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The insurance underwriting process has long been defined by complexity, delays, and manual tasks that slow decision-making. Traditional methods have relied heavily on fragmented systems, duplicated data entry, and email-based communication, leaving underwriters with limited time to properly assess risks. As carriers push for greater speed and accuracy, the industry is steadily turning to digital tools that reimagine how underwriting actually works, according to IntellectAI.

Inside the rise of digital underwriting workbenches

The insurance underwriting process has long been defined by complexity, delays, and manual tasks that slow decision-making. Traditional methods have relied heavily on fragmented...
Kalepa, a leading AI-powered insurance underwriting software firm, has appointed David Meister as chief revenue officer (CRO) to oversee its global revenue functions.

Kalepa updates leadership team with new CRO

Kalepa, a leading AI-powered insurance underwriting software firm, has appointed David Meister as chief revenue officer (CRO) to oversee its global revenue functions. As part...
In conversations with auto lenders about pricing analytics, one phrase surfaces more than any other: “Our setup works fine — we’ve always done it this way.” At face value, this often seems true. Rates are updated, spreadsheets balance, and deals continue to close. But underneath, a silent risk is accumulating, according to Earnix. 

The quiet cost of slow pricing in auto finance

In conversations with auto lenders about pricing analytics, one phrase surfaces more than any other: “Our setup works fine — we’ve always done it...
Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage transforming how advisors serve their clients, has raised $20m in Series A funding.

Modern Life raises $20m to transform life insurance with AI

Modern Life, an AI-powered life insurance brokerage transforming how advisors serve their clients, has raised $20m in Series A funding. The company plans to use...
Equisoft, a leading global digital solutions provider, has announced an ISV Built On partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, to deliver a new integrated analytics platform for life insurance carriers.

Equisoft partners with Databricks to boost life insurance AI

Equisoft, a leading global digital solutions provider, has announced an ISV Built On partnership with Databricks, the data and AI company, to deliver a...
Insurance in 2025 is a performance of precision, agility, and empathy. Behind the customer-facing apps, slick interfaces, and instant quotes lies a backstage operation that is finally being unshackled from decades of legacy systems. While buzzwords are plentiful, real technology is driving this shift, and FinTech Global sat down with a host of industry experts to reveal the innovations that are underpinning success today.

The tech underpinning successful insurance operations in 2025

Insurance in 2025 is a performance of precision, agility, and empathy. Behind the customer-facing apps, slick interfaces, and instant quotes lies a backstage operation...
AI is reshaping Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) workflows from prior authorisation to medication adherence, helping organisations cut costs, speed up therapy starts, and improve member outcomes. As PBMs face rising administrative pressures and growing demands for digital-first engagement, automation platforms such as Ushur’s Customer Experience Automation™ solution are emerging as critical tools to modernise high-volume processes, strengthen compliance, and deliver more transparent, proactive communication across the pharmacy ecosystem.

How AI is reshaping PBM workflows

AI is reshaping Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) workflows from prior authorisation to medication adherence, helping organisations cut costs, speed up therapy starts, and improve...
Californian InsurTech Agentero has launched a new solution designed to enable agents to rapidly identify the most suitable insurers for any given risk.

Agentero launches AI tool to match risks with carriers

Californian InsurTech Agentero has launched a new solution designed to enable agents to rapidly identify the most suitable insurers for any given risk. The offering,...
Cover-More Europe, a global travel insurance provider, and Irish InsurTech Blink Parametric, have partnered to deliver a new parametric flight delay benefit for AnnualTravelInsurance.com customers in Ireland.

Blink and Cover-More launch real-time travel disruption aid

Cover-More Europe, a global travel insurance provider, and Irish InsurTech Blink Parametric, have partnered to deliver a new parametric flight delay benefit for AnnualTravelInsurance.com...
After hours of doing battle with frustrating online forms, captcha loops, and AI chatbots, many fans finally managed to secure Oasis reunion tickets in late 2024, following an arduous slog that underlined that customer expectations and reality are rarely aligned. Insurance claims can often feel eerily similar, littered with endless forms and subpar digital systems. For many consumers, the process has become a 'Wonderwall' they just can't climb.

Can insurers really keep up as customer expectations shift?

After hours of doing battle with frustrating online forms, captcha loops, and AI chatbots, many fans finally managed to secure Oasis reunion tickets in...

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Great Hill Partners announces strategic investment in Aurenity

Great Hill Partners announces strategic investment in Aurenity

Aurenity, a technology-enabled excess & surplus (E&S) managing general agent headquartered in Connecticut, has secured a strategic investment from Great Hill Partners, a private...
WTW becomes official insurance partner of WSL Football

WTW becomes official insurance partner of WSL Football

WTW, a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, has become the official insurance partner of the Barclays Women's Super League (BWSL) and BWSL2,...
Producerflow joins State Farm Startup Pitch finalists

Producerflow joins State Farm Startup Pitch finalists

Producerflow, a modern insurance distribution management platform built to help carriers, managing general agents and agencies manage the full producer lifecycle from onboarding through...
Closing insurance’s emerging risk blind spot

Closing insurance’s emerging risk blind spot

Insurance firms have always had to look to the future and prepare for potential outcomes. However, amid growing instability, that task has become much...
Aon agrees $17bn deal to acquire USI from KKR

Aon agrees $17bn deal to acquire USI from KKR

US insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services, which provides risk management, employee benefits and retirement consulting, has agreed to be acquired by Aon plc from...
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