Sector Updates

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Chelsea Avondale bolsters Canadian home insurance portfolio with fresh series C funding

Chelsea Avondale, a pioneering home insurance group renowned for its underwriting using scientific risk models, has secured series C funding from an ensemble of prominent investors.
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Allianz Trade joins 4Trans to boost EU SME funding

4Trans, a FinTech firm specialising in financial products for supply chain and logistics companies, and Allianz Trade, a prominent player in the insurance sector, have embarked on a strategic partnership.
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Travel InsurTech Faye bags $10m in series A to reimagine travel insurance

Faye, a burgeoning travel insurance start-up, has raised $10m in its Series A funding round.
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RenaissanceRe acquires Validus Re from AIG in a lucrative $4.5bn deal

American International Group (AIG), a global insurance behemoth headquartered in the US, has announced its decision to divest Validus Re to RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
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Sapiens and Microsoft: Pioneering Generative AI for the Insurance Sector

Global software solution provider Sapiens International Corporation, and tech titan Microsoft, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at harnessing the power of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the insurance industry.
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Quebec’s Promutuel Assurance embraces Akur8’s tech for innovative insurance pricing

Promutuel Assurance, one of Quebec's most significant property and casualty mutual insurance carriers, has selected Akur8 for its innovative insurance pricing solution.
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The reinsurance property CAT market: A journey towards new equilibrium

Swiss Re, a leading global reinsurance company, together with Swiss Re Institute, its research arm, recently published an extensive report examining the state of the Reinsurance Property Catastrophe (CAT) market.
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Travel peace of mind: Volaris and Cover Genius launch strategic partnership

Volaris, an ultra-low-cost Mexican airline that operates within Mexico, the United States, and Central and South America, has forged a strategic partnership with Cover Genius, the renowned InsurTech specialising in embedded protection.
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Percipience partners with Coaction Specialty to enhance insurance data analysis

Percipience, an InsurTech data and analytics software provider, and Coaction Specialty Insurance Company (Coaction Specialty), a subsidiary of B Corporation-certified insurance holding company Coaction Global, have partnered.
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Synchrono Group Partners with KCC for Advanced Risk Modelling in Insurance Underwriting

Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a pioneer in providing advanced models and innovative software for deeper insights into catastrophe risk, has announced that the Synchrono Group, trading as SynchronoSure, has licensed KCC's comprehensive suite of US catastrophe models.

News Stories

Carpe unveils Minerva engine for small commercial insurers

Carpe, a company that turns online data and public records into decision-ready intelligence for insurers, has introduced the Minerva Reasoning Engine, a new AI-native...
Orion180 targets Nasdaq as tech-led insurer scales

Orion180 targets Nasdaq as tech-led insurer scales

Orion180 has filed an S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed Nasdaq listing under the ticker "OIG", giving...
Accelerant's latest filings reveal scope of Nest insurance plans

Accelerant’s latest filings reveal scope of Nest insurance plans

Accelerant, an insurance platform that combines capacity, underwriting and technology, has submitted trademark applications that indicate it could be developing a new offering called...
Starpeak secures August Equity investment

Starpeak secures August Equity investment

August Equity, a UK-based private equity investor focused on lower-mid-market businesses, has agreed to invest in Starpeak, a specialist insurance distributor serving niche personal...

AEGIS London and Augentic unveil digital consortium

AEGIS London, a top-quartile Lloyd's syndicate, and Augentic, a tech-enabled MGA, have joined forces to launch a new cross-class digital follow consortium within the...
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