Sector Updates

How UK insurers should tackle PRA climate risk guidance

How UK insurers should tackle PRA climate risk guidance

The Bank of England's (BoE) Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) published Supervisory Statement 5/25 last December, setting out its concerns over the systemic risks that...
AI insurer Harper secures $47m in seed and Series A

AI insurer Harper secures $47m in seed and Series A

Harper, an AI-powered commercial insurance brokerage, has raised $47m in combined seed and Series A funding. The round was led by Emergence Capital, with participation...

How will evolving customer expectations change InsurTech in 2026?

After years of digital transformation initiatives, 2026 is shaping up to be less about technological experimentation and more about behavioural reality. Across insurance markets...
Floodbase and Liberty Mutual launch instant flood quoting

Floodbase and Liberty Mutual launch instant flood quoting

Floodbase, a parametric flood risk insurance platform, and Liberty Mutual have announced the launch of an instant quoting application for parametric flood (re)insurance in...

General Magic raises $7.2m to speed up insurance quotes

General Magic, an AI agent platform for the insurance industry, has raised a $7.2m seed funding round, bringing its total funding to $8.4m. The round...

Canopius taps Globex to scale marine insurance

Canopius, a global specialty and P&C re/insurer, has formed a strategic partnership with Globex Underwriting Services to strengthen the placement of local marine insurance...
water

The insurance cost of undetected water leaks

A water leak is rarely “just a leak”. It is one of the fastest ways to turn an ordinary week into emergency call-outs, disrupted...
Ecuador

Ecuador rolls out parametric cover for farmers

Ecuador has contracted its first parametric agricultural insurance policies, providing protection against extreme rainfall and drought for up to 10,000 people in smallholder rice...

FIS unveils generative AI tool for actuaries

Jacksonville-based FinTech firm FIS has launched the Insurance Risk Suite AI Assistant, a generative AI tool designed to provide actuaries with instant guidance on...
WTW

WTW appoints George Lewkowicz to lead P&C capital modelling

WTW, a global advisory, broking and solutions company, has appointed George Lewkowicz as global proposition leader for P&C capital modelling within its insurance consulting...

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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