2019 Social Media Trends for Financial Services and Insurance

whitePaper | May 9, 2022

The pace of change driven by digital transformation is rapidly increasing as new generations of agile competitors emerge. Insurance businesses, too, are evolving to keep pace with the latest business trends and update their products and services.

whitePaper | May 20, 2022

Anticipating the risks of tomorrow is embedded in our DNA at Munich Re, which is why we have been involved in managing cyber risk from the first moment it became a consideration - and continue to keep pace with its lightning-fast development. As the challenges this risk class poses to the global economy grow, we, and the insurance industry as a whole, need to provide proper solutions capable of addressing risk capacity and sustainability for this line of business. The numbers clearly show that the need for cyber security and insurance is increasing steadily: Munich Re estimates global cyber premiums to be $9.2 billion (beginning of 2022) and expects that they will reach approximately $22 billion by 2025. Given the ever-increasing frequency and severity of cyber-attacks, our survey reveals that the insurance gap is disproportionately high. And the mismatch between risk awareness and implementation of protection measures and the need for more capacity for larger risks remains a real challenge in what is an increasingly difficult environment for the entire insurance industry.

whitePaper | March 2, 2020

The insurance industry is operating in an age of radical disruption. Traditional insurers are no longer safe, with insurtechs challenging incumbents to rethink their business and operating models. The diversification of product offerings and ever-growing price competitiveness mean that customer expectations are changing faster than ever before.

whitePaper | May 3, 2022

The insurance industry is no stranger to technological change, whether it was forced to change or inspired by grander visions. For decades, the insurers that led the industry ranked as some of the most technologically innovative operations in the world. But the exact technologies that used to showcase the C-suite’s willingness to adopt cuttingedge solutions are now holding them back.

whitePaper | October 10, 2022

Regulatory, tax, and operational challenges are the top three areas of risk that insurance CEOs see as the greatest threats to their organisation’s growth1 . When it comes to digital transformation many insurers are taking bold steps in a bid to capitalise on these marketplace changes, and make back-end operations work smarter and with greater agility.

whitePaper | May 25, 2022

As a heavily regulated, intensively bureaucratic sector – a business founded on caution – insurance has always been slow to adapt. But a confluence of historic challenges is forcing the industry to undergo arguably the most radical change in its history. Fundamentally, insurance is a hedge against risk. Over the coming years, it will become a proactive exercise in preventing risk, moving from protection to prevention.