The increasingly acute need for crypto-native insurance
Traditional insurance isn’t going to step up and protect our crypto assets, so we need to do it ourselves, in a decentralized manner. The insurance industry has a long history of providing vital support for major leaps in innovation. It’s no coincidence that the modern insurance industry and the industrial revolution arose in parallel. Indeed, it has been convincingly argued that the invention of fire and property insurance — in response to the Great Fire of London — lubricated the gears of capital investment that powered the industrial revolution and is likely the reason why it started in....
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The insurance industry is over two hundred years old and it has evolved into a vital component of the global economy. The demand for insurance has grown by more than 130 percent over the last decade and is now a staggering $5.5 trillion industry. With new businesses and opportunities coming to life, the demand is unlikely to cease. Likewise, one industry where the demand for insurance is growing at a rapid pace is crypto and DeFi. Despite the rising demand for insurance, today’s fragmented financial infrastructure faces significant challenges. Over 97% of cryptocurrency assets are not....
Polkacover, the ingenious platform that bridges the gap between traditional insurance companies and crypto-insurance products has just launched its Demo Decentralized Application, demonstrating how users can connect with several insurance providers offering global insurance products such as crypto-related protection, health, life, and more, with ease. Polkacover is the first decentralized insurance marketplace for the DeFi […]
The blockchain technology has now entered the insurance sector, making it possible for the insurance companies to offer policies to suit the customers' needs. The use of blockchain technology in insurance sector is something relatively new. London, the fintech destination of Europe is the first one to explore the potential uses of distributed technology in the insurance industry. The Capital of England already has a couple of companies who have already implemented it into their offerings. The blockchain is known for its transparency, security, immutability and reliability. All the....
iTrust is the first of its kind, a Layer 2 yield aggregator for decentralized insurance. Users of decentralized insurance have the opportunity to derisk through DeFi by earning a passive yield with their insurance tokens. The rise in smart contracts has attracted forward thinkers who are willing to advance innovation at every turn. With north […]
In a surprise post on Coinbase's blog today, Coinbase revealed that they have "been insured for almost a year." Coinbase insurance was secured through worldwide insurance broker, Aon. Aon has over 60,000 colleagues worldwide and provides services for clients in over 120 countries. That Coinbase is securing insurance from a potentially worldwide network of underwriters is no small fact to look over. Coinbase's insurance policy "covers losses due to breaches in physical or cyber security and employee theft." Pointedly, Coinbase insurance does not help any individuals that lose their bitcoins....