Kairos launches AI Weather Data Platform for parametric insurance

Kairos Risk Solutions, a Singapore-based boutique insurance and risk consultancy, has launched a new Weather Data Platform designed to support more sophisticated climate risk assessment and parametric insurance development.

Kairos launches AI Weather Data Platform for parametric insurance

February 12, 2026

Kairos Risk Solutions, a Singapore-based boutique insurance and risk consultancy, has launched a new Weather Data Platform designed to support more sophisticated climate risk...

Insurance has long relied on a reactive operating model built around assessing exposure, pricing risk and responding once damage has already occurred. Although underwriting techniques have grown more sophisticated over time, the core process has stayed largely the same: an incident happens first, followed by a claim. Today, that approach is coming under sustained strain as insurers face mounting pressures across their portfolios, according to Quensus.

How connected technology is reshaping prevention-first insurance

February 12, 2026

Insurance has long relied on a reactive operating model built around assessing exposure, pricing risk and responding once damage has already occurred. Although underwriting...

Delos Insurance Solutions, a property insurance managing general agent, and InnSure, a nonprofit innovation hub dedicated to developing insurance solutions for climate-driven risks, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at improving education, resilience and insurance affordability in wildfire-exposed communities.

Delos Insurance Solutions and InnSure team up on wildfire resilience

February 10, 2026

Delos Insurance Solutions, a property insurance managing general agent, and InnSure, a nonprofit innovation hub dedicated to developing insurance solutions for climate-driven risks, have...

Tuio, a Spain-based digital insurer, and WaniWani, an AI distribution infrastructure provider, have achieved a major industry first after OpenAI approved the launch of an insurance provider–built AI application on ChatGPT.

OpenAI approves Tuio and WaniWani AI app for in-chat insurance sales

February 10, 2026

Tuio, a Spain-based digital insurer, and WaniWani, an AI distribution infrastructure provider, have achieved a major industry first after OpenAI approved the launch of...

SCOR, a global reinsurer, has expanded its partnership with Baobab Insurance, a German digital risks managing general agent (MGA) specialising in cyber insurance, by extending underwriting capacity to significantly larger companies in Germany and Austria.

SCOR expands Baobab Insurance cyber underwriting to €1bn firms

February 9, 2026

SCOR, a global reinsurer, has expanded its partnership with Baobab Insurance, a German digital risks managing general agent (MGA) specialising in cyber insurance, by...

Howden Group, a global insurance and reinsurance intermediary, has raised approximately $703m in gross proceeds through a debt issuance designed to strengthen its funding capacity and support future growth initiatives.

Howden Group strengthens balance sheet with $703m debt raise

February 9, 2026

Howden Group, a global insurance and reinsurance intermediary, has raised approximately $703m in gross proceeds through a debt issuance designed to strengthen its funding...

Insurance professionals often focus on headline risks such as fire, theft or extreme weather when assessing potential losses. Yet a quieter, less obvious danger is quietly climbing the claims table, costing insurers and construction firms far more than many realise. This emerging threat is hard to detect, often preventable, and has the potential to cause significant financial and operational disruption if left unaddressed.

The rising tide quietly driving up insurance claims

February 3, 2026

Insurance professionals often focus on headline risks such as fire, theft or extreme weather when assessing potential losses. Yet a quieter, less obvious danger...

Gain Life, an InsurTech company providing AI-powered workflow automation for property and casualty (P&C) insurance operations, has announced a rebrand to Crosstie as it looks to expand its role across insurance workflows.

Gain Life announces Crosstie rebrand to scale insurance workflows

February 3, 2026

Gain Life, an InsurTech company providing AI-powered workflow automation for property and casualty (P&C) insurance operations, has announced a rebrand to Crosstie as it...

GenStar, a provider of excess and surplus specialty property and casualty insurance, has partnered with ZestyAI, an InsurTech specialising in artificial intelligence-driven property risk analytics, to strengthen how hail, wind and severe convective storm risk is underwritten across GenStar’s commercial property portfolio.

GenStar and ZestyAI team up on AI-driven hail risk insights

January 30, 2026

GenStar, a provider of excess and surplus specialty property and casualty insurance, has partnered with ZestyAI, an InsurTech specialising in artificial intelligence-driven property risk...

Sixfold, an AI underwriting InsurTech company focused on modernising insurance decision-making, has secured fresh capital as it looks to deepen its footprint with insurers around the world.

AI underwriting InsurTech Sixfold raises $30m Series B round

January 30, 2026

Sixfold, an AI underwriting InsurTech company focused on modernising insurance decision-making, has secured fresh capital as it looks to deepen its footprint with insurers...