TDI (The Digital Insurer) and Plug and Play Forge Global Network Partnership to Accelerate Insurtech & Insurer Innovation
MUNICH, GERMANY, March 21, 2024 - Plug and Play, a global innovation platform, has partnered with TDI (The Digital Insurer), the leading platform for exploring, learning and delivering digital across the insurance world, to help propel innovation within the insurtech sector.
As the leading digital insurance knowledge & resource platform, TDI serves a community of over 50,000 insurance professionals from more than 1,000 companies worldwide, while Plug and Play is a global leader in early-stage startup investments and corporate innovation consultancy for more than 550 corporations across 20 industries.
“As customers, we all know that there is room for improvement in insurance. Leading platforms like TDI and Plug and Play lend an important, enthusiastic helping hand to insurers, reinsurers, insurtechs and other players as we work together to exploit new technologies that will make our industry better,” said Simon Phipps, TDI Founder. “Joining forces through a partnership with Plug and Play is an exciting step in helping us further accelerate the digital transformation of insurance together.”
At the core of this partnership lies the shared commitment between TDI and Plug and Play to catalyze global collaboration and leverage their collective strengths to enhance innovation and accelerate digital transformation in insurance. The partnership will facilitate knowledge sharing, event collaboration, and network expansion to drive meaningful advancements across the industry.
Key Highlights of the Partnership:
Startups: Plug and Play Insurtech portfolio and batch startups will benefit from exclusive advantages, including discounts on TDI InsurTech ADVANTAGE membership, enhancing their visibility and connectivity across the industry. Read more on TDI’s InsurTech ADVANTAGE member program here.
Learning, Development, and Training: Plug and Play will contribute to TDI Academy’s curriculum focused on innovation and partnerships, enriching the learning experience for participants and offering a comprehensive pathway for scaling their open innovation activities within the organizations.
The World’s Digital Insurance Awards: The partnership will extend to collaborating on TDI’s prestigious yearly awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in the realms of insurance innovation and transformation, providing an additional avenue and opportunity for Plug and Play corporate partners and startups with global recognition.
Insights Generation: TDI and Plug and Play will co-create expert content for distribution, fostering knowledge exchange and collaboration within the industry, enabling stakeholders to stay abreast of the latest developments and trends.
“Plug and Play's success stems from its expansive network effect and our collaboration with TDI will amplify and elevate our innovation ecosystem,” said Jessica Cheng, Senior Partner Success Manager & Corporate Partnerships Manager at Plug and Play Munich. “Together, we will be working on several key initiatives to propel digital transformation and innovation agendas within insurance organizations, while empowering insurtechs to scale their businesses.”
This partnership represents a significant milestone in the insurtech and wider insurance sector, bringing together two leading organizations with a shared vision of driving accelerated innovation and digital transformation. Together, TDI and Plug and Play will create a global ecosystem that supports the growth and success of Insurtech startups and entrepreneurs.
About Plug and Play
Plug and Play is the world’s most active early-stage investor and world-class innovation and venture capital platform. In Munich, we bring together startups and corporations in industries like Health, Insurtech, and Retail. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we're present in 50+ locations across 5 continents. We offer corporate innovation programs and help our corporate partners in every stage of their innovation journey, from education to execution. We also organize startup acceleration programs and have built an in-house VC to drive innovation across multiple industries where we've invested in hundreds of successful companies including Dropbox, Guardant Health, Honey, Lending Club, N26, PayPal, and Rappi. For more information, visit https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/.
About TDI
TDI (The Digital Insurer) is the leading platform for exploring, learning and delivering digital across the insurance industry. A market-leading global resource, set-up and run by a team of specialists from the industry, for the industry.
Its purpose is to help individuals and companies across the industry explore, learn and deliver digital, for the benefit of insurance professionals, their employers, the broader industry, insurance customers and society as a whole.
Launched in Singapore in 2012, it has grown into a market-leading global platform serving the insurance industry. It enables its 50,000+ members to explore, learn and deliver digital through:
1. EXPLORE via Insurance Knowledge & Resources - Free-to-use across the industry
2. LEARN via TDI Academy - Modern certified learning programmes
https://www.the-digital-insurer.com/tdi-academy/home/
3. DELIVER via Corporate & Insurtech Membership – Delivery support for insurers / reinsurers and technology / service providers throughout the year
Plug and Play Media Contact:
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