Triggering innovation: How smart contracts bring policies to life

whitePaper | December 6, 2022

Wildfire risk is complicated – and not just in terms of predicting, preparing for, and mitigating damage. Wildfires play a complex role in overall climate risk that insurers need to understand and to develop new strategies to address as the impacts of climate change continue to evolve.

whitePaper | June 14, 2022

If you invest in a PruFund Fund in the Prudential ISA through the Life Insurance Policy, the assets will be held in trust on your behalf by Link Financial Investments (Nominees) Limited in its capacity as the ISA Plan Manager’s nominee. You don’t hold any direct rights under the Life Insurance Policy.

whitePaper | July 24, 2022

Consumers are frustrated with companies’ poor customer service, and they’re losing patience. They’re repeating personal information, waiting on hold, and talking to overworked, sometimes unfriendly, agents. And it comes at a high cost: if you’re delivering a poor customer experience (CX), 96% of consumers say they’ll leave your company.

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 | July 1, 2022

As a form of cyber extortion, ransomware is malicious software that gains access to files or systems and blocks user access until the victim pays a ransom in exchange for a decryption key. It has become a serious issue as the number of attempted intrusions and successful attacks as well as the size of ransom demands have trended sharply higher in recent years. Cybercriminals are also deploying sophisticated approaches to extort their victims, including threats to release sensitive information or take down a firm’s website if the ransom is not paid. The development of the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) business model has supercharged this field of cybercrime and enabled threat actors, even with limited technical IT skills, to launch highly disruptive attacks.

whitePaper | December 10, 2022

As 2022 comes to a close, insurance companies are facing significant price losses across their portfolios, particularly within long-duration fixed income. On the horizon are the risks of a global recession, peaking fundamentals, persistent inflation and energy crises, particularly in Europe.