Our recent Showcase event profiled seven exciting startups who are re-defining the user experience for consumers, employees and intermediaries. You can watch their presentations here. Open banking is coming (it’s official), … Continue reading "InsurTechNZ November 2022 Newsletter"

Earlier this month, I was delighted to attend Bridgewest’s Impact Innovation Conference. While I was there, I wondered why it seems so difficult to grow the biotech sector? Considering we have all the ingredients in New Zealand for a strong biotech sector, it shouldn’t be so hard!

At our recent Ada Lovelace Day event, five women shared their technology career stories. While all unique in both journey, challenges and successes, early exposure to the evolving nature of tech was a recurring theme. These exposures were wide ranging and included recalling a first computer in the house, playing with toys typecast as being "for boys", learning with/from brothers, experiencing new technologies in school programs, and being taken to inspiring tech events as youths.

As spring growth continues, it’s great to also see signs of growth for our industry too. New product launches, industry recognition and the ability to get out into the world are all very welcome growth dynamics.

Last week EdTechNZ member Amy App’s CEO Raphael Nolden joined the Hon. Chris Hipkins on a delegation to Asia to promote our education sector.

As signalled in last month’s newsletter, DINZ’s submission to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s consultation paper on Biometrics did proceed to plan, and we were grateful to receive OPC’s thanks and acknowledgement of the work put in by our special interest group of DINZ members.

It’s a common conversation of wondering how much data is being captured through our smartphones, if we’re being tracked, and for what purpose.

BioTechNZ has now passed 100 members! Please check our members page regularly to stay updated with our biotech community. 

This year, for the first time, the New Zealand Insurance Awards will feature the InsurTech Start-up of the Year, recognising innovation that enhances, extends or replaces a traditional approach to servicing insurance customers’ needs.

An unfortunate side-effect of a technology or a product becoming successful in today’s world is the cyberattacks that follow.