Sector Updates

Gen, a global embedded marketplace platform, has acquired Trellis, a technology-driven insurance shopping platform, to integrate its AI-powered capabilities into Engine by Gen.

Gen enhances embedded marketplace with Trellis acquisition

Gen, a global embedded marketplace platform, has acquired Trellis, a technology-driven insurance shopping platform, to integrate its AI-powered capabilities into Engine by Gen. The acquisition...
Toronto-based Manulife, a leading life insurance and financial services provider, has partnered with Akka, a provider of enterprise-scale software solutions, to strengthen its enterprise agentic AI platform.

Manulife and Akka partner for agentic AI platform

Toronto-based Manulife, a leading life insurance and financial services provider, has partnered with Akka, a provider of enterprise-scale software solutions, to strengthen its enterprise...
Insurance risk platform Cytora has partnered with geospatial intelligence provider Altitude Intelligence to integrate advanced location-based risk data into its underwriting platform.

Cytora teams with Altitude to enhance underwriting data

Insurance risk platform Cytora has partnered with geospatial intelligence provider Altitude Intelligence to integrate advanced location-based risk data into its underwriting platform. The collaboration embeds...
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...

News Stories

Retailers have spent the last few years racing to embed wellness into their loyalty apps. The logic is sound, with consumers more health-conscious than ever, and digital touchpoints offering a direct route to influence behaviour. Yet despite heavy investment, most of these features are underused, quickly forgotten, or never meaningfully adopted.

Why retail loyalty apps fail to engage – and how dacadoo is changing the...

Retailers have spent the last few years racing to embed wellness into their loyalty apps. The logic is sound, with consumers more health-conscious than...
Chubb, a multinational insurer operating across property, casualty and life segments, has partnered with Insify, a financial security platform for freelancers and SMEs, to launch a fully digital disability insurance product for self-employed professionals in the Netherlands.

Insify and Chubb unveil digital disability insurance

Chubb, a multinational insurer operating across property, casualty and life segments, has partnered with Insify, a financial security platform for freelancers and SMEs, to...
mea Platform, an AI-driven (re)insurance technology provider, has been selected by BMS Group, an independent (re)insurance broker with a strong international presence, to deploy its Broking Operations products and enhance placement efficiency through digital transformation.

mea Platform powers BMS AI-driven broking workflows

mea Platform, an AI-driven (re)insurance technology provider, has been selected by BMS Group, an independent (re)insurance broker with a strong international presence, to deploy...
BYD, a global leader in new energy vehicles, has partnered with bolttech, an InsurTech specialising in embedded insurance, to deliver integrated motor insurance solutions for electric vehicle customers across Europe, starting with the UK and expanding into Italy, France, Germany and Spain.

BYD selects bolttech for embedded EV insurance rollout

BYD, a global leader in new energy vehicles, has partnered with bolttech, an InsurTech specialising in embedded insurance, to deliver integrated motor insurance solutions...
ViteSicure, an InsurTech specialising in life and personal protection, has raised €2.5m in the first tranche of its Series A funding round, with backing from new investors including Ad4Ventures and Net Insurance, to accelerate its growth strategy and scale operations.

ViteSicure advances growth with €2.5m raise

ViteSicure, an InsurTech specialising in life and personal protection, has raised €2.5m in the first tranche of its Series A funding round, with backing...
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