Life/Health Insurance

Holland & Barrett, the UK’s leading health and wellness retailer, has partnered with dacadoo, a Swiss-based digital health company, to enhance the customer experience through its wellness app, H&B&Me.

Holland & Barrett teams with dacadoo to drive wellness engagement

Holland & Barrett, the UK’s leading health and wellness retailer, has partnered with dacadoo, a Swiss-based digital health company, to enhance the customer experience through its wellness app, H&B&Me.
The Exeter has integrated its life insurance product into UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform to enhance digital underwriting and streamline access for financial advisers.

The Exeter partners with UnderwriteMe to boost digital life cover

The Exeter has integrated its life insurance product into UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform to enhance digital underwriting and streamline access for financial advisers. The partnership centres...
Autonomize AI, a healthcare technology company specialising in AI-driven solutions to streamline healthcare operations, has raised $28m in a Series A funding round.

Healthcare AI startup Autonomize AI secures $28m Series A

Autonomize AI, a healthcare technology company specialising in AI-driven solutions to streamline healthcare operations, has raised $28m in a Series A funding round.
Australian life insurer TAL, one of the country’s largest life insurance specialists, has joined forces with Cover Genius to launch a new embedded life insurance product.

TAL and Cover Genius launch digital life insurance

Australian life insurer TAL, one of the country’s largest life insurance specialists, has joined forces with Cover Genius to launch a new embedded life insurance product.
Broadstone, a leading UK financial services consultancy, has acquired ExactVAL, a specialist provider of actuarial valuation and cashflow analysis services, to strengthen its position in the bulk purchase annuity market.

Broadstone snaps up ExactVAL to enhance life insurer analytics

Broadstone, a leading UK financial services consultancy, has acquired ExactVAL, a specialist provider of actuarial valuation and cashflow analysis services, to strengthen its position in the bulk purchase annuity market.
The Health and Protection insurance sector stands at a critical juncture. While consumers have grown accustomed to seamless digital experiences from the likes of Amazon, Google and Uber, insurers continue to fall short, according to Comarch. Today’s customers want digital services that value their loyalty and make interactions easy. Unfortunately, most Health and Protection insurers are burdened by outdated systems and an industry culture steeped in conservatism.

Health insurers stuck behind the digital curve

The Health and Protection insurance sector stands at a critical juncture. While consumers have grown accustomed to seamless digital experiences from the likes of...
Zorro secures $20m to transform AI-powered health benefits

Zorro secures $20m to transform AI-powered health benefits

Zorro, a next-generation benefits administration platform, has secured $20m in Series A funding as it looks to transform how healthcare benefits are delivered to brokers, employers and employees across the United States.
Blueberry Life, a UK-based InsurTech company focused on redefining the future of life insurance, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on CrowdCube to support its new longevity subscription.

Blueberry Life launches longevity subscription with crowdfunding push on CrowdCube

Blueberry Life, a UK-based InsurTech company focused on redefining the future of life insurance, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on CrowdCube to support its new longevity subscription.
Empathy, a technology company redefining how individuals cope with grief and manage end-of-life logistics, has raised $72m in a Series C funding round to further scale its compassionate support platform.

Bereavement support FinTech Empathy lands $72m to expand AI-driven LifeVault platform

Empathy, a technology company redefining how individuals cope with grief and manage end-of-life logistics, has raised $72m in a Series C funding round to further scale its compassionate support platform.
Eleos Life, a UK-based digital provider of embedded life and disability insurance, has announced its expansion into the U.S. market through strategic partnerships with Assurity, a mutual insurance corporation, and SCOR, a global reinsurer.

UK’s Eleos Life expands to U.S. with Assurity and SCOR to tackle insurance gap

Eleos Life, a UK-based digital provider of embedded life and disability insurance, has announced its expansion into the U.S. market through strategic partnerships with Assurity, a mutual insurance corporation, and SCOR, a global reinsurer.

News Stories

Why underwriting workbenches are transforming insurance

Why underwriting workbenches are transforming insurance

For decades, the underwriting process has been slowed by labour-intensive tasks, disjointed systems, and repetitive manual work. Traditional methods often require underwriters to gather information...
Onics, a Danish smart-home technology firm with a significant presence in the Nordic insurance market, is expanding into the UK as it seeks to help home insurers curb losses.

Onics launches IoT solutions for UK home insurers

Onics, a Danish smart-home technology firm with a significant presence in the Nordic insurance market, is expanding into the UK as it seeks to...
Intersys, a UK-based technology, has launched a new AI in the Workplace Governance Policy Template designed to help insurers, MGAs, brokers and market service providers manage risks in relation to AI adoption.

Intersys releases AI risk policy for insurance sector

Intersys, a UK-based technology, has launched a new AI in the Workplace Governance Policy Template designed to help insurers, MGAs, brokers and market service...
Tide, the UK’s leading business management platform supporting more than 14% of UK small and medium-sized businesses, has introduced a new insurance service for SMBs.

Tide unveils new insurance service for small businesses

Tide, the UK’s leading business management platform supporting more than 14% of UK small and medium-sized businesses, has introduced a new insurance service for...
Customers typically enter the claims process at one of the most stressful points in their lives, and the industry’s traditional approach has often added friction rather than relief. Poor communication, unclear next steps and manual workflows all heighten anxiety, resulting in dissatisfaction and, ultimately, churn.

Three ways insurers can transform the claims journey

Customers typically enter the claims process at one of the most stressful points in their lives, and the industry’s traditional approach has often added...

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