Navigating the Compliance Landscape: Expert Insights for Insurers

15 July 2024

In today’s ever-changing regulatory landscape, insurers face mounting challenges in maintaining compliance. A recent survey by Gallagher Bassett, as part of The Carrier Perspective: 2024 Claims Insights report, provides insights into the primary compliance and regulatory hurdles insurers are facing.

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Digital Trust Hui Taumata - Perspectives on Digital Wallets, Devices and Bots, AI, and Regulatory issues.

15 July 2024

Discover Perspectives on Digital Wallets, Devices and Bots, AI, and Regulatory issues at the Digital Trust Hui Taumata in Wellington 13 August. 

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Government bringing in new digital trust framework

10 July 2024

The government has quietly ushered in the beginnings of what it hopes will be the answer to people's experiences of fraud and lack of trust online. Its new digital trust framework has gone live in recent days.

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InsurTechNZ News - July 2024

10 July 2024

In addition to warmly welcoming our newest members, we would also like to acknowledge recent industry recognition. Congratulations to BizCover, Grappler, InsuredHQ, JAVLN and RedBook - all named in Insurance Business Magazine’s 5 Star Tech and Software Providers.

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InsurTech industry news - July update

09 July 2024

In this month’s news roundup, award-winning startup and InsurTechNZ member Simfuni has expanded in response to market demand. When Simfuni launched last year, the target was to service insurance brokers who were spending about 23 minutes of their time generating an invoice. In a recent interview, Simfuni’s co-founder Shaun Quincey discussed how they quickly adapted.

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Doubling export growth

08 July 2024

Déjà vu, anyone? In 2013, the National Government announced a plan to double exports in a decade. Primary sector export growth was targeted at $64 billion by 2025, and the current Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) forecast is $58 billion. It’s not quite double, but a solid 70 percent growth, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1 percent and $24 billion of new primary sector exports. 

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Streamlining Success: Provident Insurance are live on ICE as part of their transformation programme

05 July 2024

Provident Insurance are now live on ICE Policy and ICE Claims following their legacy transformation set to streamline the business and unleash efficiency with automation and modern architecture.

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BlockchainNZ Annual Meeting and Executive Council Elections 2024

03 July 2024

There is now an opportunity to put yourself forward or nominate someone else for a role on the BlockchainNZ Executive Council. All nominations must be entered into the online form by 5pm, 24 July 2024. 

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Demand for digital skills

01 July 2024

Last week at the International Forum on Cultivating AI Pioneers for the Green Revolution in Taiwan, I was surprised to learn that most other countries are also challenged in attracting enough students to meet demand for digital skills. 

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Agritech Industry Commits to Shared Future Despite Government Austerity

01 July 2024

Despite recent government austerity measures that have reduced funding and shifted focus away from shared outcomes, the agritech industry remains steadfast in its commitment to investing in a collaborative future.

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AI will not result in catastrophic job losses

The arrival of artificial intelligence into businesses and society are not likely to produce anywhere near the number of job losses most people think, a new AI research report says. Instead, AI may help address potential labour shortages and solve looming demographic challenges. The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) research report released last … Continue reading "AI will not result in catastrophic job losses"
02 May 2018
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Concerns about potential AI bias

Most New Zealanders are ambivalent about artificial intelligence and its impact on the future, but new research has found 68 percent of respondents in a national survey were concerned about the potential for AI to make biased, unfair or inaccurate decisions. Details of the survey have been released today in the Artificial Intelligence Forum on … Continue reading "Concerns about potential AI bias"
02 May 2018
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NZ, get ready for the AI tidal wave

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to deliver economic growth and productivity improvements but will impact some people’s jobs according to new research that is being pulled together for a leading national report to be released on May 2.
12 April 2018
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Kiwi company selected in women-only Australian tech accelerator

A New Zealand start-up company, RIP Global, is among eight companies to be selected for the next women-only Springboard Enterprises Australia (SBE) accelerator programme. SBE Australia, a not-for-profit with the first female-only startup accelerator in Australia, says the founders, lead successful businesses in industries including healthtech, agritech, real estate, wellness and fashion.
10 April 2018
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Tech will have profound impact on NZ agriculture

The New Zealand IoT (internet of things) Alliance believes cutting-edge technologies will have a profound impact on helping improve New Zealand’s agricultural productivity. Alliance executive director Kriv Naicker says a major study into the potential benefits of IoT last year found that better use of IoT across agriculture could provide more than $570 million for … Continue reading "Tech will have profound impact on NZ agriculture"
08 April 2018
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New Zealand becoming global centre for Blockchain

New Zealand is becoming a global blockchain centre, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. New Zealand is a living laboratory for global tech developments and inventions and Kiwis are producing blockchain businesses that have a global market place, he says.
25 March 2018
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Ethics of artificial intelligence critical to its success

The ethics of artificial intelligence will be critical to the success of AI going forward, a Microsoft leader and a keynote speaker at the AI Day event in Auckland next week says. Steve Guggenheimer, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s AI Business, says that given AI has the potential to reshape not just industries and governments, … Continue reading "Ethics of artificial intelligence critical to its success"
20 March 2018
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Tech researchers on the cusp of an evolution with machines

The world’s tech experts are on the verge of seeing a major shift in relationships between people and machines, according to a key speaker heading to AI Day in Auckland on March 28. IBM Distinguished Designer Adam Cutler says what interests him the most is the connection between people and machines.
19 March 2018