Sector Updates

Paris InsurTech Orus lands €5m for business insurance

Paris-based InsurTech Orus has raised €5m in funding for its mission of reinventing professional insurance.

YuLife rakes in $120m from Series C raise

YuLife, an InsurTech firm, has raised $120m from a Series C funding round headed by Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company.  

Air Doctor: How to brace for impact in the travel industry

In an economic climate characterised by rising prices, particularly gas, in part arising from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as well as a tentative recovery from the pandemic, how can those in the travel industry, including insurers, prepare?

Yonder to rival Revolut and Monzo with travel insurance offering

Yonder, a challenger credit card provider, has entered the travel insurance sector with a product that covers various travel disruptions including flight cancellations.

JAB makes more moves in pet insurance with AGILA take-over

JAB’s European pet insurance platform Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) will acquire German pet insurance provider AGILA Tierversicherung.

Munich Re and AXA Climate join WTW’s coral reef protection programme

WTW has expanded its programme insuring the Mesoamerican Reef with the appointment of Munich Re and AXA Climate as the insurance capacity providers for the project, in a bid to boost the economic and climate resilience of the surrounding regions. 

Sydney startup Upcover secures $4.7m for SMB insurance

Sydney-based insurance startup Upcover has raised $4.7m in a seed funding round to further its mission to simplify insurance for Australian small businesses.

German InsurTech wefox boasts two million customers

Berlin-based digital insurance company wefox has reached two million customers, following an announcement that it is seeking another funding raise.

Service Lloyds opts for GradientAI to bolster workers’ compensation underwriting

Service Lloyds Insurance Company has adopted Gradient AI’s solution to better predict risk and improve the pricing accuracy of workers’ compensation policies.

Tech-driven MGA Insight Risk deploys ChainThat platform

Insight Risk, a technology-driven MGA, has deployed a next-generation policy administration platform Beyond Policy Administration (BPA) from software-as-a-service platform ChainThat.

News Stories

Retailers have spent the last few years racing to embed wellness into their loyalty apps. The logic is sound, with consumers more health-conscious than ever, and digital touchpoints offering a direct route to influence behaviour. Yet despite heavy investment, most of these features are underused, quickly forgotten, or never meaningfully adopted.

Why retail loyalty apps fail to engage – and how dacadoo is changing the...

Retailers have spent the last few years racing to embed wellness into their loyalty apps. The logic is sound, with consumers more health-conscious than...
Chubb, a multinational insurer operating across property, casualty and life segments, has partnered with Insify, a financial security platform for freelancers and SMEs, to launch a fully digital disability insurance product for self-employed professionals in the Netherlands.

Insify and Chubb unveil digital disability insurance

Chubb, a multinational insurer operating across property, casualty and life segments, has partnered with Insify, a financial security platform for freelancers and SMEs, to...
mea Platform, an AI-driven (re)insurance technology provider, has been selected by BMS Group, an independent (re)insurance broker with a strong international presence, to deploy its Broking Operations products and enhance placement efficiency through digital transformation.

mea Platform powers BMS AI-driven broking workflows

mea Platform, an AI-driven (re)insurance technology provider, has been selected by BMS Group, an independent (re)insurance broker with a strong international presence, to deploy...
BYD, a global leader in new energy vehicles, has partnered with bolttech, an InsurTech specialising in embedded insurance, to deliver integrated motor insurance solutions for electric vehicle customers across Europe, starting with the UK and expanding into Italy, France, Germany and Spain.

BYD selects bolttech for embedded EV insurance rollout

BYD, a global leader in new energy vehicles, has partnered with bolttech, an InsurTech specialising in embedded insurance, to deliver integrated motor insurance solutions...
ViteSicure, an InsurTech specialising in life and personal protection, has raised €2.5m in the first tranche of its Series A funding round, with backing from new investors including Ad4Ventures and Net Insurance, to accelerate its growth strategy and scale operations.

ViteSicure advances growth with €2.5m raise

ViteSicure, an InsurTech specialising in life and personal protection, has raised €2.5m in the first tranche of its Series A funding round, with backing...
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