LA BLOCKCHAIN NEL SETTORE ASSICURATIVO:UTILIZZI E FUTURE IMPLEMENTAZIONI

This thesis is centred on the blockchain technology and its applications in the insurance industry. The blockchain has quickly became a really important topic in the financial industry due to its potential to disrupt different sectors thereof including the insurance one. The research aims to explain how the blockchain technology works and how some of its peculiarities can add a great value to the insurance landscape. Firstly, we explain what blockchain is introducing the well-known bitcoin. Secondly, we introduce the concept of Ethereum and smart contract. Eventually, we describe two on-going projects that aim to give a concrete application to the blockchain in the insurance sector, the B3i (developed by the insurance companies themselves) and the Decentralized Autonomous Organization technology applied in Dynamis.