Blockchain for Insurance
from first block to AI-ready insurance systems
Learn how blockchains actually work, where they genuinely help an insurer (and where they don't), what real insurance and banking companies have shipped — and how AI and ledgers are converging. Anchored throughout in a real production case study: the Galileo life-insurance core platform.
STARTHow this course works
Pick your path
🟢 modules form the ≈18 h essentials track — no coding needed. 🔵 adds hands-on smart-contract work. 🟣 is advanced/frontier material. Full path ≈50 h.
Everything saves locally
Mark modules complete, take quizzes, and the sidebar + progress bar track you. Nothing leaves your browser.
The Galileo lens
Every module has a Galileo lens box connecting theory to a real C#/MongoDB/blockchain insurance core documented in the companion dossier.
MAPThe course at a glance
| # | Module | You will be able to… | Tier | Hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Orientation | Set up (browser-only) and navigate the course | 🟢 | 1 |
| 01 | Foundations & history | Explain hashes, blocks, consensus — and the story from 1982 to 2026 | 🟢 | 6 |
| 02 | Smart contracts & Ethereum | Write and deploy a Solidity contract; explain gas and oracles | 🔵 | 6 |
| 03 | Enterprise chains | Choose between Fabric, Corda and Besu for a consortium | 🔵 | 4 |
| 04 | Insurance domain core | Speak the domain: lifecycle, claims, reinsurance, compliance | 🟢 | 5 |
| 05 | Where chain meets cover | Judge which insurance use cases deserve a ledger | 🟢 | 5 |
| 06 | Lab I — parametric cover | Build and deploy TyphoonCover on an Ethereum testnet | 🔵 | 4 |
| 07 | Lab II — claims & audit chain | Design a Fabric claims workflow and a Galileo-style audit ledger | 🔵🟣 | 4 |
| 08 | Real world I — insurance | Critique live deployments and dead pilots alike | 🟢 | 3 |
| 09 | Real world II — banking | Read the banking map: tokenized deposits, digital bonds, CBDCs | 🟢 | 3 |
| 10 | Current improvements | Place L2s, zk-proofs, RWA and stablecoins on your radar | 🟣 | 3 |
| 11 | AI × blockchain | Design auditable AI: agent decisions anchored on a ledger | 🟣 | 4 |
| 12 | Capstone | Propose a full modernisation of a Galileo-class platform | 🔵🟣 | 3 |
WHOThree ways in
Build it
Do everything in order. The labs (M06–07) and capstone are yours; by M12 you'll have deployed contracts and designed a consortium workflow.
Design it
M01 → M03 → M05 → M07 → M08–M11 → capstone. Focus on platform selection, integration patterns and the failure post-mortems.
Judge it
Follow the 🟢 essentials: M00, 01, 04, 05, 08, 09. You'll be able to challenge any blockchain pitch with confidence — no code required.
REFReference shelf
◈ Company tracker →
Who actually uses blockchain in insurance and banking — live, quiet, and dead, status-tagged and filterable.
Vocabulary⌘ Glossary →
60+ terms as flip-cards, from account abstraction to zero-knowledge proof.
Library▤ Resources & videos →
The book shelf, every curated video, tools, and the article sources behind the course.
Assessment? Quiz bank →
All module quizzes in one place, with your best scores.
This course pairs with the Galileo Dossier — full documentation of a real life-insurance core that uses a blockchain audit ledger, Kafka, and MongoDB in production, and of the programme replacing it. Ask your team lead for dossier access (/dossier/ on this host).
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