Sector Updates

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Old Mutual and CoverGo to drive digital insurance across Africa

Old Mutual, a pan-African financial services group, has partnered with CoverGo, a global no-code insurance SaaS platform for P&C, health, and life, to drive digital insurance transformation across Africa.
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Zendrive partners with Progressive to make roads safer

Zendrive, a company on a mission to make roads safer with data and analytics, has partnered with insurance carrier Progressive to expands its Insurance Qualification Lens (IQL) programme.
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What is the insurance single customer view?

According to data and analytics software company Quantexa, insurers are taking on a single customer view strategy, however there are different interpretations of what this means.
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Smart Communications names Anthony Bennett as CIO

Smart Communications, which helps companies engage in meaningful customer conversations, has named Anthony Bennett as its new chief information officer.
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How the Scanbot Document Scanner SDK levels up the insurance experience

Insurance company SWICA turned to Scanbot SDK in a bid to provide its customers with smooth digital processes for transferring recovery documents within its mySWICA app.
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Coverdash secures seed funding for its business insurance solutions

Coverdash, a fully-digital business insurance startup providing simplified insurance solutions to businesses, has closed an oversubscribed seed funding round and officially launched.
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Insurer for “modern families” Dayforward acquires Commercial Travelers and bags $25m

Dayforward, a digital life insurance company built for modern families, has acquired Commercial Travelers Life Insurance Company and secured $25m of funding.
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FirstVet teams up with Fletch for embedded pet insurance marketplace

FirstVet, a provider of on-demand video consultations for pet parents, has partnered with Fletch to embed a pet insurance marketplace for its US users.
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Two Sigma joins forces with NominoData to tackle insurance fraud

Two Sigma Insurance Quantified (TSIQ), an underwriting technology company for the commercial property and casualty industry, has partnered with NominoData to detect and reduce insurance fraud.
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The value of continuous monitoring

In light of rising cyber attacks and the changing regulatory system, keeping abreast of cyber threats before they take hold is more important than ever. A continuous monitoring programme is essential to this.

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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