What is an InsurTech? A scientific approach for defining the term

Abstract

The insurance sector has been transformed as a result of the impact of InsurTech. However, although InsurTech has become a highly relevant concept in recent years, there has yet to be an agreed-upon meaning of InsurTech. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a solid definition that provides a clear understanding of the term InsurTech. For this purpose, an essential study of the complete scientific production has been carried out through the results obtained for InsurTech in the most relevant databases up to December 31, 2021. This paper aims to define the term InsurTech considering all the contributions made by scholars in the existing academic literature. The research methodology has consisted of an extensive systematic literature review merged with a comprehensive analysis of the nature of the definitions of InsurTech through a three-stage procedure. A total of 111 academic articles referring to InsurTech have been found. Based on a rigorous analysis and building on the common elements of the 17 meanings provided by the academics, a definition of Insurtech from a scientific approach has been presented. Finally, the nuances of this definition for an Insurtech to be considered as such are discussed and explained.