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Swiss Re's reputation as a leader in the insurance industry is not by chance. As a company, we are passionate about attracting and developing talent, and sparking innovation throughout the industry. We strongly believe in the power of innovation and are continually working to promote this culture within our company.


As a result, Swiss Re is joining forces with technology leader IBM to co-host a worldwide hackathon event! The event will take place in two major hubs, New York City and Bangalore, India (date TBD). Talented designers and developers who have a passion for creating user-based apps, utilizing data science, and harnessing cognitive technology are all invited to participate and compete for a grand cash prize of $10,000!

The challenge and other details can be found on the registration page.

Teams of up to 5 persons will have a total of 24 hours to develop a new web or mobile app, centered on the theme "My Personal Risk Advisor" (See "The Challenge" tab for more details on the registration page). The catch: Hackers will have the opportunity to work with IBM's own cloud platform; IBM Bluemix.

Apps developed must utilize at least one Watson cognitive component available in Bluemix.


Hacker participants will be given a common project theme to guide the app design and development over the weekend. Projects will be judged based on a common judging criteria. (For judging criteria please see the "Rules" tab.)

The theme for the app is "My Personal Risk Advisor". It must incorporate at least one Watson cognitive component in the IBM Bluemix suite and should be a working app. The purpose of the app is to enable individuals or small business owners to assess their total risk profile and learn about various product offerings. Teams have the flexibility to decide which portions of the app they will develop most in depth to present to the judging panel.

Certain data sources (mainly open data sources) will be made available for participants in the following key risk categories:

My Personal Risk Advisor: (Individual)

Health
Mortality
Mental health
Crime
Home
Family
Identity
Retirement
Toys (e.g. cars, boats, motorcycles etc.)
Wallet (financial security)



My Personal Risk Advisor: (Small Business)

Building(s) or location
Merchandise or services
Business profits
Employees
Supply chain
Data
Financial wallet
Fleet /vehicles
Cyber network
Intellectual property
Natural disasters
Participants can choose to solely focus on the above categories and related data sources, but are also welcome to use their own creativity and sources to supplement or redefine the categories.

Additional details about the project will be communicated during the opening presentations.

Note: Ownership of the apps developed will remain with the development teams.




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