Sector Updates

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Sky and Zurich launch smart home protection IoT service

Sky and Zurich Insurance have launched a smart home protection IoT service offering customer comprehensive home insurance and smart home tech.
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NFU Mutual selects FRISS to automate and streamline trust

NFU Mutual, an insurer in the UK, has selected FRISS to automate trust throughout its policy and claim lifecycle. FRISS is an AI-powered fraud, risk...
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BrokerTech Ventures and ManchesterStory launches $34m fund for early-stage InsurTechs

BrokerTech Ventures (BTV) has partnered with leading InsurTech venture capital investor ManchesterStory Group to launch the BrokerTech Fund, LP, a venture capital fund focused on early-stage InsurTech companies developing broker-centric technology solutions.
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Carpe Data teams up with Duck Creek to boost claims and underwriting platform

Carpe Data, a next-generation online data provider for insurers, has partnered with intelligent solutions provider Duck Creek to integrate Carpe Data’s ClaimsX and Minerva products into Duck Creek’s claims and underwriting platforms.
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Tourism fuelling travel insurance sector growth, report reveals

A rise in tourism travel is fuelling the growth in the travel insurance market, a report from Research and Markets has revealed.
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Antarctica Capital to acquire life and annuity platform Midwest Holding

Midwest Holding, a technology-driven life and annuity platform, is to be acquired by international investment firm Antarctica Capital in a transaction valued at $100m.
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Insurity and ATMECS to accelerate cloud-based software for P&C carriers

Insurity, a provider of cloud-based software for insurance carriers, brokers, and MGAs, has partnered with ATMECS Global to accelerate cloud-based software implementations for P&C carriers.
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Digital wallet for insurance Marble bags $4.2m

Marble, a digital wallet and loyalty platform for insurance, has raised $4.2m in funding and launched new features.
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How can automation and AI help P&C carriers serve customers better in severe weather?

This year has already seen high levels of severe weather events, but according to Ushur such events are an opportunity for carriers to reach out to their customers to help them avoid a claim.
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Insurance could improve gun safety, report suggests

According to a ValuePenguin survey, 75% of American consumers believe gun owners should be required to have liability insurance on their firearms.

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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