Sector Updates

Hidden water leaks can cause significant damage, increase utility costs, and create long-term maintenance headaches, even in newly built developments. At Kew Bridge Apartments, smart water monitoring deployed by Quensus uncovered issues across 58 units during commissioning, preventing property damage and improving efficiency for residents and property managers alike.

How Quensus safeguards homes through smart monitoring

Hidden water leaks can cause significant damage, increase utility costs, and create long-term maintenance headaches, even in newly built developments. At Kew Bridge Apartments,...
The insurance sector in the UK faces a year of mounting challenges. From technological disruption and market consolidation to evolving risks and customer expectations, brokers, underwriters, and networks are under pressure to adapt quickly.

A practical guide for UK insurers on compliance in 2026

The insurance sector in the UK faces a year of mounting challenges. From technological disruption and market consolidation to evolving risks and customer expectations,...
Insurance pricing engines are quietly becoming one of the most strategic tools for insurers looking to modernise operations and accelerate growth. What was once an IT headache, with complex integrations, unpredictable costs and time-consuming maintenance, is now being transformed into a cloud-native enabler that connects actuarial modelling, rate production and deployment in a single ecosystem.

The hidden driver of growth for insurance firms

Insurance pricing engines are quietly becoming one of the most strategic tools for insurers looking to modernise operations and accelerate growth. What was once...
Embedded insurance platform Kayna has raised €1.5m ($1.7m) in a seed funding round to support expansion in the UK and US markets.

Kayna raises $1.7m seed for embedded insurance

Embedded insurance platform Kayna has raised €1.5m ($1.7m) in a seed funding round to support expansion in the UK and US markets. The round was...

Country-Wide taps Duck Creek for analytics platform

New York auto insurer Country-Wide Insurance has partnered with insurance technology provider Duck Creek Technologies to deploy the Duck Creek Clarity data and analytics...
Healthcare AI startup Delphyr has raised €1.75m to expand its platform for medical professionals, with backing from the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO.

Delphyr raises €1.75m for healthcare AI platform

Healthcare AI startup Delphyr has raised €1.75m to expand its platform for medical professionals, with backing from the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO. The...
As cyber activity increasingly spills across borders during geopolitical tensions, insurers face a growing challenge in understanding where exposure sits across their portfolios. When conflicts escalate, cyber risk rarely stays contained to the region where the crisis begins, with attacks, disruption and digital dependencies creating far-reaching consequences.

How geopolitical tensions are reshaping cyber risk for insurers

As cyber activity increasingly spills across borders during geopolitical tensions, insurers face a growing challenge in understanding where exposure sits across their portfolios. When...
Non-standard auto insurer Aspire General Insurance has partnered with insurance AI platform Liberate to introduce an AI-powered First Notice of Loss (FNOL) process.

Aspire partners Liberate to automate FNOL

Non-standard auto insurer Aspire General Insurance has partnered with insurance AI platform Liberate to introduce an AI-powered First Notice of Loss (FNOL) process. The collaboration is...
Digital insurer Wakam UK has entered the UK motorcycle insurance market through a partnership with specialist intermediary Principal Insurance.

Wakam UK partners with Principal for motorcycle insurance

Digital insurer Wakam UK has entered the UK motorcycle insurance market through a partnership with specialist intermediary Principal Insurance. The collaboration combines Wakam UK’s digital...
Global professional services firm Aon has demonstrated a proof of concept for settling insurance premiums using stablecoins, marking what the company describes as the first such transaction among major global brokers.

Aon pilots digital asset insurance payment

Global professional services firm Aon has demonstrated a proof of concept for settling insurance premiums using stablecoins, marking what the company describes as the...

News Stories

Why “UK-hosted” cloud doesn’t mean what you think

Cloud computing has become a core function in modern finance and while many depend on it to store their sensitive data, they do not...
Quandri has announced new integrations with Vertafore AMS360 and HawkSoft, expanding access to its AI-powered renewal intelligence platform across two of the most widely used agency management systems in North America.

Quandri brings AI renewal automation to more North American agencies

Quandri has announced new integrations with Vertafore AMS360 and HawkSoft, expanding access to its AI-powered renewal intelligence platform across two of the most widely...
Atrium has deployed Sofix’s BrokerBrief solution to bring AI-powered claim analysis and summaries directly into its claims workflow across all classes of business.

Atrium deploys Sofix AI tool to streamline claims analysis

Atrium has deployed Sofix’s BrokerBrief solution to bring AI-powered claim analysis and summaries directly into its claims workflow across all classes of business. The deployment...
AI underwriting platform Sixfold has partnered with Munich Re to integrate its technology into Realytix Zero, the reinsurer’s cloud-based automated underwriting platform.

Munich Re integrates Sixfold AI to streamline underwriting workflows

AI underwriting platform Sixfold has partnered with Munich Re to integrate its technology into Realytix Zero, the reinsurer’s cloud-based automated underwriting platform. The integration enables...
Commercial insurance broker Pelican Insured has deployed the nCino SmartBroker × Acturis platform as part of its strategy to scale operations and strengthen client acquisition, compliance and underwriting processes.

Pelican Insured transforms broker workflows with nCino SmartBroker

Commercial insurance broker Pelican Insured has deployed the nCino SmartBroker × Acturis platform as part of its strategy to scale operations and strengthen client...
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