How insurtech investment trends shape innovation strategy

This webinar will look at a wealth of changes to the law brought in by the Insurance Distribution Directive. Topics to be covered include: What does the Directive say? Customer’s best interest rule, Organization and professional requirements, Information requirements and Conduct of Business Rules, Cross-selling and bundled products, Remuneration & Product governance and disclosure.

To be successful, an insurer has to correctly estimate the probability of losses. To do that, the insurer collects information about risks and other factors, whose presence increases the probability of losses. For a very long time, the collection of such information has been done manually. However, things are changing. Insurers are using new technologies which automate the assessment of risks and sharpen loss probability estimates. This webinar, presented by Donald Light, discusses how insurers are using these new technologies, with special reference to cyber.

IFRS 17 is a once-in-a-lifetime-change for insurance companies. It provides a set of new rules to improve the transparency of financial reporting in insurance companies, comparable to those of other industries. IFRS 17 also changes the overall financial direction of insurers because it is likely to influence product development, core processes, incentives and much more.

Most people purchase Life Insurance in an attempt to reduce the financial pressure on loved ones and other beneficiaries when someone dies. However, many individuals fail to realize the Living Benefits found in Life Insurance contracts. Explore benefits the policy owner may take advantage of wile still alive. Examine how Cash Values in policies are created, and how they can be extracted by a living policy owner in the most tax advantaged manner. Review the tax consequences of Qualified Retirement Plans. Discover how a business an use the Living Benefits of a Life policy to recruit, retain and reward key employees in a business, as well as to allow the business owner to move business dollars into their personal account for retirement. Briefly review various Life Insurance Riders to focus on their Living Benefits, Vertical Settlements (Life Settlements), and the Annuity side of life contracts.