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When Nicole Mwesigwa lost her husband, she encountered firsthand just how challenging life insurance could be. The process felt unnecessarily cumbersome and frustrating, particularly given the emotional stakes at play. 

How iCover is easing life insurance challenges

When Nicole Mwesigwa lost her husband, she encountered firsthand just how challenging life insurance could be. The process felt unnecessarily cumbersome and frustrating, particularly...
Singaporean InsurTech bolt has announced the launch of a conversational and workflow AI agent designed to help property and casualty (P&C) agencies streamline operations, increase responsiveness, and close more business.

bolt unveils AI agent to automate P&C agency workflows

Singaporean InsurTech bolt has announced the launch of a conversational and workflow AI agent designed to help property and casualty (P&C) agencies streamline operations,...
No-code InsurTech firm INSTANDA, a London-based technology company that enables insurers to build, configure and distribute insurance products without code, has secured a $20m investment round to accelerate its next phase of growth.

InsurTech INSTANDA secures $20m to drive AI expansion

No-code InsurTech firm INSTANDA, a London-based technology company that enables insurers to build, configure and distribute insurance products without code, has secured a $20m...
Kalepa, a leading AI company in the insurance sector, has been selected by Hinterland Insurance to deploy its cutting-edge AI underwriting platform and strengthen the MGA’s property and specialty lines divisions.

Kalepa and Hinterland unite to power AI underwriting

Kalepa, a leading AI company in the insurance sector, has been selected by Hinterland Insurance to deploy its cutting-edge AI underwriting platform and strengthen...
Carpe Data, a leading provider of next-generation data solutions, and Harbor.ai, an underwriting platform that applies AI to complex insurance workflows, have announced a strategic partnership designed to help excess and surplus (E&S) insurers act decisively on hard-to-place risks.

Carpe Data and Harbor.ai boost E&S underwriting speed

Carpe Data, a leading provider of next-generation data solutions, and Harbor.ai, an underwriting platform that applies AI to complex insurance workflows, have announced a...
AI neo-insurer MGT secures $21.6m Series B funding

AI neo-insurer MGT secures $21.6m Series B funding

AI-driven commercial insurer MGT, a vertically AI-native neo-insurer focused on modernising property and casualty (P&C) coverage for small businesses, has closed an oversubscribed $21.6m...
Generalised linear models (GLMs) remain a core tool in insurance and banking analytics, but building accurate, interpretable models is not always straightforward. One of the biggest challenges is handling hierarchical categorical data—common in insurance tables, such as Location. Using the wrong level of detail can lead to overfitting, multicollinearity, slow training, and unstable coefficients.

Optimising predictive modelling in insurance and banking

Generalised linear models (GLMs) remain a core tool in insurance and banking analytics, but building accurate, interpretable models is not always straightforward. One of...
LifeSearch, one of the UK’s leading protection advice specialists, has announced a new partnership with accountancy software platform All in Place to enable accountancy firms to offer their SME clients seamless access to life insurance and business protection solutions.

All in Place teams up with LifeSearch for business protection solutions

LifeSearch, one of the UK’s leading protection advice specialists, has announced a new partnership with accountancy software platform All in Place to enable accountancy firms...
Resilience, a leading cyber risk solution company, specialising in cyber risk management, technology insurance, and enterprise risk software, has expanded its appetite for Technology Errors & Omissions (Tech E&O) insurance to mid-market clients in the US, UK, and EU.

Resilience unveils new Tech E&O insurance for growth-stage firms

Resilience, a leading cyber risk solution company, specialising in cyber risk management, technology insurance, and enterprise risk software, has expanded its appetite for Technology...
Egyptian InsurTech firm SehaTech, which develops AI-driven solutions to modernise health insurance administration, has secured $1.1m in a seed funding round.

SehaTech bags $1.1m to boost AI health insurance platform

Egyptian InsurTech firm SehaTech, which develops AI-driven solutions to modernise health insurance administration, has secured $1.1m in a seed funding round. The round was led...

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Acrisure's Auris AI targets insurance's data silos

Acrisure’s Auris AI targets insurance’s data silos

Acrisure, the global FinTech group spanning insurance, reinsurance, payroll, benefits, cybersecurity and real estate services across 19 countries, has launched Auris AI, an applied...
Agero, MOTER team up on connected claims

Agero, MOTER team up on connected claims

Agero, a digital driver assistance provider operating through its recently acquired Urgently platform, and MOTER Technologies (MOTER), an InsurTech firm that converts connected vehicle...

AXA expands AI agent hub with Publicis Sapient

AXA, the global insurance and asset management group, has entered into a strategic partnership with Publicis Sapient, a technology company specialising in enterprise AI...

intellectAI Insurance’s month of listening exposes wholesale broking’s data gap

IntellectAI has used its Broker Appreciation Month (BAM) campaign, which ran throughout July, to surface the operational friction still holding back wholesale insurance distribution,...
What music can teach insurance actuaries

Actuaries and music: a mathematical connection

Actuaries and musicians may work in very different fields, but both rely on patterns, interpretation and judgement. At Akur8, several actuaries say their experience with...
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