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Global insurer Aviva has expanded its ChatGPT app to include life insurance, allowing customers to obtain an initial quote through the conversational AI platform before completing their application online.

Aviva brings life insurance applications to ChatGPT

Global insurer Aviva has expanded its ChatGPT app to include life insurance, allowing customers to obtain an initial quote through the conversational AI platform...
The debate between Generalised Linear Models (GLMs) and Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs) has been a long-running fixture in actuarial pricing discussions. While it is often framed as a competition between “old” and “new” modelling approaches, practitioners increasingly recognise that the real issue is not superiority, but suitability.

Comparing the benefits of GLM and GBM for insurance pricing

The debate between Generalised Linear Models (GLMs) and Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs) has been a long-running fixture in actuarial pricing discussions. While it is...
The modern pharmacy has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, evolving from a simple dispensary into one of the most accessible frontline healthcare providers. Today, pharmacies in the United States deliver flu vaccinations, blood pressure checks, medication therapy management, and a growing range of preventative health services, placing them at the heart of community healthcare delivery.

Pharmacies must evolve into continuous digital health platforms

The modern pharmacy has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, evolving from a simple dispensary into one of the most accessible frontline healthcare...
Pace, an AI operations company focused on insurance workflows, has raised $46m in Series B funding as it accelerates the rollout of its agentic automation platform across global insurance markets.

Pace raises $46m Series B to scale AI insurance operations

Pace, an AI operations company focused on insurance workflows, has raised $46m in Series B funding as it accelerates the rollout of its agentic...
Newrez, a US homeownership company, has expanded its partnership with digital insurance marketplace Matic to embed real-time homeowners insurance comparison and quoting directly into its HomeHub customer portal.

Matic and Newrez launch real-time insurance marketplace in HomeHub

Newrez, a US homeownership company, has expanded its partnership with digital insurance marketplace Matic to embed real-time homeowners insurance comparison and quoting directly into...
VIPR Solutions and WCL, a Zywave organisation, have launched an integrated digital workflow for non-bureau delegated underwriting, aiming to eliminate one of the insurance market’s most persistent operational bottlenecks.

VIPR and WCL launch integrated delegated underwriting platform

VIPR Solutions and WCL, a Zywave organisation, have launched an integrated digital workflow for non-bureau delegated underwriting, aiming to eliminate one of the insurance...

How iPipeline leverages AI to transform the life insurance market

iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life...

Weecover launches insurance payment orchestration module

Weecover, an InsurTech platform specialising in technology solutions for insurance management and distribution, has officially launched its Insurance Payment Orchestration Module, a product built...
IBM and Quant AI transform contact centres with Ava

IBM and Quant AI transform contact centres with Ava

Quant AI, an agentic AI systems developer, has unveiled AI agent Ava at the IBM Think Conference. Ava is an AI-powered contact centre solution developed...

Novidea powers Burns & Wilcox London market ops

Burns & Wilcox Global Solutions, the London-based specialist wholesale broking arm of H.W. Kaufman Group, has gone live on Novidea's insurance management platform, the...

News Stories

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...
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