Consumer Platforms

Aviva, the UK’s leading diversified insurer, has entered a strategic partnership with Sønr, a global market intelligence platform focused on innovation in financial services.

Zhibao Technology, an InsurTech firm offering digital insurance brokerage services in China, has acquired a majority stake in Zhonglian Jinan Insurance Brokers, a licensed insurance brokerage with an expansive national footprint.

CLARA Analytics, a provider of AI-driven solutions for claims optimisation in the insurance sector, has launched two new tools, Triage Risk Notes and Claim Event Indicators, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of claims management.

Stitch Studio, a US-based InsurTech startup specialising in AI agents for the insurance sector, has raised $3m in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm ManchesterStory.

Insurity, a cloud-based software provider for insurance carriers, brokers, and MGAs, has reached a major operational milestone in 2025 with 20 successful customer go-lives already recorded this year.

InsurTech startup Honeycomb Insurance has officially opened its new headquarters in Chicago, underscoring the company’s ongoing expansion and its commitment to growing operations in one of the nation’s leading insurance markets.

MAPFRE RE, a global reinsurer, and ICEYE, a satellite-based disaster management solutions provider, have announced a new agreement to license ICEYE’s Flood Insights data for global use.

Instnt has been granted Insurance Certification in New York, enabling the InsurTech to expand operations in one of the U.S.'s most tightly regulated markets.

Markel, a specialist insurer with a strong UK presence, has introduced new pre-loss services to help its cyber insurance clients better manage digital risks and privacy compliance.

Quantee has explored two distinct approaches to performing price optimisation in insurance, focusing on methods that avoid the controversial practice of price walking while still adhering to business objectives for conversion and retention. This article builds on the ethical considerations of price optimisation and compares the benefits and trade-offs of separate versus joint optimisation models.