2021-4-3 15:47 |
Bitcoin’s appeal among institutional investors is spreading toward insurance firms and life and annuity companies.
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2021-4-3 15:47 |
Bitcoin’s appeal among institutional investors is spreading toward insurance firms and life and annuity companies.
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Soros Fund Management, New York Life, MassMutual, Morgan Stanley, Stone Ridge Holdings Group, and FS Investments are the big names, preparing to have an “explosion of innovation in Bitcoin products and services” in the coming months and quarters.
2021-3-10 17:36 | |
This influx of funds led to an increase in hacks and exploitations against defi and centralized platforms. As a result, market participants are calling for a decentralized insurance product. Firms raced to create a usable product.
2021-1-31 20:43 | |
Analysts at Wall Street Banking giant JPMorgan are predicting an increase in institutional Bitcoin (BTC) investment from insurance companies and pension funds. In recent months, BTC has become something of a coveted investment vehicle on Wall Street with several publicly-listed firms electing to hold the largest crypto by market capitalization as a treasury reserve assetRead MoreRead More.
2020-12-15 18:01 | |
Even a nominal investment from insurance firms and pension funds could be significant for Bitcoin.
2020-12-14 12:50 | |
MassMutual shocked the industry yesterday when it purchased Bitcoin to complement its general investment account. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, also known as MassMutual, is a long-standing life insurance company that services five million clients.
2020-12-12 06:09 | |
Blockchain technology is now being used for stockholder voting. Japanese Firms Tap Blockchain for Stockholder Voting According to a report by Ledger Insights, one of the top three Japanese life insurers, Meiji Yasuda Life, is mulling using distributed ledger technology (DLT) for shareholder meetings from July 2021.
2020-12-2 14:13 | |
Malware payouts from insurance companies pose a threat to U.S. national security.
2020-10-2 19:39 | |
Chainlink will provide climate data for insurance startup Arbol’s weather derivatives. Small to medium sized firms can use the Ethereum-based dapp for hedging natural events.
2020-8-20 16:00 | |
Blockchain firms Algorand and Attestiv are teaming up to fight insurance fraud using DLT.
2020-5-21 05:55 | |
A law was recently signed by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon which will allow insurance firms to invest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Institutional money, although small, may soon be coming from insurance firms based in Wyoming.
2020-4-16 04:15 | |
Wyoming authorities have amended the state’s insurance code to make it possible for insurance firms to invest in Bitcoin (BTC) and other digital currencies. The new regulation will go live on July 1, 2020, according to a Mondaq report on April 13, 2020.
2020-4-15 17:00 | |
Chinese Insurance service providers are increasingly adopting blockchain technology for faster claims processing to significantly reduce the need for face-to-face contact amidst the coronavirus outbreak in the region, reports The South China Morning Post on February 10, 2020.
2020-2-10 22:00 | |
Insurance claim processing firms in China use blockchain to reduce paperwork and accelerate procedures
2020-2-10 16:55 | |
Insuring giant Anthem looks to blockchain to secure their customer data
2019-12-26 02:30 | |
Bank-led top level domain registry set to ban fintech firms including cryptocurrency companies from . bank and . insurance domains. fTLD releases the Registrant Eligibility Policy highlighting changes to domain registration Cryptocurrency firms set to miss out on .
2019-8-5 18:58 | |
The domain name registry system fTLD Registry Services announced that it's looking to restrict crypto companies from using .bank and .insurance domain extensions in an attempt to “further secure these trusted spaces" following an uptick in crypto firms applying for .bank domain names.
2019-8-6 18:58 | |
Amid a surge in applications, a DNS registrar may ban crypto firms from using .bank and .insurance domain names.
2019-8-5 08:00 | |
As one of the top financial firms in the word, MetLife subsidiary MetLife Asia Innovation Center’s, LumenLab, is looking to “blockchainize” life insurance claims for bereaved families. The latest announcement from the company confirms they have partnered with NTUC Income, a Singapore based insurance firm and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), a leading media organization […]
2019-6-20 00:04 | |
We all know that banks make it difficult for blockchain businesses by denying them access to conventional banking services and accounts. Well now, it seems insurance firms are throwing a spanner in the works for cryptocurrency mining businesses in Africa.
2019-6-13 13:41 | |
Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
On April 24, 2019, the first bitcoin ATM in the Islamic Republic of Iran was revealed at the 12th International Exhibition of Exchange, Bank and Insurance in Tehran.
2019-4-27 21:31 | |
B3i, a blockchain startup owned by some of the world's top insurance firms, raised $16 million last month, Swiss records show.
2019-3-25 19:10 | |
In a recent blog post released by BitMEX Research, they have decided to explain why the BitMEX insurance fund is needed and how it operates. According to the report, crypto platforms that offer leverage have some challenges that other firms do not have.
2019-2-12 02:01 | |
German blockchain startup Bitwala has launched crypto banking in Germany. After securing €4 million (roughly $4. 5 million) from VC firms Earlybird and Coparion in September of 2018 to develop a crypto banking solution, the company has allegedly amassed a waiting list of 30,000 potential users.
2018-12-13 22:32 | |
State Farm, a large group of United States-based insurance and financial services firms offering automobile insurance products, loans and more, has announced on December 10, 2018, that it’s testing a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based solution that could help speed up the subrogation process for auto claims.
2018-12-12 12:30 | |
NTT DATA and a major Japanese insurer have completed a blockchain trial that speeds up marine cargo insurance claims.
2018-11-12 15:20 | |
ICON (ICX) and SK Holdings C&C have announced a strategic collaboration centered on improving dealings in banks, insurance companies among other financial companies. In an announced MoU Signed by ICONLOOP and SK Holdings C&C, the two firms will be cooperating to co-develop blockchain business models in financial industries.
2018-9-21 14:47 | |
The number of jobs and job seekers in the Asian crypto space is growing, according to leading recruiters in the region. Also in The Daily, Colombia may soon become a crypto-friendly nation, California and Russia want to use blockchain tech for insurance and pensions, and Malaysians remain bullish on cryptocurrencies, despite market trends this year.
2018-9-2 14:55 | |
According to research from S&P Global Market Intelligence released on August 23, 2018, European insurance firms trump their U. S. counterparts when it comes to the business attitude towards blockchain technology.
2018-8-25 20:30 | |
The 2017 annual report of the National Cyber Security Centre claimed that cyber-attacks on UK businesses increased last year. Forty six percent of small businesses suffered at least one security breach, 66% of medium firms, and 68% of large enterprises; all occurring last year.
2018-8-7 18:49 | |
Thailand’s central bank has announced the rules under which financial institutions, including commercial banks, and their subsidiaries can engage in cryptocurrency activities. They include securities, asset management, and insurance firms.
2018-8-6 10:45 | |
An insurance network venture operating under Insurance Market Group, by the name of Inmediate Pte Ltd, has entered into a partnership with FWD Insurance, making it the second development partner for the innovative insurance bionetwork.
2018-7-28 18:28 | |
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining an application from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Global Markets which, if approved, could grant the company a coveted bitcoin ETF license, and bring new waves of institutional investors to the bitcoin arena.
2018-7-10 02:38 | |
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), responsible for conduct and relevant prudential regulation of financial services firms and financial markets in the U. K. , has announced the details of the firms selected to be part of cohort 4 of its regulatory sandbox, according to an FCA post.
2018-7-5 01:04 | |
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) revealed plans to create a statewide position to oversee the application of current securities and insurance legislation for Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and digital currencies.
2018-6-27 20:00 | |