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Global InsurTech investment doubles

Open-access content Thursday 20th December 2018 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

More than $1.3bn (£1bn) was invested in insurance technology firms in the third quarter of this year, double the amount recorded in the previous three months.

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That is according to a briefing from Willis Towers Watson, which also reveals that InsurTech firms are increasingly benefiting from parametric structures.

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This article appeared in our December 2018 issue of The Actuary .
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