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Artio secures funding to pioneer insurance for early carbon credits

Artio secures funding to pioneer insurance for early carbon credits

Artio, a climate InsurTech startup based in London, has successfully secured £550k in funding to revolutionise insurance solutions for early-stage carbon removal projects.
In the insurance sector, streamlined integration of systems is critical for optimising workflows, advancing risk management, and fostering seamless collaboration across departments. Despite the wide availability of various systems, insurers often face significant challenges in ensuring these technologies work together effectively. Risk Control Technologies explains why an integration accelerator can play a key role by making it easier and faster to connect essential functions like Loss Control, Underwriting, and IT, bringing measurable benefits to each.

How integration accelerators are transforming insurance workflows

In the insurance sector, streamlined integration of systems is critical for optimising workflows, advancing risk management, and fostering seamless collaboration across departments. Despite the wide availability of various systems, insurers often face significant challenges in ensuring these technologies work together effectively. Risk Control Technologies explains why an integration accelerator can play a key role by making it easier and faster to connect essential functions like Loss Control, Underwriting, and IT, bringing measurable benefits to each.
Pacific Life Re, a global reinsurance provider, has partnered with Kakao Pay to deliver digital life insurance solutions to consumers in South Korea.

Pacific Life Re and Kakao Pay partner to transform South Korea’s life insurance market

Pacific Life Re, a global reinsurance provider, has partnered with Kakao Pay to deliver digital life insurance solutions to consumers in South Korea.
Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Western Growers Insurance Services (WGIS) to strengthen its service offerings in the agribusiness sector.

Hub International acquires Western Growers Insurance Services to expand agribusiness insurance offerings

Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Western Growers Insurance Services (WGIS) to strengthen its service offerings in the agribusiness sector.
Next Insurance, a US-based InsurTech firm, has partnered with insurance giants Allstate and Allianz which includes a $265m strategic investment from both Allstate and Allianz X, the venture arm of Allianz.

Next Insurance secures $265m in funding to enhance small business insurance offerings

Next Insurance, a US-based InsurTech firm, has partnered with insurance giants Allstate and Allianz which includes a $265m strategic investment from both Allstate and Allianz X, the venture arm of Allianz.
Insurers face increasing pressure for transparent pricing, with calls for clarity and justification of premiums coming from management, agents, and customers alike. Transparency offers assurance and supports regulatory compliance. However, many insurers are now shifting towards data-driven pricing models that emphasise performance, customisation, and profitability over traditional transparency. Dynamic insurance pricing software provider Quantee explores the key reasons behind this evolving approach.

Why insurers are turning their back on transparent pricing

Insurers face increasing pressure for transparent pricing, with calls for clarity and justification of premiums coming from management, agents, and customers alike. Transparency offers assurance and supports regulatory compliance. However, many insurers are now shifting towards data-driven pricing models that emphasise performance, customisation, and profitability over traditional transparency. Dynamic insurance pricing software provider Quantee explores the key reasons behind this evolving approach.
Swiss Re, a global reinsurance leader based in Switzerland, has announced the sale of its iptiQ European P&C business to Allianz Direct, the pan-European digital insurer of Allianz Group.

Swiss Re sells iptiQ’s European P&C arm to Allianz Direct as part of strategic...

Swiss Re, a global reinsurance leader based in Switzerland, has announced the sale of its iptiQ European P&C business to Allianz Direct, the pan-European digital insurer of Allianz Group.
SchemeServe, a UK-based cloud provider of insurance software, has announced a new data partnership with Addresscloud to improve insurers’ capacity to deliver more accurate, data-backed premiums for individual properties.

Addresscloud and SchemeServe team up to advance data-driven decision-making for insurers

SchemeServe, a UK-based cloud provider of insurance software, has announced a new data partnership with Addresscloud to improve insurers’ capacity to deliver more accurate, data-backed premiums for individual properties.
Stere, Inc., a leading InsurTech platform, and EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants (EPIC) have partnered to transform the insurance experience for small businesses by offering a streamlined, digital insurance solution.

Stere and EPIC Insurance Brokers partner to deliver embedded digital insurance for small businesses

Stere, Inc., a leading InsurTech platform, and EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants (EPIC) have partnered to transform the insurance experience for small businesses by offering a streamlined, digital insurance solution.
California dominates US InsurTech with a quarter of Q3 deals

US InsurTech funding doubled in Q3 with California-based companies closing quarter of all deals

Key US InsurTech investment stats in Q3 2024: US InsurTech funding doubled in Q3 YoY California continues to dominate the US InsurTech space after...

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Migrating from on-premises to cloud infrastructure is a major leap for any organisation. This was the case for a Fortune 500 insurer seeking to modernise its operations. Their existing system, which relied on outdated methods and manual processes, was no longer fit to handle the enormous amounts of data generated daily. This transformation involved building a robust, automated platform, transitioning to the cloud, and optimising for efficiency and scalability. Customer software development company Symfa explains how it supported the firm on this journey.

How Symfa helped a Fortune 500 insurer modernise its cloud infrastructure – part one

Migrating from on-premises to cloud infrastructure is a major leap for any organisation. This was the case for a Fortune 500 insurer seeking to modernise its operations. Their existing system, which relied on outdated methods and manual processes, was no longer fit to handle the enormous amounts of data generated daily. This transformation involved building a robust, automated platform, transitioning to the cloud, and optimising for efficiency and scalability. Customer software development company Symfa explains how it supported the firm on this journey.
ZestyAI has partnered with Standard Casualty Company to enhance risk assessment and policyholder collaboration for manufactured home insurance using advanced AI-driven property and climate risk analytics.

ZestyAI and Standard Casualty join forces to innovate property insurance for mobile homes

ZestyAI has partnered with Standard Casualty Company to enhance risk assessment and policyholder collaboration for manufactured home insurance using advanced AI-driven property and climate risk analytics.
HDI Global, a leading provider of industrial insurance, has announced plans to expand its environmental liability insurance offerings to international markets.

HDI Global expands ESG insurance offering with international environmental liability coverage

HDI Global, a leading provider of industrial insurance, has announced plans to expand its environmental liability insurance offerings to international markets. The expansion follows the...
Mulberri, a digital insurance platform focused on innovating business insurance, has joined forces with Qualys in a bid to deliver enhanced cyber insurance offerings.

Qualys partners with Mulberri to transform cyber insurance underwriting

Mulberri, a digital insurance platform focused on innovating business insurance, has joined forces with Qualys in a bid to deliver enhanced cyber insurance offerings.
Duck Creek Technologies, a global provider of intelligent solutions for property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, has announced the opening of a second Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Warsaw, Poland.

Duck Creek Technologies expands with new centre of excellence in Poland

Duck Creek Technologies, a global provider of intelligent solutions for property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, has announced the opening of a second Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Warsaw, Poland.

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