InsurTech

Why behavioural analytics should be a top priority for insurers

With customer demands changing to become more focused on flexibility and personalisation, behavioural analytics is the key to help insurers meet this need.

Car InsurTech Marshmallow set to be latest British unicorn after reported new cash injection

Marshmallow Financial Services is soon to raise its latest fundraising round, bringing its valuation to $1.2bn, joining the ranks of other recent UK unicorns Starling Bank, Gousto and Zego.

HSBC Insurance enters agreement to buy AXA Singapore for $575m

HSBC Insurance is set to acquire the Singaporean arm of global insurer AXA in a deal worth $575m.

Vesttoo reels in $6m Series A to grow its insurance-linked programme

Israel-based alternative reinsurance and investment platform Vesttoo has raised $6mn in a Series A funding round led by Hanaco Ventures.

Breeze banks $10m to boost its disability and critical illness insurance offering

InsurTech Breeze closed a $10m Series A funding round led by Link Ventures with participation from Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, M25, Fiat Ventures and Invest Nebraska.

Hippo to expand underwriting ability with two new InsurTech partnerships

US InsurTech Hippo has doubled its underwriting capacity after it entered an issuer carrier relationship with Ally Financial subsidiary and a partnership with Motors Insurance Corporation.

Gift City, India InsurTech link to boost FinTech in insurance sector

Indian international financial services centre Gift City and the India InsurTech Association (IIA) have partnered to strengthen FinTech use in the InsurTech market.

Brookfield reinsurance arm enters $5.1bn agreement to buy American National

Brookfield Asset Management’s reinsurance branch has agreed to acquire multi-product insurance company American National Group for $5.1bn in cash.

Novidea eyes expanded InsurTech footprint by joining ACORD program

Cloud-based InsurTech Novidea has revealed it has joined the ACORD Solutions Group (ASG) Licensed Integrator Partner program to expand its global presence in the market.

Chubb to acquire Cigna’s life and non-life insurance firms in select APAC markets

P&C insurer Chubb has entered a deal to buy the life and non-life insurance companies of Cigma in seven Asia Pacific markets for a total of $5.75bn.

News Stories

The US insurance distribution ecosystem is one of the largest and most complex financial services networks in the world. Millions of licensed producers, tens of thousands of independent agencies, and a growing volume of licensing and compliance transactions all play a role in how insurance products reach customers.

What the latest data says about the US insurance producer landscape

The US insurance distribution ecosystem is one of the largest and most complex financial services networks in the world. Millions of licensed producers, tens...
Cover Genius, an embedded protection InsurTech, has partnered with Tongcheng Travel, an Asian online travel platform, to introduce embedded travel insurance for international customers in Malaysia and the Philippines.

Cover Genius expands Asia travel insurance footprint with Tongcheng Travel

Cover Genius, an embedded protection InsurTech, has partnered with Tongcheng Travel, an Asian online travel platform, to introduce embedded travel insurance for international customers...
Sixfold, an underwriting AI platform provider, has upgraded its AI Underwriting Brain with a new capability designed to capture and scale underwriting expertise across organisations.

Sixfold enhances underwriting AI with institutional knowledge engine

Sixfold, an underwriting AI platform provider, has upgraded its AI Underwriting Brain with a new capability designed to capture and scale underwriting expertise across...
Aviva, a UK insurance group, has expanded its AI-powered underwriting summarisation tool to individual critical illness applications, marking a further step in its use of generative AI across protection insurance.

Aviva rolls out AI-powered critical illness underwriting capability

Aviva, a UK insurance group, has expanded its AI-powered underwriting summarisation tool to individual critical illness applications, marking a further step in its use...
Zego secures $28m to expand telematics in Japan

Zego secures $28m to expand telematics in Japan

Zego, a UK-based digital motor InsurTech, has announced a strategic partnership with Sompo Holdings, one of Japan's largest insurance groups, as part of a...
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