TECHNOLOGY

Australia & New Zealand

Zurich Australia Announces Exclusive Pilot With Pops Diabetes Care. Press release, February 21, 2022.

Zurich Australia has partnered with virtual healthcare platform ‒ Pops Diabetes Care ‒to offer life insurance customers with diabetes the ability to monitor their blood sugar levels and self-manage their diabetes. Pops is a first-of-its-kind integrated health management system consisting of a simple glucose meter that attaches to a smartphone.

Bangladesh

MetLife Expands Its Innovative 360Health Solution into Fourth Asian Market. Business Wire, February 8, 2022.

MetLife 360 health solution app has been introduced into Bangladesh. Customers can use the new app-based solution to perform a range of simple at-home health assessments. The app can also be used to order medicines and to access free virtual medical consultations with both general practitioners and specialists.

Canada

Hub International Launches Care concierge in Canada. PR Newswire, March 31, 2022.

HUB Care Concierge is an innovative technology platform for employers to support employees with their health and wellbeing. Employees gain 24/7 access to care advocates who provide care and advice on a wide range of situations from personal crisis to mindfulness-based preventative lifestyle tools. 

Singapore

KoverNow's Mobile Insurance App for iOS Goes Live in Singapore. PR Newswire, February 14, 2022.

The KoverNow app will initially offer insurance coverage from QBE Singapore, delivered in a way that provides consumers with the cover they want, for the items they value, on one easy to use mobile platform. Initially, the insurance cover will be for personal items; later, insurance cover for travel will be added.

Singapore

AXA Insurance Empowers Customers to Better Understand and Improve Their Financial Health with New AI-Powered Financial Planning Tool. Press Release, January 27, 2022.

AXA Insurance has introduced My FinScore, an AI-powered financial planning tool to help customers keep track of their financial health. The tool also offers customised product recommendations to help customers improve their score.

Switzerland

Swiss Re and dacadoo Partner to Offer Platform to Insurers. IIR, March 11, 2022.

Swiss Re and dacadoo announced a global partnership to offer the decadoo platform to insurers of all sizes. MyWellLife is a robust, mobile-first digital engagement solution that provides 24/7 smart coaching to help users attain their health goals with guidance, support, motivation, and reward

South Korea

Samsung’s Integrated Financial Service Platform May Rattle Fintech Landscape. Pulse, February 7, 2022.

The app called Monimo will bring together customers of Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Samsung Life Insurance, Samsung Card, and Samsung Securities. The four command subscribers of 32 million.

United States

Sun Life Introduces Employer Community to Thrivepass to Help Manage Workplace Vaccine Verification and Testing for COVID-19. Press Release, January 18, 2022.

Sun Life U.S. has reached an agreement with ThrivePass to help employers with vaccine and testing verification. It includes a dashboard for employers to holistically view the vaccination and exemption status of their employee population.

United States

Bubble Launches Online Embedded Insurance “Insurance-in-a-Box” for Housing Industry. IIR, January 13, 2022.

Bubble's Embedded Insurance-in-a-Box offering includes widgets, APIs, consumer sites, and referral URLs that real estate companies can use to embed accurate home and life insurance quotes into home and loan purchase flows. Bubble delivers custom-tailored quotes in real-time. Bubble integrates directly with insurers to match customers with customized policies instantly online.

United States

Voya Financial Announces New Enhancements to Its ‘Voya Retire’ Mobile App for Plan Participants. Press Release, March 22, 2022.

Enhancements have been made to the Voya Retire mobile app and include an improved login experience. Customers can manage personal information, such as beneficiary designations, through the app.

United States

Snowflake Launches Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Cloud for Better Patient Care and Business Results. Business Wire, March 17, 2022.

The Snowflake Healthcare & Life Sciences Data Cloud gives healthcare companies a single, integrated, and cross-cloud data platform. Organizations will be able to secure centralize, integrate, and exchange critical and sensitive data at scale. 

United States

Oscar Health Announces Improved Cost Estimator Tool. Business Wire, January 20, 2022.

The Cost Estimator Tool will provide transparency around medical costs. The improved tool will better allow members to manage their healthcare spending. The tool generates a real-time, member-plan and deductible-status-aware cost estimate rather than a general historical average.