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Tokio Marine Holdings partners with tech start-up Plug and Play in Singapore

  • Publish Date: Posted over 4 years ago
  • Author:by Alan Jarque

The largest property and casualty (P&C) insurance group in Japan announces new collaboration with Singapore based Plug & Play’s insurtech program.

Plug and Play is an innovation platform that specialises in the development of early stage technology start-ups.

The partnership with Tokio Marine has been since December 2017, but now the arrangement will allow the insurer to use Plug and Play’s network and work with curated start-ups from the Asia Pacific region for implementation in its offices throughout Southeast Asia.

Plug and Play launched its insurtech program in Singapore last August, and has accelerated 49 startups to date.

Partners to the program have the chance to dictate the focus of each batch of insurtechs, giving them the ability to target specific pain points in their business and search for different solutions.

Hidemi Harada, vice president and head of digital strategy of Tokio Marine Asia said: “Plug and Play and Tokio Marine are no strangers; we’ve had a partnership with Plug and Play back in Silicon ValleyThis partnership has paved way to introduce us to 800 start-up companies globally and a better understanding of the Insurtech landscape from global lens.

Adding: “In Asia, we look forward to working with Plug and Play to accelerate and fast track our development with practical digital initiatives for the markets in the region and advance our innovative insurance business models for the whole group. We also look forward on leveraging Plug and Play’s network for cross-industry engagement in IoT, Mobility, Healthcare and Smart Cities.”

Kayvon Deldar, Plug and Play’s program head of Insurtech in Singapore, also commented: “We’re very excited to expand our relationship with Tokio Marine to Southeast Asia, where we’re looking to continue upon the success and learnings we’ve seen in Silicon Valley. We look forward to connecting their regional and country teams to the most relevant startups in Insurtech and adjacent industries with the ultimate goal of helping them develop their digital and innovative business initiatives,”

“I speak not only for ourselves, but our startups, that Tokio Marine’s regional and global business is a great strategic partner to have on our platform.”