In November, LumenLab, MetLife’s Singapore-based innovation center, announced the launch of Collab, a three-month program offering insurtech startups a chance to bring new products to life. MetLife closed applications on Jan. 29 and released a list of 8 startups that will work in the accelerator program. The program culminates in demo day on May 19, with the winning startup getting a $100,000 contract to implement a pilot within MetLife. Read on to meet the competitors.
Shift Technology
Based in Paris, Shift Technology’s platform uses machine learning to identify fraud patterns in insurance claims.
Sureify
San Jose, Calif.-based Sureify provides a platform for life insurers to leverage wearable devices and other smart technology in order to use data to drive better behavior among their policyholders.
Flamingo
With offices in New York and Sydney, Flamingo provides a mobile-based customer acquisition platform that uses artificial intelligence to guide the purchase journey.
Democrance
Based in Dubai, Democrance provides a mobile platform for microinsurance distribution in hard to reach areas.
Digital Fineprint
London’s Digital Fineprint makes software that can tap into social network data to pre-fill insurance applications and more.
Kiddo
San Francisco-based Good Parents manufactures the Kiddo wearable technology to help parents monitor their childrens’ health.
Uniphore
With offices in India, Dubai and the Philippines, Uniphore provides natural-language processing technologies including voice biometrics, virtual assistant and speech analytics.
Capabiliti
India’s Capabiliti makes a content management platform specifically for presentations and training programs.