Tech Trend Radar 2019 –Top 10 Trends

Tech Trend Radar 2019 ? Top 10 Trends

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Tech Trend Radar

Tech Trend Radar 2019 ? Introduction

The Tech Trend Radar 2019 provides information about technology-driven trends, which are relevant in 2019 for Munich Re, ERGO and the global insurance sector. It is a collaborative initiative by Munich Re Business Technology and ERGO IT Strategy. The Tech Trend Radar 2019 aims to sharpen awareness, evoke discussion and initiate new business opportunities appealing to all insurance clients and units within the Munich Re Group. Furthermore, there is a strong alignment with Business Units and Strategic Units within the Munich Re Group.

In cooperation with Deloitte and the Institute of Electronic Business, future trends have been gathered, aggregated and rated in order to provide a comprehensive view of technology trends, their maturity and relevance for the Munich Re Group and the insurance industry.

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Tech Trend Radar 2019

Foreword by Munich Re

We're just getting warmed up!

Technology is changing at a breakneck pace and increasingly influencing our lives, both personally and professionally. It's not just a tool, but a guide to make us more agile and innovative.

From aerospace to venture capital, technology has been a key productivity and growth driver for many industries over the past decade. But if you look back just five or six years ago, it wasn't considered as a critical topic in insurance.

Fast forward to 2019: we're seeing more and more technology innovations changing the daily activities of both insurers and their customers. For example, buying insurance on mobile devices, the automation of claims processing and the availability of new data sets for assessing risk are all reshaping both how we operate and what our customers expect from us.

Rapidly evolving technologies like robotic process automation, cognitive cyber security and quantum computing are opening up entirely new business opportunities for a wide array of industries ? including insurance.

This year's edition of the Tech Trend Radar aims to shed light on the progress of key innovation developments and attempts to provide an educated kind of assessment for how ? and when ? you can expect to them become relevant for your business.

While it's always fun to talk about new technologies, we must also take an active role in not only adapting to these changes, but actually driving them in our business. I'm optimistic about the potential the future holds for us in terms of optimizing our operations and working better, stronger, and faster than ever before.

One thing is for sure ? technology will continue to provide us with many new opportunities and I, for one, am excited by both the changes it will bring and how we can make productive use of them.

Robin Johnson Global Chief Information Officer Munich Re Group

It's my hope that the Tech Trend Radar will offer you valuable insights into the technological possibilities before us and help inspire your future decisions.

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Tech Trend Radar 2019

Foreword by ERGO

Start Exploring!

Technology has always been a huge source of inspiration. There is a reason that still today the light bulb is the near universal pictogram for an idea. But until what seems rather recently, tech mostly inspired the inventors and tech geeks. Today however, everyone is using technology, looking for inspiration and everyone drives the development further by the data produced in our daily lives. The speed of the developments continues to increase. Breakthroughs in the key fields AI, extended reality, robotics, energy, biotech, space/satellites and transportation have been and will continue to be made at a much higher velocity than in the past. The underlying question however remains the same: this should be possible or available, easier, there must be data that can help us?

Yes, there is. Quantum computing and 5G will open new doors for inspiration on how to enhance our private lives and our economic offering. Moore's law, valid since 1965, will soon be history.

We are about to be at a crossroads, and it is more than exciting to watch what opportunities arise. You have to pay attention to tech and science trends inside and adjacent to your industry. To stay vigilant, assess and adapt trends

and new opportunities, find partners and platforms, be inspired ? this is what our Tech Trend Radar is about.

About half of the interactions you have with computers will be using your voice by the end of 2020. Last year, ERGO was among the first in Europe to introduce an E2E travel insurance purchase via conversational interface to their customers. In digital health services, we offer a partly electronic health record. Our customers' advantage? Our digital manager helps you to keep an eye on your own health in everyday life.

Like us, the Tech Trend Radar readership is constantly on the move to seek inspirational ideas to turn digital technologies into accessible services and products for our customers. The Tech Trend Radar offers a filter and looks at the most promising megatrends.

Tomasz Smaczny COO of ERGO Technology & Services Management

It is here to inspire you ? enjoy seeking your inspiration and deciding on your priorities in 2019!

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Tech Trend Radar 2019

Foreword by the editors

A world full of opportunities

It is time for the next release of Tech Trend Radar and we are enthusiastic to present the fifth edition to you. The Tech Trend Radar this year is broad and robust - with detailed analysis of 46 tech trends, accompanied by more than 140 use cases and scenarios of diverse industries demonstrating the applications of the tech trends now and in the foreseeable future.

What is new this year? Right after you have a look at the keywords of the tech trends on the radar, you can immediately find the newly added Top Ten Trends for the insurance industry.

Why do we have a new edition this year? While many great leaders and heads of organisations may have a thorough understanding for how their industry and individual companies tick, they might not have the deep technical knowledge regarding emerging trends like AI, Distributed Ledger or extended reality.

We hope this report will give you a full picture of all the current and upcoming tech trends and drive insightful discussions within your organisations. It is our goal to make connections among the tech trends and more importantly, to facilitate you to think exponentially and plan for the next strategic move.

We appreciate your feedback and would be delighted to discuss further with you!

Jason Engelbrecht Chief Technology Officer

Roland Braun IT Strategist ? Innovation

Syndicate 457 Underwriters at Lloyd's Munich Re

ERGO IT Strategy

Phone: Tel +44 (0) 20 7886 3900 jengelbrecht@

Phone: Tel +49 (211) 477-5246 roland.braun@

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