Description
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the global landscape in which insurance is transacted, and where it is evolving, driven from within by transformative technologies and externally by the necessity to address risks like climate change and health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
It discusses the dynamic challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the industry in areas such as on-demand insurance, embedded insurance, parametric insurance, autonomous vehicles, the rise of fintech, the cyber risk landscape and through initiatives driven by distributed ledger technology or blockchain solutions.
Moreover, it covers the major external challenges confronting the global insurance market, such as the growing insurance protection gap in relation to the affordability and insurability of natural catastrophes and climate change, and pandemics like COVID-19.
This book examines innovations in insurance driven by the industry as well as externally imposed changes and dynamics impacting
Table of Contents
List of Editors, List of Contributors, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Insurance, Chapter 3 On-Demand Insurance, Chapter 4 Embedded Insurance, Chapter 5 Distributed Ledger Technology & Blockchain: Insurance, Chapter 6 Parametric Insurance, Chapter 7 Autonomous Vehicles: Liability and Insurance, Chapter 8 Autonomous Ships: Liability and Insurance, Chapter 9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Liability and Insurance, Chapter 10 The Rise of Fintech: Liability and Insurance, Chapter 11 Cyber Risk and Insurance, Chapter 12 Professional Indemnity Insurance, Chapter 13 Pandemics and Insurance, Chapter 14 Climate Change and Insurance, Chapter 15 Climate Change: Liability Risk, Chapter 16 Conclusion: New and evolving challenges and opportunities
