The CIUSSS Hospital in Montreal and the Côte-des-Neiges Hospital will integrate the technology of the Israeli technology company, Binah.ai, in the fight against the Coronavirus. Using Binah.ai’s Vital Signs Monitoring Tool will help triage nurses can check vital signs (heart rate, respiratory rate, and the blood’s oxygen saturation) without touching patients; the condition of certain hospitalized patients can be monitored from their beds, and the vital signs of patients at home can be checked remotely. The technology can even detect subtle changes that might otherwise go unnoticed. As a further bonus, with staff entering quarantined rooms less often, stocks of…
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“Our data helps insurers, re-insurers, wholesale brokers and Third-Party Administrators to save millions in their Underwriting and Claims processes by making their decisions based on objective and reliable data” says Guy Attar, Founder & VP Business Development of GeoX. In a conversation with Insurtech Israel news, he talks about GeoX activity, and the value for the insurance sector. Describe GeoX’s activity? Attar: GeoX is an Aerial Imagery AI analytics company. We produce geospatial Property Data which is used for Underwriting & Claims in the US and European insurance industries. Our unique proposition is in our 3-dimensional extraction technology which…
“Traditional insurance companies only interact with you when you’ve got a claim. Our insurance uses technology that could help prevent a claim from ever happening in the first place. Because, in our eyes the best insurance policy is the one that you never have to use”. These are the words of Assaf Wand, CEO and Co-Founder of Hippo. In a conversation with INSURTECH ISREAL NEWS, wand talks about Hippos unique Business Model, It’s effect on the Insurance Industry and the Customers. 5 years after being founded– how are the American people adopting your business model? Before I decided to…
Human review of medical records is slow and not accurate enough, and Essential information is often missed – says Yuval Man, the CEO Of Digital Owl. Man explains that Computers don’t get bored or tired, and they extract more meaningful medical information in a significantly shorter time. DigitalOwl (formerly known as Legal Automation) developed an AI system for underwriters and claim analysts, primarily working with products such as Life, Disability, Workers’ Compensation, Accident, and Voluntary/Supplemental products. DigitalOwl’s system reads, understands, and analyzes medical documents automatically and quickly. Using a state-of-the-art NLP engine, the system extracts the relevant medical information that…
More than 200 insurance companies, venture capital funds and key personnel from 23 countries took part in the virtual Israel Insuretech Conference held on Monday (April 6). 19 Israeli startups in the Insurtech sector presented their technologies to the participants and answered questions from the audience. The aim of the Conference, says InsurTech Israel CEO Kobi Bendelak was to promote the Israeli InsurTech industry in these challenging and difficult times. Ineed, this difficult period has emphasized the great and important need amongst insurance companies for technology and this is clear from the event itself, with tens of insurance companies from…
YOUS founders Arik Sasi and Elyasaf Moas: Our aim is to use data that can be gathered in real-time in order to estimate the customer’s accurate risk and insurance needs “Our aim is to use data that can be gathered in real-time in order to estimate the customer’s accurate risk and insurance needs” – say Arik Sasi and Elyasaf Moas, the founders of YOUS. The idea is to create the customer’s overall picture and to enable a precise insurance offering tailored made to the customer. Sasi and Moas are challenging the industry’s basic assumptions, which appear to be taken for granted and question why car and home policies are sold mostly annually? Why…
An important question in the Insurtech industry is how the big players in the market, and especially the insurance companies, relate to the Insurtech world. Whether they feel if there is a threat or an opportunity From conversations that I made with many insurance companies around the world, and especially in Europe, I am impressed that there is a great deal of interest in the field of Insurtech. Is it a matter of great curiosity and a desire to understand what has happened behind the wall or that interest is genuine in order to adopt new changes and technologies? As…
“Today, in Israel, everything can be purchased with health coins. In fact, we created a new economy – a health-based economy”, says Alon Silberberg, CEO of Yuvital, the developer of Rumble. Rumble is a digital solution built for insurance companies that mitigates risks, gathers and analyzes unbiased health and behavior data with increased accuracy, deepens customer relationships, and creates a positive digital experience by using social, psychological and economic incentives to lead a more healthy and active lifestyle for policyholders. How can you improve one’s health with a smartphone Application? Silberberg: We have developed a mobile app that allows us to reward any customer or potential customer for having an active and healthy lifestyle. With…
Actuary Ofer Brandt explains the possible implications of the Corona epidemic on the insurance companies and how intelligent risk management can assist in coping with it The World Health Organization last week declared the Corona virus to be a pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel estimated that there is a good chance of 60%-70% of Germans being infected by the virus. This is based amongst other things on mathematical models showing that for every known case of infection there are four additional cases that have not been reported. Such a rapid outbreak and spread of a virus last happened worldwide in 1918, during World War 1. This is known…
Yes, the world has changed. It will no longer be the same world we experienced before the Corona. Even if the virus disappears the experience remains, the Coronavirus disease will undoubtedly a dramatic effect on the human life. The insurance industry is shaking up. The need to cover the damages caused to customers by the virus but not less the decline in sales and revenue The InsurTech world is going through a difficult time. Especially because most of the startups are early-stage companies that need external funding for their activities and some of the applications is not perfectly prepared However,…