Sector Updates

Faced with rising healthcare costs, growing mental health demands, workforce shortages, and the widening gap between lifespan and health span, traditional healthcare models are struggling. While reforms are urgently needed, the debate continues over what shape these changes should take.

How digital health engagement cuts healthcare costs

Faced with rising healthcare costs, growing mental health demands, workforce shortages, and the widening gap between lifespan and health span, traditional healthcare models are...
In today’s insurance market, capacity is shifting, and with it, new models are emerging. As traditional insurers retreat from volatile and emerging risks, hybrid fronting carriers are stepping up as essential players—particularly for MGAs looking to launch specialist programmes quickly. According to Novidea, these carriers offer a unique solution to the growing demand for flexible, responsive insurance structures.

Unlocking growth in UK insurance with hybrid carriers

In today’s insurance market, capacity is shifting, and with it, new models are emerging. As traditional insurers retreat from volatile and emerging risks, hybrid...
Stand, an innovative insurance company focused on protecting catastrophe-exposed properties, has closed a $35m Series B funding round.

Stand raises $35m to grow resilience-linked insurance

Stand, an innovative insurance company focused on protecting catastrophe-exposed properties, has closed a $35m Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Eclipse,...
Beacon.li, the enterprise AI orchestration platform, has launched a new suite of AI-powered agents designed specifically for the insurance sector.

Beacon.li AI agents cut insurance quote and claims times

Beacon.li, the enterprise AI orchestration platform, has launched a new suite of AI-powered agents designed specifically for the insurance sector. The launch comes as digital...
Profitable growth in a soft market: How contextual AI and decision intelligence are redefining insurance

Profitable growth in a soft market: How contextual AI and decision intelligence are redefining...

After more than five years of hard market conditions, the insurance sector is now shifting into a soft market. This shift means firms will need to change their strategies to ensure they can stay competitive and profitable. Quantexa VP Insurance Alex Johnson believes Contextual AI and Decision Intelligence is the key to achieving this.
Liberate, a San Francisco-based AI startup specialising in automating insurance operations, has secured $50m in a funding round led by Battery Ventures.

Liberate raises $50m to transform insurance operations with AI

Liberate, a San Francisco-based AI startup specialising in automating insurance operations, has secured $50m in a funding round led by Battery Ventures. The capital injection...
Zurich Insurance has partnered with Quantexa, a UK-based AI and data analytics company specialising in Decision Intelligence, to improve real-time claims detection and decision-making across Zurich’s insurance operations.

Zurich partners with Quantexa to improve claims insights

Zurich Insurance has partnered with Quantexa, a UK-based AI and data analytics company specialising in Decision Intelligence, to improve real-time claims detection and decision-making...
insured.io, a leading provider of omnichannel platforms for insurers, has launched an AI-powered virtual agent designed to bolster customer interactions.

insured.io unveils AI-powered virtual agent for insurers

insured.io, a leading provider of omnichannel platforms for insurers, has launched an AI-powered virtual agent designed to bolster customer interactions. The launch comes as mid-sized...
AXA Partners has joined forces with bolttech, a leading global InsurTech, in a new long-term strategic partnership to deliver embedded insurance and assistance solutions across the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

AXA Partners and bolttech unite for embedded insurance push

AXA Partners has joined forces with bolttech, a leading global InsurTech, in a new long-term strategic partnership to deliver embedded insurance and assistance solutions...
Afori raises €4m to launch AI platform for insurance brokers

Afori raises €4m to launch AI platform for insurance brokers

Afori, a new AI platform built specifically for insurance brokers, has emerged from stealth with the announcement of a €4m pre-seed funding round.

News Stories

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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