Sector Updates

Cyber insurance startup Baobab nets pre-seed

Baobab, which bundles cybersecurity and cyber insurance services, has reportedly collected €3.5m in its pre-seed funding round.

Amplify gets backing for life insurance investment product

Amplify Life Insurance, a digital life insurance platform focused on helping customers build wealth through permanent life insurance, has raised $12m in Series A funding.

Seel secures Series A for e-commerce insurance

San Francisco-based Seel, which offers insurance for e-commerce companies, has raised $17m in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $23.6m, according to a report from TechCrunch.

InsurTech Zego embarks on European expansion

Commercial motor insurer Zego is launching in the Netherlands and ramping up its operations in France.

Synchrony and Pawlicy partner for accessible pet insurance

Synchrony, premier consumer financial services company, and pet insurance marketplace Pawlicy Advisor are joining forces to help consumers better plan for expenses regarding their pet.

Novidea taps into surging demand for cloud solutions

Novidea, a cloud-based solutions provider for the insurance industry, has experienced over 100% year-on-year growth and doubled its operations in 2021 due to increased global demand from brokers, agents and MGAs.

WTW and Tempcover team up for usage-based insurance

Willis Towers Watson (WTW) global advisory, broking and solutions company, has partnered with InsurTech Tempcover to deliver a usage-based automotive insurance solution for the digital generation.

3 trends driving digital transformation in insurance in 2022

As the world settles into 2022, cloud-based InsurTech Novidea has outlined the three major trends it expects to drive digital transformation this year.

Blockchain-based insurance to save $10bn in claims admin

Blockchain-based insurance will transform claims administration and save $10bn in costs globally by 2024, up from $1.1bn in 2021, according to a report from Juniper Research.

Insurely and Avanza team up for Swedish pensions

Sweden-based InsurTech Insurely is partnering with Avanza Bank to offer better pension products, a report by InsurTech Digital has revealed.

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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