosted over 40 people to hear from the leaders of t
4 August 2021
InsurTechNZ champions innovation that creates new insurance services and improves the customer experience. One of our goals is to create an environment that fosters collaboration. On 27th July we hosted over 40 people to hear from the leaders of three InsurTech companies Folio, Open and Sentro who
29 July 2021
In June ‘InsurTechNZ’ became an independent Association under the NZTech umbrella, a move which will significantly sharpen InsurTechNZ’s focus on the technology and data driven trends affecting how customers experience insurance services.Creating InsurTechNZ means a stronger voice for our com
15 July 2021
InsurTechNZ ‘s first face to face event 'Optimising Insurance Business Performance' event was held at the Hilton on the 21 October. The large crowd was treated to three very insightful and informative presentations, firstly from InsurTechNZ’s Jason Roberts, who gave us an update and
2 November 2020
These are exceptional times. We don’t know quite how long the extraordinary measures in response to Covid-19 will last, but it’s safe to assume that they will shape the remainder of the year one way or another. Right now nothing seems quite normal any more as the country locks itself down.
1 April 2020
Even though pandemic risk has long been viewed as one of the single most impactful risks to the world the evidence of political, commercial and individual decision making suggests that society has always taken this most terrifying of risks lightly. Immunology and virology experts have cautioned
30 March 2020
This should be an interesting start to a new decade with another busy year for InsurTechNZ in the making. If the start of this year is anything to go by, the wider insurance landscape is shaping up to be an interesting one. In front of us right now we have election year, the uncertainty brought abo
14 February 2020
Opening comment from the chair Twenty years ago we were grappling with Y2K, scratching our heads about a thing called Napster, trialling our first e-commerce purchases and had yet to hear of the iPhone, App stores or Facebook - all still a good 10 years away. The stock market was dominated by r
17 December 2019