Sector Updates

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...

Allianz UK expands Complete Business digital offering

Allianz UK, the insurance giant, has enhanced its Complete Business proposition for digital trading, aiming to help brokers place SME risks online with greater...
Patra secures US patent for AI value extraction tech

Patra secures US patent for AI value extraction tech

Patra, an outcome-focused operating partner serving the insurance industry, has been granted a US patent covering the technology behind its Policy Checking AI. The United...
actuarial

Why generic AI agents fail the actuarial transparency test

The insurance industry is caught in an AI gold rush, but not everything that glitters is fit for actuarial work. As agentic AI shifts...
ZestyAI powers DUAL's California wildfire underwriting

ZestyAI powers DUAL’s California wildfire underwriting

DUAL North America, a specialty programme administrator offering property, casualty, financial lines and surety products, has widened its relationship with InsurTech firm ZestyAI to...

News Stories

Capricorn Mutual completes Duck Creek platform go-live

Capricorn Mutual completes Duck Creek platform go-live

Aggne, a Wipro company and insurance technology services provider, has confirmed the successful go-live of Capricorn Mutual, the member-owned risk protection organisation, on Duck...
Why rating engines are becoming insurers' decision hub

Why rating engines are becoming insurers’ decision hub

Pricing technology is moving beyond its traditional home in actuarial and underwriting teams. Rating engines are increasingly being used by marketing, innovation and product...
AML

Why underwriting data holds the key to spotting AML risk

Insurance houses across South Africa are pouring money into anti-financial crime tools, yet heavy spending alone is not solving the problem. Effectiveness, particularly at...
Wildfire data model drives new California cover

Wildfire data model drives new California cover

DUAL North America, a specialty programme administrator, Kingstone Companies, a Northeast-focused property insurer, and Windward Risk Managers, a Florida-based risk manager, have each launched...
ManyPets debuts UK's first ChatGPT insurance plugin

ManyPets debuts UK’s first ChatGPT insurance plugin

ManyPets, a UK pet insurance provider offering Lifetime cover and an AI-powered claims service, has become the first UK specialist pet insurance provider to...
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