InsurTech

Cover Genius secures $100m at $1.9bn valuation

Cover Genius secures $100m at $1.9bn valuation

Cover Genius, the global infrastructure provider for embedded protection, has completed a $100m capital raise that values the InsurTech at $1.9bn. The financing was backed...

Why manual placement is InsurTech’s costliest blind spot

Despite billions of dollars invested in commercial insurance digitisation over the past decade, the wholesale distribution pipeline remains a paradox, according to a new...

Malaysian InsurTech PolicyStreet lifts Series C to $26m

PolicyStreet, a Malaysian InsurTech group offering digital insurance solutions across Asia and Australia, has reportedly added a further $5m to its Series C round,...
Accelerant partners with $220m-backed WoodStar insurer

Accelerant partners with $220m-backed WoodStar insurer

Accelerant, the data-driven risk exchange platform serving the specialty insurance marketplace, has struck a partnership with the newly launched WoodStar Reciprocal Exchange, a carrier...
Global InsurTech deal activity Q2 2026

US reinforced its position as the main global InsurTech hub with over half of...

Key global InsurTech investment stats in H1 2026: Global InsurTech funding grew 96% YoY in H1 US firms completed 56% of all global InsurTech...

Optalitix moves underwriting AI from pilot to platform layer

Optalitix, a London-based InsurTech specialising in pricing and underwriting software, has upgraded its Optalitix Quote platform with agentic AI capabilities designed to help insurers,...

Sensible Weather brings Weather Guarantees to film crews

Sensible Weather, a provider of weather protection for the travel and hospitality sector, has teamed up with TCP Insurance Agency to bring parametric weather...
Weecover targets banks' $1.1tn embedded insurance gap

Weecover targets banks’ $1.1trn embedded insurance gap

Weecover, an InsurTech insurance distribution platform, is deepening its focus on banks and financial institutions with technology built to help organisations modernise, manage and...
How Majesco made the transition to becoming an AI-first company

How Majesco made the transition to becoming an AI-first company

While hype around AI has intensified recently, it has been around for decades, albeit confined to more niche and specific technology branches that lacked...
Earnix tackles the ML models insurers can't deploy

Earnix tackles the ML models insurers can’t deploy

The most predictive model is not always the one an insurer can actually use, according to a new analytical report from InsurTech firm Earnix. Machine...

News Stories

ZestyAI makes international debut at Lloyd's with MAP

ZestyAI makes international debut at Lloyd’s with MAP

ZestyAI, the Risk Decision Platform serving the insurance sector, has signed MAP Underwriting (Managing Agency Partners), a managing agency at Lloyd's of London, as...
MGAs

Insurance-native AI: the next edge for UK MGAs

The UK's managing general agent (MGA) sector has emerged as one of the standout performers in insurance, frequently beating the wider market across commercial,...

Cytora and InformData move to derisk commercial submissions

Cytora, the digital risk processing platform serving commercial insurance carriers, has formed a partnership with InformData, a network specialising in verifiable people data, in...
Why insurers can't afford the actuary vs data scientist divide

The hybrid actuarial role reshaping insurance pricing

Insurers face a growing dilemma: machine learning promises sharper pricing, yet models must remain explainable, compliant and commercially viable. According to Akur8, the answer...
How AI can rescue cyber submissions from the black hole

How AI can rescue cyber submissions from the black hole

Commercial insurance is wrestling with a silent crisis that IntellectAI has dubbed the "submission black hole", the unmanaged space inside a carrier's infrastructure where...
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