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Global insurer Aviva has expanded its ChatGPT app to include life insurance, allowing customers to obtain an initial quote through the conversational AI platform before completing their application online.

Aviva brings life insurance applications to ChatGPT

Global insurer Aviva has expanded its ChatGPT app to include life insurance, allowing customers to obtain an initial quote through the conversational AI platform...
The debate between Generalised Linear Models (GLMs) and Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs) has been a long-running fixture in actuarial pricing discussions. While it is often framed as a competition between “old” and “new” modelling approaches, practitioners increasingly recognise that the real issue is not superiority, but suitability.

Comparing the benefits of GLM and GBM for insurance pricing

The debate between Generalised Linear Models (GLMs) and Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs) has been a long-running fixture in actuarial pricing discussions. While it is...
The modern pharmacy has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, evolving from a simple dispensary into one of the most accessible frontline healthcare providers. Today, pharmacies in the United States deliver flu vaccinations, blood pressure checks, medication therapy management, and a growing range of preventative health services, placing them at the heart of community healthcare delivery.

Pharmacies must evolve into continuous digital health platforms

The modern pharmacy has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, evolving from a simple dispensary into one of the most accessible frontline healthcare...
Pace, an AI operations company focused on insurance workflows, has raised $46m in Series B funding as it accelerates the rollout of its agentic automation platform across global insurance markets.

Pace raises $46m Series B to scale AI insurance operations

Pace, an AI operations company focused on insurance workflows, has raised $46m in Series B funding as it accelerates the rollout of its agentic...
Newrez, a US homeownership company, has expanded its partnership with digital insurance marketplace Matic to embed real-time homeowners insurance comparison and quoting directly into its HomeHub customer portal.

Matic and Newrez launch real-time insurance marketplace in HomeHub

Newrez, a US homeownership company, has expanded its partnership with digital insurance marketplace Matic to embed real-time homeowners insurance comparison and quoting directly into...
VIPR Solutions and WCL, a Zywave organisation, have launched an integrated digital workflow for non-bureau delegated underwriting, aiming to eliminate one of the insurance market’s most persistent operational bottlenecks.

VIPR and WCL launch integrated delegated underwriting platform

VIPR Solutions and WCL, a Zywave organisation, have launched an integrated digital workflow for non-bureau delegated underwriting, aiming to eliminate one of the insurance...

How iPipeline leverages AI to transform the life insurance market

iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life...

Weecover launches insurance payment orchestration module

Weecover, an InsurTech platform specialising in technology solutions for insurance management and distribution, has officially launched its Insurance Payment Orchestration Module, a product built...
IBM and Quant AI transform contact centres with Ava

IBM and Quant AI transform contact centres with Ava

Quant AI, an agentic AI systems developer, has unveiled AI agent Ava at the IBM Think Conference. Ava is an AI-powered contact centre solution developed...

Novidea powers Burns & Wilcox London market ops

Burns & Wilcox Global Solutions, the London-based specialist wholesale broking arm of H.W. Kaufman Group, has gone live on Novidea's insurance management platform, the...

News Stories

AXA XL and Deloitte team up on cyber risk prevention

AXA XL and Deloitte team up on cyber risk prevention

AXA XL, a global commercial insurance and risk management provider, has announced a strategic partnership with professional services firm Deloitte to deliver expanded cybersecurity...
Wrisk adds Ageas UK to its motor insurance panel

Wrisk adds Ageas UK to its motor insurance panel

Ageas UK, a personal lines insurer, has joined the motor insurance panel of Wrisk, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) InsurTech specialist, in a new...
Sedgwick reveals rising claims severity in Europe

Sedgwick reveals rising claims severity in Europe

Sedgwick, the world's leading risk and claims administration partner, has released its 2026 Claims Administration Intelligence Report, examining claims trends and pressures across the...

Peel Mutual adopts Guidewire Cloud for AI-led growth

Peel Mutual Insurance Company, a member of the Ontario Mutual Insurance Association, has chosen Guidewire Cloud to advance its AI capabilities, streamline core insurance...
Guidewire report reveals UK pet insurance divide

Guidewire report reveals UK pet insurance divide

Guidewire, a leading insurance software provider, has released findings from its 2026 Insurance Customer Attitudes report, shedding light on how UK pet insurance customers...
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