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Digitizing the insurance value chain

02 May 2017 Patrick Bracher, Norton Rose Fulbright
Patrick Bracher from Norton Rose Fulbright.

Patrick Bracher from Norton Rose Fulbright.

If you are interested in using hi-tech to get your insurance or other financial services business to the front of the curve, you should read this.

The Norton Rose Fulbright global team, in association with R3, has published a paper on applying blockchain and distributed ledger technology in the insurance sector. R3 is a leading consortium of more than 70 of the world’s largest financial institutions, developing ground-breaking commercial applications that leverage the right elements of distributed and shared ledger technology.

The paper can be downloaded here: Unlocking the Blockchain | Chapter 2: Digitizing the insurance value chain.

If you would like to receive the subsequent chapters in our Unlocking the Blockchain series, please register here.

First published by Financial Institutions Legal Snapshot.

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