Sector Updates

Honey

Zurich bets on Honey to crack home insurance market

Zurich Financial Services Australia, the local arm of the global insurer and Australia's only major composite insurer, is set to enter the country's personal...

Acrisure unifies specialty MGAs under new Asero brand

Acrisure, a global FinTech leader, has unveiled Asero Insurance Services, a specialty managing general agency (MGA) that brings a number of its US programme...
Allianz UK launches Slick Cover to shake up motor cover

Allianz UK launches Slick Cover to shake up motor cover

Allianz UK has widened the options available to British drivers with the debut of Slick Cover, a new digital-first motor insurance brand. The venture has...

ANNA Money adds business insurance via Admiral deal

ANNA Money, the business account platform for freelancers and small businesses, has partnered with Admiral Business to embed insurance directly within its app. The tie-up...

GuardianPointe taps ZestyAI to improve property risk visibility

GuardianPointe Insurance Company, a US property insurer focused on catastrophe-exposed markets, has adopted ZestyAI’s property intelligence platform to improve how it understands and manages...

Why AI pilots are failing insurers and what comes next

Insurance executives are under mounting pressure. Premium growth is stalling, claims costs are rising on the back of erratic weather patterns, and customers are...

Corgi launches AI-native platform accelerating insurance claims

Corgi Insurance has launched Corgi Claims, an AI-native third-party administrator (TPA) helping insurers accelerate claims handling through artificial intelligence and a nationwide network of...

Eye Security raises €60m Series C led by Sofina

Eye Security, a Hague-based cybersecurity platform serving European businesses, has secured €60m in Series C funding to accelerate its expansion across Europe. The round was...

Intellect’s modular fix for legacy underwriting pain

For decades, insurers have been sold a particular story: that unlocking modern capabilities means tearing out their core system and starting from scratch. Intellect...

New partnership targets MSP certification and risk

MSPAlliance, a certification and operational standards body for managed service providers (MSPs), has joined forces with MSP-focused legal firm Monjur and cyber insurance specialist...

News Stories

ZestyAI makes international debut at Lloyd's with MAP

ZestyAI makes international debut at Lloyd’s with MAP

ZestyAI, the Risk Decision Platform serving the insurance sector, has signed MAP Underwriting (Managing Agency Partners), a managing agency at Lloyd's of London, as...
MGAs

Insurance-native AI: the next edge for UK MGAs

The UK's managing general agent (MGA) sector has emerged as one of the standout performers in insurance, frequently beating the wider market across commercial,...

Cytora and InformData move to derisk commercial submissions

Cytora, the digital risk processing platform serving commercial insurance carriers, has formed a partnership with InformData, a network specialising in verifiable people data, in...
Why insurers can't afford the actuary vs data scientist divide

The hybrid actuarial role reshaping insurance pricing

Insurers face a growing dilemma: machine learning promises sharper pricing, yet models must remain explainable, compliant and commercially viable. According to Akur8, the answer...
How AI can rescue cyber submissions from the black hole

How AI can rescue cyber submissions from the black hole

Commercial insurance is wrestling with a silent crisis that IntellectAI has dubbed the "submission black hole", the unmanaged space inside a carrier's infrastructure where...
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