Zurich announces 8 finalists in insurtech competition
January 11, 2019 5:40 AM
Alessandro Della Bella/Bloomberg
Zurich has announced the eight finalists in its Innovation World Championship, a global insurtech competition. After receiving more than 450 entries from 49 countries, the finalists will face off with the top three taking home prizes, including financial and marketing assistance from Zurich assistance to help bring the offering to market. Read on to see who made the cut.
Zesty.ai
Representing the U.S. zesty.ai uses computer vision to capture data points on buildings without having to go on premise. The company leverages machine learning to model catastrophic and attritional loss events at the property level.
Chisel
Canada's Chisel applies natural language processing and AI to unstructured data sources such as insurance documents. The company won ACORD's Innovation Challenge in 2018.
Nubihome
Hailing from Argentina, Nubihome's platform analyzes customer metadata from smart devices.
LifeNome
Colombia's LifeNome apto DNA-based to produce genetics-based, personalized wellness programs.
Shayp
The Swiss company Shayp tackles water loss in buildings, infrastructures and homes by assessing the costs of leaks from a single measuring point, alerting insurances and dispatching maintenance.
Habit Analytics
From Portugal, Habit is an analytics program for Internet of Things devices aimed at helping underwrite and improve the customer experience in insurance.
Vymo
Indonesian company provides a virtual personal sales assistant to help sales representatives to achieve best outcomes.
Soldier.ly
In partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Fitbit and UTS Life Science Lab, Australia's Soldier.ly is developing a smartwatch app that tracks biometric data and alerts the wearer when it sees signs of stress, before guiding the wearer through calming exercises.