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global InsurTech deal activity Q2 2026

US companies dominated global InsurTech deals in Q2 as deal activity grew 10% QoQ

Key global InsurTech investment stats in Q2 2026: Global InsurTech deal activity grew 10% QoQ in Q2 US companies dominated global InsurTech deal landscape...

Carpe unveils Minerva engine for small commercial insurers

Carpe, a company that turns online data and public records into decision-ready intelligence for insurers, has introduced the Minerva Reasoning Engine, a new AI-native...
Orion180 targets Nasdaq as tech-led insurer scales

Orion180 targets Nasdaq as tech-led insurer scales

Orion180 has filed an S-1 registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed Nasdaq listing under the ticker "OIG", giving...
Accelerant's latest filings reveal scope of Nest insurance plans

Accelerant’s latest filings reveal scope of Nest insurance plans

Accelerant, an insurance platform that combines capacity, underwriting and technology, has submitted trademark applications that indicate it could be developing a new offering called...
Starpeak secures August Equity investment

Starpeak secures August Equity investment

August Equity, a UK-based private equity investor focused on lower-mid-market businesses, has agreed to invest in Starpeak, a specialist insurance distributor serving niche personal...

AEGIS London and Augentic unveil digital consortium

AEGIS London, a top-quartile Lloyd's syndicate, and Augentic, a tech-enabled MGA, have joined forces to launch a new cross-class digital follow consortium within the...
Why insurance’s distribution data goldmine matters now

Why insurance’s distribution data goldmine matters now

Insurance distribution has traditionally been treated as an operational challenge. Carriers, MGAs and agencies have invested in technology to onboard producers, manage licences and...

Alliant Insurance buys Nava in AI benefits push

Alliant Insurance Services, one of the largest insurance brokers and consultants in the US, has agreed to acquire Nava Benefits, the AI-native employee benefits...
RockRose Risk lands $12.5m to reshape wildfire insurance

RockRose Risk lands $12.5m to reshape wildfire insurance

RockRose Risk, the insurance brokerage that rewards property owners for reducing wildfire exposure, has completed a $12.5m Series A round. The financing was jointly led...

bolt launches AI-powered insurance distribution platform

Bolt, a leading InsurTech focused on distribution, has rolled out what it calls the insurance sector's first AI-powered distribution platform to give partners access...

News Stories

How AI could help insurers manage rising climate costs

How AI could help insurers manage rising climate costs

Climate change is putting insurance models under growing pressure as rising claims costs, natural catastrophe losses and more expensive repairs push premiums higher. For...
Whole-case renewals can hide margin leakage in group benefits

Whole-case renewals can hide margin leakage in group benefits

Group benefits insurers may be missing pricing opportunities when renewal decisions are made at whole-case level, particularly where different products within the same customer...
AI brings new precision to Risk Theory’s wildfire underwriting

AI brings new precision to Risk Theory’s wildfire underwriting

California’s challenging homeowners insurance market is pushing specialty providers to find more precise ways of assessing wildfire exposure. Risk Theory is using property-level AI...
CLARA unveils end-to-end agentic claims platform

CLARA unveils end-to-end agentic claims platform

CLARA Analytics, an AI-driven claims optimisation specialist, has introduced Agentic Intelligence, which it describes as the first end-to-end AI workforce designed for complex casualty...
Shelter Insurance taps One Inc to digitise payments

Shelter Insurance taps One Inc to digitise payments

One Inc, a payments network built specifically for the insurance sector, has been picked by Shelter Insurance Companies to overhaul how the carrier's customers...
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