Sector Updates

Otonomo and Audi team up for data-driven insurance

Otonomo Technologies, which provides a mobility intelligence platform, has partnered with Audi to provide data-driven auto insurance services.

Insurer Stubben Edge reels in £10m funding

UK-based InsurTech firm Stubben Edge has raised £10m from an investment round that including firms such as Lloyd’s Names and a range of institutional investors.

Helvengo set to revolutionise SME insurance

Zurich-based Helvengo, which provides insurance solutions tailored to entrepreneurs, startups and SMEs, has received $4.5m in a seed financing round.

Roamly and Wheelbase to offer embedded RV insurance

InsurTech Roamly has partnered with Wheelbase, software product provider for RV fleet, to provide an embedded digital RV insurance product.

Ascend bags $30m in equity and $250m in debt

US-based Ascend, which claims to be the first modern insurance payments platform, has bagged $30m in its Series A, alongside a further $250m in a lending commitment.

Pacific Lake backs OneShield

OneShield Software, a provider of core software solutions to property and casualty insurance companies, has received a $50m follow-on investment.

BlackRock to loan Root Insurance $300m

Root, the parent company of Root Insurance, has closed a term loan facility with BlackRock Financial Management.

New Zealand deploys software for natural disaster response

New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission (EQC) is to use new modelling software to boost its ability to plan for future natural disasters and respond to them.

DigitalOwl lands Series A for medical record technology

DigitalOwl, a Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology for deeply analysing and summarising medical records that aids insurers, has raised $20m in Series A funding.

TD Insurance boosts insurance fraud protection with FRISS

TD Insurance (TDI) has implemented FRISS’ AI-powered fraud risk scoring services to combat the rising prevalence of insurance fraud in Canada.

News Stories

Producer licensing is one of those parts of insurance that tends to stay in the background until it starts slowing everything else down. As carriers expand their agent networks, the process of onboarding producers, managing appointments, and maintaining compliance records often still depends on fragmented systems and manual intervention.

Fixing the producer bottleneck in insurance distribution

Producer licensing is one of those parts of insurance that tends to stay in the background until it starts slowing everything else down. As...
Simply Business, a digital insurance marketplace, has launched a business insurance app on ChatGPT in the US, alongside a separate rollout in the UK.

Simply Business brings small business insurance pricing into ChatGPT

Simply Business, a digital insurance marketplace, has launched a business insurance app on ChatGPT in the US, alongside a separate rollout in the UK. The...
Cytora, a digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic relationship with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to embed advanced data and analytics into its platform for US commercial insurers.Cytora, a digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic relationship with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to embed advanced data and analytics into its platform for US commercial insurers.

Cytora partners LexisNexis to enhance US commercial underwriting

Cytora, a digital risk processing platform, has announced a strategic relationship with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to embed advanced data and analytics into its platform...
INSTANDA, a no-code insurance platform provider, has partnered with DataCrest, a workflow solutions firm, to enhance submission intake and quoting efficiency for insurers and MGAs.

INSTANDA and DataCrest team up to streamline insurance submissions

INSTANDA, a no-code insurance platform provider, has partnered with DataCrest, a workflow solutions firm, to enhance submission intake and quoting efficiency for insurers and...
Openly, a tech-enabled homeowners insurance provider, has secured a growth investment round led by existing investors Eden Global Partners, Advance Venture Partners and Gradient, with strategic participation from Allianz X.

Openly boosts expansion plans with funding and Allianz Re deal

Openly, a tech-enabled homeowners insurance provider, has secured a growth investment round led by existing investors Eden Global Partners, Advance Venture Partners and Gradient,...
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