Linux Foundation launches blockchain-based platform for insurance
The Linux Foundation and the American Association of Insurance Services are co-launching a blockchain-based platform to help the insurance industry. The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit technology consortium that supports the Linux operating system, is backing a new blockchain-based project for the insurance industry.On Monday, the foundation announced the launch of the Open Insurance Data Link platform, a project that aims to reduce the cost of insurance reporting and create a standardized insurance data repository using distributed ledger technology. OpenIDL is a joint initiative of the....
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