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9 Best Articles in 2021
The Atlantic
The Time TaxThe Atlantic
~15 min read · Jul 27th · A six-month wait for unemployment insurance. A paperwork nightmare over an insurance reimbursement. Drug tests for cash benefits. Why is there so much red tape in American life?
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“time tax”—a levy of paperwork, aggravation, and mental effort imposed on citizens in exchange for benefits that putatively exist to help them.
This time tax is a public-policy cancer, mediating every American’s relationship with the government and wasting countless precious hours of people’s time.
The time tax needs to be measured. It needs to be managed. And it needs to end.
McKinsey & Company
Future of insurance: Unleashing growth through new business buildingMcKinsey & Company
2020-12-06 · Insurance should consider building new digital businesses to compete.
business
insurance
Vox
A disturbing, viral Twitter thread reveals how AI-powered insurance can go wrongVox
6 min read · May 27th · Lemonade tweeted about what it means to be an AI-first insurance company. It left a sour taste in many customers’ mouths.
artificial intelligence
badcryptopodcast.com
How Blockchain will Disrupt 30+ Industriesbadcryptopodcast.com
9 min read · From 2017 · What do car sales, voting, ridesharing, real estate, insurance, sports management, loyalty cards and gun tracking all have in common? These and many more industries are poised to be turned upside d…
blockchain
The New York Times
Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See These Prices. Here’s Why.The New York Times
~13 min read · Aug 22nd · Getting simple medical care at some hospitals can cost more with insurance than without.
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Patients often struggle to afford those bills. Sixteen percent of insured families currently have medical debt, with a median amount of $2,000.
People carefully weighing two plans — choosing a higher monthly cost or a larger deductible — have no idea that they may also be picking a much worse price when they later need care.
The new price data is often published in hard-to-use formats designed for data scientists and professional researchers. Many are larger than the full text of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Greylock
Insurance Startups — Market Ecosystem Map — Greylock PerspectivesGreylock
7 min read · From 2016 · Are you innovating on the sales channel of insurance or are you innovating on the product level?
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startups
insurances
TIME
Total Cost of Her COVID-19 Treatment: $34,927.43TIME
5 min read · 2020-03-19 · Getting hospitalized in the U.S. for COVID-19 may cost thousands. How much of that you'll pay depends on your insurance.
TED Talks
James Veitch: This is what happens when you reply to spam emailTED Talks
From 2016 · Suspicious emails: unclaimed insurance bonds, diamond-encrusted safe deposit boxes, close friends marooned in a foreign country. They pop up in our inboxes, and standard procedure is to delete on sight. But what happens when you reply? Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a hilarious, weeks-long exchange with a spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal.
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fun
spam
Cointelegraph
European Insurance Sector Adopting Blockchain to Protect DataCointelegraph
2 min read · From 2017 · Blockchain technology making Insurance companies GDPR compliant.
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blockchain
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biztechmagazine.com
How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize the Insurance Industrybiztechmagazine.com
2 min read · Nov 16th · Insurers are prepping for the era of usage-based insurance.
Electrek.Co
Tesla officially launches its insurance using 'real-time driving behavior', starting in TexasElectrek.Co
2 min read · Oct 15th · Tesla has now officially launched its insurance product using “real-time driving behavior”. The product is only available in Texas for now. The automaker has already introduced its own insurance…
Engadget
Tesla debuts new car insurance that uses Texans’ real-time driving behaviorEngadget
1 min read · Oct 15th · Tesla now offers car insurance in Texas, its new home state, after first launching the product in California. It calculates a customer's insurance premium using their real-time driving behavior.
McKinsey & Company
Technology-driven growth in China: An interview with Jiang XingMcKinsey & Company
Oct 19th · The CEO of ZhongAn Insurance says the industry can generate momentum for growth by taking advantage of trends, preparing for future developments, and increasing investments in digital transformation.
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medium.com
Nothing Can Stop Google. DuckDuckGo Is Trying Anyway.medium.com
~14 min read · From 2019 ·  In today’s world, is privacy passé? Car insurance companies offer lower rates to customers who install devices that monitor their driving habits. Online and offline activities are constantly recorded and logged for the sake of advertisers, government officials, and other entities. In this climate, the search engine DuckDuckGo aims to help people regain some anonymity. Freelance writer Drew Millard explores how the company hopes to gain prominence. Amid growing data breaches and privacy violations, this compelling article is a must-read for anyone seeking a break from digital surveillance. 
Boston Consulting Group
Start, Enable, and Scale Digital Transformation in InsuranceBoston Consulting Group
9 min read · 2020-06-03 ·  The insurance industry is going digital. Most companies are already setting up online portals, analyzing customer data and offering individualized digital services. Still, they’re failing to reach their full digital potential. The end goal is a responsive company that can meet customer needs 24/7 and offer a steady stream of new, individualized services. But how can companies get from their current state to this mystical, agile future? The Boston Consulting Group outlines the challenges and opportunities of scaling digital transformation in the insurance industry. 
digital transformation
CB Insights
Google Is Partnering With Cyber Insurance Giants. Here's What It Means For The Future Of Cloud Security…CB Insights
2 min read · Mar 6th · Google’s partnership with Munich Re and Allianz signals a future of integrating cybersecurity with cyber insurance.
Gizmodo
Teen Who Died of Covid-19 Was Denied Treatment Because He Didn't Have Heath InsuranceGizmodo
4 min read · 2020-03-27 · A 17-year-old boy in Los Angeles County who became the first teen believed to have died from complications with covid-19 in the U.S. was denied treatment at an urgent care clinic because he didn’t…
coronavirus
builtin.com
Beyond the Buzzword: 6 Cutting-Edge Applications of AIbuiltin.com
7 min read · 2020-09-03 · How artificial intelligence is substantively reshaping industries, from e-commerce to insurance.
artificial intelligence
World Economic Forum
'Trust me, I’m a doc-bot'. 3 steps to get closer to AI-driven healthcareWorld Economic Forum
6 min read · 2020-12-04 · If doc-bots were more trusted, integrated, and reimbursable by health insurance, they could become the GPS of primary healthcare.
health care
artificial intelligence
bots
biztechmagazine.com
How Artificial Intelligence Could Revolutionize the Insurance Industrybiztechmagazine.com
2 min read · Nov 16th · Insurers are prepping for the era of usage-based insurance.
dig-in.com
Selfies: The latest big data source for life insurancedig-in.com
1 min read · From 2017 · New insurtech Lapetus uses photos submitted by applicants to measure life insurance risk factors.
McKinsey & Company
Insurance 2030--The impact of AI on the future of insuranceMcKinsey & Company
20+ min read · From 2018 · The industry is on the verge of a seismic, tech-driven shift. A focus on four areas can position carriers to embrace this change.
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