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Tech Trend Radar 2021 – manage uncertainty with confidence

How will tech impact insurance this year? Explore our expert assessment.

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    Are you wondering how exponentially advancing technologies will affect the insurance industry in 2021?

    Experts from Munich Re and ERGO joined forces to collect and assess the most relevant tech trends. The Tech Trend Radar 2021 helps you prepare your business by making the best use of emerging technology trends. The report is structured along four trend fields: 

    Human-centricity

    Artificial Intelligence

    Connected World

    Enabling Technologies

    Explore the interactive radar

    The interactive radar may be filtered by line of business to quickly find what is most relevant for you. Each trend comes with a short description, opportunities and risks as well as selected use cases. Most importantly, the report provides an assessment of a trend’s maturity:
    Hold
    Add it to your watch list
    Assess
    Consider what it may mean for your business
    Trial
    First initiatives should be underway in the most affected business areas
    Adopt
    Start taking full advantage of this technology

    In addition, the interactive radars feature Munich Re solutions which are already available in the respective field. Enjoy exploring the interactive report below. 

    Please feel free to reach out to us with any questions and to your responsible client managers for the full report which additionally features three use cases per trend.
    Adopt
    Trial
    Assess
    Hold
    Behavioural AnalyticsBiometric RecognitionDigital IdentityVirtual AssistantsDeepfake DefenceEnhanced RealityPersonalised MedicinePopulation Health+Robotic HealthHaptic Technologies

    Human-centricity

    Adopt
    Trial
    Assess
    Hold
    Digital Health ServicesIndustrial IoTOpen APIOpen DataPrecision FarmingReal-time PaymentSmart SpacesAutonomous ThingsData FabricDigital TwinFood TechSmart TextilesHuman EnhancementRobotic Revolution+

    Connected World

    Adopt
    Trial
    Assess
    Hold
    Computer VisionConversational User InterfacesMachine-driven DecisionsNatural Language ProcessingAI Diagnostics and Therapeutics+Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)Explainable Machine LearningGPT-3+Knowledge GraphsSmart Cyber SecurityAI ChipsAI Coding+AI Enabled Drug Discovery and Development+Reinforcement Learning Techniques+Synthetic Data+Artificial General Intelligence

    Artificial Intelligence

    Adopt
    Trial
    Assess
    Hold
    3D Printing5GCloud EdgeDistributed LedgerLow Code / No Code+MicrosatellitesAdvanced BatteriesHydrogen Economy+Micronuclear Powerplants+Vaccine Technologies+Volumetric DisplayQuantum Computing6G+Brain-computer InterfaceIn-Space Economy+Neuromorphic HardwareProgrammable Materials

    Enabling Technologies
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      • Human-centricity
      • Connected World
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Enabling Technologies
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      • Solutions
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      • Property & Casualty
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      Behavioural Analytics
      Biometric Recognition
      Digital Identity
      Virtual Assistants
      Deepfake Defence
      Enhanced Reality
      Personalised Medicine
      Population Health
      Robotic Health
      Haptic Technologies
      Data risk intelligence
      Solution for location risk assessment
      Infrastructure Risk Profiler
      CLARA plus
      MIRA go
      MIRA Chatbot
      One Cat
      SMAART & Visualizer
      Iq2health
      Digital Health Services
      Industrial IoT
      Open API
      Open Data
      Precision Farming
      Real-time Payment
      Smart Spaces
      Autonomous Things
      Data Fabric
      Digital Twin
      Food Tech
      Smart Textiles
      Human Enhancement
      Robotic Revolution
      IMPROVEX
      What the Hack! Cyber Solutions
      IoT Solutions
      Parachute 2.0
      Realytix Zero
      cert2go
      Flexisafe 2.0
      Insurance Analytics Market Place
      Building Insurance Analytics
      Customer Analytics
      INSIGHT
      SRI Digital
      Computer Vision
      Conversational User Interfaces
      Machine-driven Decisions
      Natural Language Processing
      AI Diagnostics and Therapeutics
      Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
      Explainable Machine Learning
      GPT-3
      Knowledge Graphs
      Smart Cyber Security
      AI Chips
      AI Coding
      AI Enabled Drug Discovery and Development
      Reinforcement Learning Techniques
      Synthetic Data
      Artificial General Intelligence
      Epidemic Risk Solutions
      FIVE
      aiSure
      Vahana AI
      DRIVE
      Predictor
      ALLFINANZ SPARK
      3D Printing
      5G
      Cloud Edge
      Distributed Ledger
      Low Code / No Code
      Microsatellites
      Advanced Batteries
      Hydrogen Economy
      Micronuclear Powerplants
      Vaccine Technologies
      Volumetric Display
      Quantum Computing
      6G
      Brain-computer Interface
      In-Space Economy
      Neuromorphic Hardware
      Programmable Materials
      Remote Industries
      TreeTrust

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      Martin Thormählen
      Martin Thormählen
      Chief Technology Officer
      Daniel Grothues​
      Daniel Grothues​
      Chief Architect Primary Insurance ITERGO