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Ladder banks $14m for digital life insurance

Digital life insurance startup Ladder has raised $14m in its Series A round. Canaan Partners led the round with Lightspeed Venture Partners, NYCA and 8VC also contributing.
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Snapsheet nabs $20m to help insurers

Auto insurance software maker Snapsheet has raised $20m in a Series C round led by F-Prime Capital and IA Capital Group.
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Anivo lands insurtech deal with SBB

Swiss insurtech startup Anivo is striking a partnership with the state railway company (SBB) that will bring as many as 35,0000 railway workers onto the platform.
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Brolly scores seed funding to smarten up insurance

Artificial intelligence-driven InsurTech startup Brolly has raised $13,360 in a seed round of funding. The investment in the London-based startup comes from Entrepreneur First and Innovate Finance.

Metromile parks $103.5m for pay-by-the-mile car insurance

Pay-per-mile car insurance firm Metromile has landed $103.5m in a Series D round of funding. The capital comes from Canadian insurer Intact Financial and China Pacific Insurance (CPIC).
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FinanceFox lands $28m in largest European InsurTech deal

The InsurTech space continues to excite investors with the largest funding round raised in Europe to date just being picked up by FinanceFox.

Eos Venture Partners launches dedicated InsurTech fund

As hype continues to build around the potential for startups to disrupt the insurance space Eos Venture Partners is launching as specialised fund dedicated to finding opportunities in InsurTech.

InsurTech firm Oscar hires new chief medical officer

New York InsurTech startup Oscar is hiring Shaden Marzouk as its new chief medical officer. A neurosurgeon and US army veteran, Marzouk will replace Aran Ron in the role.

MetLife joins R3 to explore Blockchain role in insurance

US insurance giant MetLife is joining the R3 blockchain consortium to explore what role the technology could play a role in its field.
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Peer-to-peer InsurTech startup Lemonade grabs funding

Peer-to-peer insurance company Lemonade has raised a new round of funding from XL Innovate, the venture capital arm of insurance firm XL Catlin. The size of the round is undisclosed.

News Stories

Leak detection technology has long been a staple across commercial buildings, data centres and critical infrastructure, helping organisations identify water ingress before it causes costly disruption. Traditional systems, particularly those using leak detection cables, have offered a relatively simple monitoring solution. However, these systems typically rely on fixed alert thresholds, which often fail to reflect the variability of real-world environments. As a result, while detection capabilities exist, their reliability has frequently been called into question.

Why traditional leak detection systems falter in real environments

Leak detection technology has long been a staple across commercial buildings, data centres and critical infrastructure, helping organisations identify water ingress before it causes...
The first wave of the InsurTech revolution has delivered significant innovation, but it has also left critical structural gaps unresolved. Over the past decade, the sector has made notable progress in areas such as digital distribution, API connectivity, embedded insurance, and the modernisation of agency management systems. However, beneath these advancements lies a growing concern, according to Producerflow.

InsurTech’s data gap threatens AI ambitions

The first wave of the InsurTech revolution has delivered significant innovation, but it has also left critical structural gaps unresolved. Over the past decade,...
Liberty Mutual has partnered with life insurance technology company Ethos to expand its direct-to-consumer life insurance offering in the US.

Ethos and Liberty Mutual team up to deliver fully digital life insurance

Liberty Mutual has partnered with life insurance technology company Ethos to expand its direct-to-consumer life insurance offering in the US. The collaboration will see Liberty...
Volkswagen Financial Services UK, the financial arm of the group, has appointed InsurTech firm Wrisk Transfer Limited as its preferred insurance provider for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

VWFS UK selects Wrisk as preferred insurance partner for commercial vehicles

Volkswagen Financial Services UK, the financial arm of the group, has appointed InsurTech firm Wrisk Transfer Limited as its preferred insurance provider for Volkswagen...
Transamerica, a life insurer, has partnered with global reinsurer Swiss Re to modernise its claims experience.

Transamerica and Swiss Re collaborate on digital claims transformation

Transamerica, a life insurer, has partnered with global reinsurer Swiss Re to modernise its claims experience. The initiative will see Transamerica adopt Swiss Re’s PromiseXP...
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