FinTech News

Clara Insurance rebrands to Brella after extending its seed round

Clara Insurance has rebranded to Brella Insurance, in tandem with the close of a $1.5m funding round.

Could AI be at the forefront of digitalisation for insurance

Currently business is not normal, but it might be fostering the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

VPay joins Guidewire’s PartnerConnect

Claims payment solution provider VPay has joined the Guidewire PartnerConnect as a solution partner.

How has customer experiences changed in insurance?

Customers expect more from their insurers than ever before. So how can companies make sure to get it right?

Insurance marketplace EverQuote acquires Crosspointe

Online insurance marketplace EverQuote has acquired Crosspointe Insurance & Financial Services, a health insurance agency based in Indiana.

The eight startups picked for the Holt Fintech Accelerator’s 2020 batch

Canadian Holt Fintech Accelerator has announced the eight FinTech companies to join its 2020 cohort.

Compliance solution for insurance AgentSync said to raise $4.4m in its seed round

AgentSync, a compliance platform for the insurance space, has reportedly bagged $4.4m in its seed round.

Truera comes out of stealth to fix the “black box” mystery around machine learning

Truera claims to be the industry’s first model intelligence platform and has launched from stealth to help the market remove the mystery around machine learning.

Rideshare InsurTech startup Buckle bags $31m for its Series A

Buckle, which claims to be reinventing the insurance model for the gig economy, has bagged $31m in its Series A round.

Climate risk company Jupiter raises funding from pair of P&C insurers

Jupiter, a predictive data and analytics platform for climate risk, has received an undisclosed investment from a pair of property and Casualty insurance companies.

News Stories

How Dutch insurers can govern Wtp without rebuilding systems

How Dutch insurers can govern Wtp without rebuilding systems

The most significant reform to the Dutch pension system in recent memory — the Wet toekomst pensioenen (Wtp) — has entered its decisive phase....
In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction, when a situation deteriorates beyond control, everyone knows you call The Wolf. Arriving without the slightest hint of panic, he surveys the damage with practised calm and begins issuing instructions. Within minutes, chaos has been reduced to a sequence of manageable decisions. Insurance has long relied on people capable of performing a similar role. Actuaries are the professionals insurers turn to when risk becomes too complex for instinct alone.

The evolving role of actuaries in the age of AI

In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction, when a situation deteriorates beyond control, everyone knows you call The Wolf. Arriving without the slightest...
Akur8, the AI-driven actuarial platform, has been selected by Occident, one of Spain’s leading insurance groups, to enhance pricing capabilities across its non-life business lines.

Akur8 partners with Occident on AI-driven pricing transformation

Akur8, the AI-driven actuarial platform, has been selected by Occident, one of Spain’s leading insurance groups, to enhance pricing capabilities across its non-life business...
Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) has launched an online claims submission portal for life insurance beneficiaries as part of its digital transformation strategy.

PALIG launches life claims portal in partnership with Swiss Re

Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG) has launched an online claims submission portal for life insurance beneficiaries as part of its digital transformation strategy. Developed in...
AI underwriting platform Kalepa has appointed Audrey Howell as Head of Product to lead product strategy and innovation across its insurance technology platform.

Kalepa hires former Palantir leader as product chief

AI underwriting platform Kalepa has appointed Audrey Howell as Head of Product to lead product strategy and innovation across its insurance technology platform. In the...
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