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Hippo Insurance to offer better home security services with new SimpliSafe deal

Hippo Insurance is supplying homeowners with more options to protect their homes following a new partnership with home security system builder SimpliSafe.

InsurTech Air Doctor has netted $7.8m in its Series A funding round

Travel insurers might be having a difficult time recently, but that has not prevented travel InsurTech startup Air Doctor from announcing the successful close of its Series A round.

Is this how much FinTech companies’ productivity has dropped because of the coronavirus?

COVID-19 has forced many FinTech and InsurTech entrepreneurs to change how they run their business. But how has it changed their productivity?

18 FinTech funding rounds you missed last week

Despite coronavirus fears, the last week saw a number of FinTech companies raise money.

Will InsurTech startups come out as the big winners of the coronavirus pandemic?

COVID-19 could be great for the InsurTech industry as the crisis highlight where insurers’ shortcomings are. But that does not mean there won’t be hard times ahead.

FWD Philippines improves digitalisation through new partnership deal

Insurance firm FWD Philippines has reportedly agreed to leverage UnderwriteMe’s technology to boost digitalisation.

Earthquake insurance platform Jumpstart partners with Acrisure

Jumpstart will be distributing its earthquake insurance through insurance broker Acrisure in a new partnership.

DXC Technology teams up with Springday to create new health and wellbeing service

DXC Technology, an end-to-end IT services company, has formed a partnership with health and wellbeing platform Springday.

Input 1 forms strategic partnership with Xceedance

Digital billing and payments company Input 1 has established a strategic partnership with insurance consulting and managed services provider Xceedance.

How the coronavirus will affect different segments of the FinTech industry

As COVID-19 rages on across the world, the affects on the FinTech segment of the economy is already letting itself be known.

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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