Sector Updates

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Porch Group secures $333m convertible notes financing

Porch Group, a vertical software company reinventing the home services and insurance industries, has secured $33m in convertible notes financing.
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Resolute Global Partners launches new type of reinsurance contract for natural catastrophes

Resolute Global Partners, an investment advisor specialising in insurance and reinsurance, has launched Footprint, a new type of reinsurance contract.
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Fortune 500 insurance giant Markel selects hyperexponential to transform underwriting

Fortune 500 financial services holding company Markel, has selected hyperexponential’s next-generation pricing tool, Renew, to transform its underwriting processes in the UK.
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InsurTech Cover Whale joins forces with Netradyne and Nexar

Cover Whale Insurance, a commercial trucking insurance provider, has partnered with Nexar and Netradyne to more precisely price policies and offer discounts to safe drivers.
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Hippo Insurance selects Opterrix to optimise claims workflows

Hippo Insurance has selected Opterrix, a provider of risk intelligence or the property & casualty insurance industry, to optimise claims workflows.
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Lloyd’s unveils £250m sustainability-focused private impact fund

Lloyd’s has launched a private impact fund with an initial £250m allocation aimed in sustainability-focused assets.
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IAG Firemark Ventures backs InsurTech Planck

IAG Firemark Ventures has invested in Planck, a global InsurTech platform that provides real-time answers to underwriting questions to the global Commercial Insurance Industry.
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Pet InsurTech Kanguro officially launches health insurance plans for pets

Pet InsurTech Kanguro, which is on a mission to reinvent the world of pet insurance, has officially launched its health insurance plans for pets.
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Verisk launches solution to help insurers develop commercial lines products

Global data analytics provider Verisk has launched a Rating-as-a-Service (RaaS) solution to help insurers develop new commercial lines products.
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Civil unrest reducing risk appetite in political violence insurance market, Howden says

A report from insurance broker Howden has revealed that an increasingly unpredictable threat landscape has elevated strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC) risks and hence reduce risk appetite in the political violence (PV) insurance market.

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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