Sector Updates

The insurance sector in the UK faces a year of mounting challenges. From technological disruption and market consolidation to evolving risks and customer expectations, brokers, underwriters, and networks are under pressure to adapt quickly.

A practical guide for UK insurers on compliance in 2026

The insurance sector in the UK faces a year of mounting challenges. From technological disruption and market consolidation to evolving risks and customer expectations,...
Insurance pricing engines are quietly becoming one of the most strategic tools for insurers looking to modernise operations and accelerate growth. What was once an IT headache, with complex integrations, unpredictable costs and time-consuming maintenance, is now being transformed into a cloud-native enabler that connects actuarial modelling, rate production and deployment in a single ecosystem.

The hidden driver of growth for insurance firms

Insurance pricing engines are quietly becoming one of the most strategic tools for insurers looking to modernise operations and accelerate growth. What was once...
Embedded insurance platform Kayna has raised €1.5m ($1.7m) in a seed funding round to support expansion in the UK and US markets.

Kayna raises $1.7m seed for embedded insurance

Embedded insurance platform Kayna has raised €1.5m ($1.7m) in a seed funding round to support expansion in the UK and US markets. The round was...

Country-Wide taps Duck Creek for analytics platform

New York auto insurer Country-Wide Insurance has partnered with insurance technology provider Duck Creek Technologies to deploy the Duck Creek Clarity data and analytics...
Healthcare AI startup Delphyr has raised €1.75m to expand its platform for medical professionals, with backing from the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO.

Delphyr raises €1.75m for healthcare AI platform

Healthcare AI startup Delphyr has raised €1.75m to expand its platform for medical professionals, with backing from the founders of Hugging Face and DEGIRO. The...
As cyber activity increasingly spills across borders during geopolitical tensions, insurers face a growing challenge in understanding where exposure sits across their portfolios. When conflicts escalate, cyber risk rarely stays contained to the region where the crisis begins, with attacks, disruption and digital dependencies creating far-reaching consequences.

How geopolitical tensions are reshaping cyber risk for insurers

As cyber activity increasingly spills across borders during geopolitical tensions, insurers face a growing challenge in understanding where exposure sits across their portfolios. When...
Non-standard auto insurer Aspire General Insurance has partnered with insurance AI platform Liberate to introduce an AI-powered First Notice of Loss (FNOL) process.

Aspire partners Liberate to automate FNOL

Non-standard auto insurer Aspire General Insurance has partnered with insurance AI platform Liberate to introduce an AI-powered First Notice of Loss (FNOL) process. The collaboration is...
Digital insurer Wakam UK has entered the UK motorcycle insurance market through a partnership with specialist intermediary Principal Insurance.

Wakam UK partners with Principal for motorcycle insurance

Digital insurer Wakam UK has entered the UK motorcycle insurance market through a partnership with specialist intermediary Principal Insurance. The collaboration combines Wakam UK’s digital...
Global professional services firm Aon has demonstrated a proof of concept for settling insurance premiums using stablecoins, marking what the company describes as the first such transaction among major global brokers.

Aon pilots digital asset insurance payment

Global professional services firm Aon has demonstrated a proof of concept for settling insurance premiums using stablecoins, marking what the company describes as the...
Parisian InsurTech Akur8 has expanded its strategic relationship with professional services firm RSM US LLP, with RSM adopting the Akur8 Discover platform across its North American operations.

Akur8 expands RSM partnership with Discover adoption

Parisian InsurTech Akur8 has expanded its strategic relationship with professional services firm RSM US LLP, with RSM adopting the Akur8 Discover platform across its...

News Stories

intellectAI Insurance’s month of listening exposes wholesale broking’s data gap

IntellectAI has used its Broker Appreciation Month (BAM) campaign, which ran throughout July, to surface the operational friction still holding back wholesale insurance distribution,...
What music can teach insurance actuaries

Actuaries and music: a mathematical connection

Actuaries and musicians may work in very different fields, but both rely on patterns, interpretation and judgement. At Akur8, several actuaries say their experience with...
Orange brings three insurance products to market simultaneously

Orange brings three insurance products to market simultaneously

Orange Insurance Exchange has gone live with three property insurance products simultaneously across Florida, moving onto Solstice Innovations' AI-native Equinox policy administration platform. The Florida...
Vero, Uber, Cover Genius unveil rideshare InsurTech

Vero, Uber, Cover Genius unveil rideshare InsurTech

Vero, the Suncorp-owned insurer, has partnered with Uber, the ride-hailing platform, and Cover Genius, an embedded insurance provider, to introduce what is being described...

NEOS and Marloo partner on AI-driven insurance pricing

NEOS, an Australian life insurance platform, and Marloo, an adviser productivity platform, have entered into a partnership that will embed NEOS pricing directly into...
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