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Parametrix, a provider of parametric insurance for digital business interruption, has raised $27m in Series B funding led by Mundi Ventures, FirstMark Capital, and Hannover Digital Investments, the corporate venture arm of HDI Group.

Parametrix bags $27m to expand parametric coverage

Parametrix, a provider of parametric insurance for digital business interruption, has raised $27m in Series B funding led by Mundi Ventures, FirstMark Capital, and...
Wisedocs, an AI-powered medical record review and claims documentation platform with expert human oversight, has joined the Guidewire Insurtech Vanguards program, a curated community of InsurTechs helping property and casualty (P&C) insurers modernise and scale their operations.

Wisedocs joins Guidewire’s Insurtech Vanguards program

Wisedocs, an AI-powered medical record review and claims documentation platform with expert human oversight, has joined the Guidewire Insurtech Vanguards program, a curated community...
A high-potential producer is ready to join your network, but contract reviews often drag on for weeks. Commission questions and addendums slow the process. By the time organisations are ready to finalise, the producer may have signed with a competitor who moved faster.

How to accelerate producer contracting and onboarding

A high-potential producer is ready to join your network, but contract reviews often drag on for weeks. Commission questions and addendums slow the process....
Modern pricing engines are rapidly changing how insurers approach deployment, shifting from an infrastructure-heavy burden to a streamlined strategic capability. In a sector long constrained by complex integrations, unpredictable expenditure and brittle architecture, cloud-native design is now redefining how IT leaders deliver performance, agility and resilience, according to Akur8.

How insurers scale pricing engines with agility

Modern pricing engines are rapidly changing how insurers approach deployment, shifting from an infrastructure-heavy burden to a streamlined strategic capability. In a sector long...
Bold Penguin has announced a new partnership with Adaptive Insurance, bringing the insurer’s parametric power outage protection to the Bold Penguin Placement Desk and expanding the range of climate-resilience solutions available to agents.

Bold Penguin integrates Adaptive’s GridProtect into its platform

Bold Penguin has announced a new partnership with Adaptive Insurance, bringing the insurer’s parametric power outage protection to the Bold Penguin Placement Desk and...
Carpe Data, a leading provider of next-generation data solutions for the insurance industry, has announced a collaboration with Verisk, a global provider of data analytics and technology for insurers.

Carpe Data and Verisk enhance digital insurance claims tools

Carpe Data, a leading provider of next-generation data solutions for the insurance industry, has announced a collaboration with Verisk, a global provider of data...
McGill and Partners, the independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has partnered with AEGIS London, a top-quartile Lloyd’s syndicate, to introduce a digital-first approach to placing risk.

McGill and Partners and AEGIS London unveil automated quote-and-bind system

McGill and Partners, the independent global specialty insurance and reinsurance broker, has partnered with AEGIS London, a top-quartile Lloyd’s syndicate, to introduce a digital-first...
AI agents are fundamentally different from traditional software. According to Ushur, treating AI agents like standard software—something to buy, configure, and “set and forget”—can create challenges, especially in regulated industries such as healthcare, financial services, and insurance. Unlike deterministic software, AI agents interpret, reason, and act within environments, making them function more like digital co-workers than hard-wired applications.

How enterprises can safely deploy AI agents

AI agents are fundamentally different from traditional software. According to Ushur, treating AI agents like standard software—something to buy, configure, and “set and forget”—can...
Growing a producer network across multiple US states is notoriously labour-intensive, and according to Producerflow, organisations often spend weeks manually tracking licences, managing renewals and navigating numerous state portals. Without a centralised view of producer status, compliance teams lack real-time insight into continuing education progress and upcoming expirations. This slows activation, drains operational capacity and exposes firms to unnecessary compliance risk.

How automation simplifies multi-state producer licensing

Growing a producer network across multiple US states is notoriously labour-intensive, and according to Producerflow, organisations often spend weeks manually tracking licences, managing renewals...
bolt, the InsurTech behind the world’s largest technology-enabled insurance exchange, is set to bring Roamly’s recreational vehicle (RV) insurance products to thousands of agents using the bolt platform, as part of a new partnership.

bolt adds Roamly RV coverage to specialty insurance portfolio

bolt, the InsurTech behind the world’s largest technology-enabled insurance exchange, is set to bring Roamly’s recreational vehicle (RV) insurance products to thousands of agents using...

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Producer licensing is one of those parts of insurance that tends to stay in the background until it starts slowing everything else down. As carriers expand their agent networks, the process of onboarding producers, managing appointments, and maintaining compliance records often still depends on fragmented systems and manual intervention.

Fixing the producer bottleneck in insurance distribution

Producer licensing is one of those parts of insurance that tends to stay in the background until it starts slowing everything else down. As...
Simply Business, a digital insurance marketplace, has launched a business insurance app on ChatGPT in the US, alongside a separate rollout in the UK.

Simply Business brings small business insurance pricing into ChatGPT

Simply Business, a digital insurance marketplace, has launched a business insurance app on ChatGPT in the US, alongside a separate rollout in the UK. The...
Cytora, a digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic relationship with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to embed advanced data and analytics into its platform for US commercial insurers.Cytora, a digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic relationship with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to embed advanced data and analytics into its platform for US commercial insurers.

Cytora partners LexisNexis to enhance US commercial underwriting

Cytora, a digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic relationship with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to embed advanced data and analytics into its platform...
INSTANDA, a no-code insurance platform provider, has partnered with DataCrest, a workflow solutions firm, to enhance submission intake and quoting efficiency for insurers and MGAs.

INSTANDA and DataCrest team up to streamline insurance submissions

INSTANDA, a no-code insurance platform provider, has partnered with DataCrest, a workflow solutions firm, to enhance submission intake and quoting efficiency for insurers and...
Openly, a tech-enabled homeowners insurance provider, has secured a growth investment round led by existing investors Eden Global Partners, Advance Venture Partners and Gradient, with strategic participation from Allianz X.

Openly boosts expansion plans with funding and Allianz Re deal

Openly, a tech-enabled homeowners insurance provider, has secured a growth investment round led by existing investors Eden Global Partners, Advance Venture Partners and Gradient,...
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