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INSURTECH : A GROWING MARRIAGE WITH HEALTHTECH & TELEMEDICINE
InsurTech Digital analyses the growing relationship between insurtech and healthtech , and how innovation in health insurance will boom in the near future
WRITTEN BY : LOUIS THOMPSETT
In its latest report , The Brainy Insights suggests the global insurtech market is set to reach US $ 82.3bn by 2032 , growing at a staggering compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 28.9 %. But what is driving this rapid insurtech growth ? The healthcare and insurance sectors .
In 2022 , healthcare specialist insurtechs dominated revenue , generating US $ 2.27bn for the year . This contributed almost threefifths to all global insurance third-party administrator market revenue .
As such , the sector ’ s significance to the growth of the insurtech market is supreme . But what is spurring such growth in the healthcare insurtech sector , and how has the marriage between insurtech and healthtech come about ?
Insurtech and healthtech : Playing hand in hand For Healthcare and Clinical Developer at digital mental healthcare provider Wysa ,
Chaitali Singh , the two don ’ t necessarily need to be seen as separate entities .
She says : “ Tech can often be the bridge between the world of payers and providers . It can optimise workflows , share meaningful data points , and reduce the roadblocks that can add friction to this relationship .”
Perhaps then , it is the compatibility of the data gathered by healthtechs and leveraged by insurtechs that is driving optimal partnerships in the space . Head of Solutions , Europe for Persistent Systems , Devashish Mishra , seems to think so .
He says : “ Healthtech companies have heaps of valuable data that insurtechs can use to curate products . With the rapid growth of telemedicine , this pool of data is expanding exponentially .
“ By crunching data provided by healthtech companies , insurtechs can launch offerings for specific medical cases , and be sure they have the right premium and cover in place .
112 December 2023