Felix studied business informatics at the Leipzig University. He focused on digital business models in the financial sector and addressed innovations and trends in the insurance sector with his master's thesis "Business Model Archetypes of Insurtechs". During his studies he gained experience at the Faculty of Application Programming of Business Informatics, the New Players Network and the Versicherungsforen Leipzig. After graduation, he worked as a project officer at Versicherungsforen Leipzig in the field of digitalization and innovations.

Strategic Positioning in the Insurtech Jungle
– Results of an Insurtech Analysis

Insurtechs are constantly making news in the financial world. Whether they are seen as the big competitor to insurers, exploiting the limping digitalization of the big players, or helping conventional insurers to arrive in the 21st century, startups are bringing a breath of fresh air to the industry through new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) or natural language processing (NLP). Due to the abundance of new services and business models, it is appealing from both an entrepreneurial and scientific perspective to gain an overview of the structure and innovative capacity of the market.

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