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Cytora, the leading digital risk processing platform, has partnered with Gamma Risk to help insurers map out commercial property risk assessment.

Cytora and Gamma Risk partner to enhance commercial property risk evaluation for insurers

Cytora, the leading digital risk processing platform, has partnered with Gamma Risk to help insurers map out commercial property risk assessment.
The impact of loss run data on insurance operations and negotiations

The impact of loss run data on insurance operations and negotiations

In the realm of InsurTech, the ability to accurately assess risk, calculate premiums, and determine policy renewals hinges significantly on understanding historical losses.
AEGIS London, the London-based Lloyd’s syndicate, has announced the formation of a new data science and analytics team to enhance its underwriting capabilities and data-driven initiatives.

AEGIS London forms new science and analytics team to enhance underwriting capabilities

AEGIS London, the London-based Lloyd’s syndicate, has announced the formation of a new data science and analytics team to enhance its underwriting capabilities and data-driven initiatives.
Artex EMEA, a global insurance manager, has integrated the team from Malta-based Bee Insurance Management Ltd., to continue its global expansion journey.

Artex EMEA strengthens team with addition of Bee Insurance’s Simon Camilleri as executive director

Artex EMEA, a global insurance manager, has integrated the team from Malta-based Bee Insurance Management Ltd., to continue its global expansion journey.
Juniper Re,  the dynamic reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, has partnered with CAPE Analytics to strengthen its catastrophe analytics platform.

Juniper Re and CAPE Analytics team up to enhance property risk insights for reinsurance...

Juniper Re,  the dynamic reinsurance broking arm of The Baldwin Group, has partnered with CAPE Analytics to strengthen its catastrophe analytics platform.
Traditionally, manufacturers have relied on dedicated handheld barcode scanners for inventory management, asset tracking, and supply chain operations. However, the advent of smartphone technology is transforming this practice. Modern smartphones can now accurately scan barcodes, QR codes, and other machine-readable symbols, tasks previously managed by specialised hardware. This shift is primarily driven by the need to optimise costs and operational efficiency, leveraging the ubiquity and versatility of mobile devices.

Cutting costs with smartphone barcode scanners

Traditionally, manufacturers have relied on dedicated handheld barcode scanners for inventory management, asset tracking, and supply chain operations. However, the advent of smartphone technology is transforming this practice. Modern smartphones can now accurately scan barcodes, QR codes, and other machine-readable symbols, tasks previously managed by specialised hardware. This shift is primarily driven by the need to optimise costs and operational efficiency, leveraging the ubiquity and versatility of mobile devices.
P&C and health pricing teams operate in a dynamic environment. They need to ensure that their current pricing strategy is not only appropriate for their policyholders but also accurately aligned with the evolving competitive and regulatory landscape. In reality, pricing executives act as insurance portfolio managers, constantly monitoring margins, loss ratios, and GWP to align with both the insurer's overall strategy and market competition. Recent regulations such as the UK's Customer Duty, also highlight the necessity for real-time identification of risk outliers within portfolios and the ability to explain these outliers to regulators, making this capability a regulatory requirement.

How to master insurance portfolio management

P&C and health pricing teams operate in a dynamic environment. They need to ensure that their current pricing strategy is not only appropriate for their policyholders but also accurately aligned with the evolving competitive and regulatory landscape. In reality, pricing executives act as insurance portfolio managers, constantly monitoring margins, loss ratios, and GWP to align with both the insurer's overall strategy and market competition. Recent regulations such as the UK's Customer Duty, also highlight the necessity for real-time identification of risk outliers within portfolios and the ability to explain these outliers to regulators, making this capability a regulatory requirement.
Juno, the first company in the U.S. to provide child disability insurance, has announced the successful closure of an $8.5m Series A funding round.

Child disability insurance pioneer Juno raises $8.5m in Series A funding

Juno, the first company in the U.S. to provide child disability insurance, has announced the successful closure of an $8.5m Series A funding round.
Embroker, the digital insurance company simplifying the insurance buying experience for businesses, has unveiled its specialised coverage program designed for real estate agents and brokers.

Embroker launches specialised insurance program for real estate professionals

Embroker, the digital insurance company simplifying the insurance buying experience for businesses, has unveiled its specialised coverage program designed for real estate agents and brokers.
Embroker, the digital insurance company simplifying the insurance buying experience for businesses, has unveiled its specialised coverage program designed for real estate agents and brokers.

Five Sigma unveils insurance industry’s first AI-powered Insurance Adjustment Agent

Five Sigma, a prominent AI claims management software company, has introduced the insurance industry’s first AI-powered Insurance Adjustment Agent, Clive™.

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Kin Insurance, a US InsurTech focused on homeowners coverage in catastrophe-exposed regions, has secured $335m in its largest catastrophe bond transaction to date.

Kin Insurance lands $335m bond to bolster US storm protection

Kin Insurance, a US InsurTech focused on homeowners coverage in catastrophe-exposed regions, has secured $335m in its largest catastrophe bond transaction to date. The raise...
Allianz Commercial will transfer its standalone cyber insurance portfolio to Coalition as part of a long-term partnership to consolidate the global cyber insurance market. 

Allianz and Coalition form exclusive cyber insurance alliance

Allianz Commercial will transfer its standalone cyber insurance portfolio to Coalition as part of a long-term partnership to consolidate the global cyber insurance market.  The...
InsurTech firm Corgi has reached unicorn status after raising $160m in Series B funding at a $1.3bn valuation.

Corgi hits unicorn status after $160m Series B

InsurTech firm Corgi has reached unicorn status after raising $160m in Series B funding at a $1.3bn valuation. The round brings Corgi’s total funding to...

Pit secures $16m led by Andreessen Horowitz

Pit, a Swedish AI startup developing custom enterprise software, has emerged from stealth with $16m in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz, as it...
Insurance has always depended on timing. Risk is captured at a specific moment, translated into a price, and expected to remain broadly stable until the next review. For much of the industry’s history, that assumption has held. Risk moved, but not so quickly that it escaped the frame of underwriting.

How real-time risk visibility is reshaping the insurance lifecycle

Insurance has always depended on timing. Risk is captured at a specific moment, translated into a price, and expected to remain broadly stable until...
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