Thanks to the technological convergence which the Internet of Things is, a lot of data is being generated by people and objects. But Big Data is valuable only as long as it is actionable. This amount of available data can and will have a strong impact on every industry in the next few years, providing new opportunities to improve business intelligence and make smarter decisions.
Business insider estimates that there will be 18 billion connected devices by 2018. While considering IoT on a consumer level, Strategy Analytics claims we will have 4,3 smart devices per person on the planet by 2020. Such a horizontal distribution of the internet of things allows insurance companies to estabilish a new dialogue with their customers. On the other hand, it will allow them to design tailor made solutions based on internet of things based analytics.