Tagged: insurance

April 15, 2024 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

bolt, the insurtech with the country’s largest technology-enabled insurance exchange, announced the appointment of Matt More as CFO for North America. More joins from ThoughtSpot, a leader in enterprise business intelligence SaaS, “where he was VP of Finance and Strategy.” In this role, he built… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, today announced the launch of Homeowners insurance in France in partnership with BNP Paribas Cardif. Millions of occupying homeowners “can now purchase extensive coverage for their home and belongings, featuring the same seamless… Read More

April 7, 2024 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PhonePe announced a partnership with Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Ltd., which claims to be India’s largest retail health insurance Company, to offer customers health insurance with a monthly and annual payment option. With this partnership, PhonePe users will now “be able to avail… Read More

April 3, 2024 @ 5:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., an Insurtech specializing in connected insurance for commercial auto insurance, continues its expansion across the United States, announcing the availability of its auto liability coverage for truckers and fleets in six additional states: Maine, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,… Read More

March 30, 2024 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance, a technology-first small business insurer, announced the availability of Copilot, a tool designed to help agents increase revenue by efficiently serving small micro businesses with customized insurance policies. Similar to other small business owners, insurance agents operate on thin margins and juggle multiple… Read More

March 29, 2024 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Integra Insurance and Reinsurance Broking Services is to become the first Turkish broker to roll out CyberCube’s Broking Manager, the cyber risk analytics platform for insurance intermediaries. Integra reportedly holds a key position in the Turkish market “as the leading cyber insurance broker.” It will… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing solution, and Guidewire, the property and casualty (P&C) insurance cloud platform, are excited to announce that the Ready for Guidewire validated Akur8 Accelerator for AI-Powered Pricing is now fully available for both cloud and on-premise users of PolicyCenter, offering a fully… Read More

March 14, 2024 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the digital, direct-to-consumer home insurance company, has expanded into Texas and now offers House & Property insurance and mobile home insurance to residents of the Lone Star State. Kin says the insurance crisis sweeping the Gulf Coast is spilling further into Texas, “providing affordable,… Read More

March 11, 2024 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing solution powered by Transparent AI, announced that Swedbank has selected Akur8’s pricing platform to enhance its insurance pricing process. By leveraging Akur8’s cloud-based, fully integrated platform, Swedbank is poised “to streamline its insurance pricing process, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and an improved… Read More

March 7, 2024 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) is reporting a strong fourth quarter and an upbeat outlook for 2024. Digital insurance tech firm Lemonade reports the following: Top line: At $747 million, in-force premium (IFP) grew by 20% year on year, while revenue grew 31%. Loss Ratio: At 77%,… Read More

February 24, 2024 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite the ongoing seasonal dip in Q4 2023, insurance shopping is likely to remain strong in 2024 according to a recent TransUnion report which suggests insurers “approach marketing similar to pricing in order to target desired prospects.” Personal and auto insurance shopping is “likely to… Read More

February 21, 2024 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing solution, is pleased to announce that MGS Seguros has chosen its pricing platform. This new collaboration will empower its actuarial and pricing teams “to build powerful, explainable pricing models and establish a robust predictive modeling framework for its auto and home… Read More

February 19, 2024 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the digital, direct-to-consumer home insurance company, today announced operating results through the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023. Kin is reporting that it has “finished 2023 with $344.1 million in gross written premium and $104.5 million in total revenue.” Kin’s operating income landed at… Read More

February 14, 2024 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox and Wind Tre have selected HDI Embedded as an insurance partner. The partnership enables greater coverage and “extended warranty solutions for customers of Italian mobile operator Wind Tre.” wefox, which claims to be the world’s leading insurtech, and Wind Tre, the Italian multi-service operator… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Private equity investor LDC has invested in the Insurtech business Uinsure. Founded in 2007, Uinsure is a cloud-based tech platform “that connects financial intermediaries and lenders with a panel of the UK’s insurers, enabling its customers to arrange cover through a frictionless platform that has… Read More

February 13, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shepherd, an insurance provider for commercial construction, announced today it raised a $13.5 million Series A funding round led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Intact Ventures, Era Ventures, Greenlight Re and Spark Capital. Shepherd combines insurance together “with software to help contractors save on… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Insurtech funding and deals slide to 6-year lows in 2023, according to an update shared by CBInsights. Insurtech startups had a “brutal” 2023, with funding and deals reaching 6-year lows — in line with the broader venture slowdown, the team at CBInsights noted. Nevertheless,… Read More

February 2, 2024 @ 5:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CyberCube, the enabler of cyber risk analytics for the insurance industry, marked the end of a positive year of strong growth, “surpassing 100 insurance organizations licensing CyberCube solutions.” As the cyber insurance market grows in size and sophistication, analyzing, assessing, and quantifying the impact of… Read More

February 2, 2024 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Corvus Insurance, the cyber underwriter powered by a proprietary AI-driven cyber risk platform, today released its Q4 2023 Ransomware Report. Featuring data collected from ransomware leak sites, the report shows “that while Q4 attacks were down slightly from Q3 2023, ransomware activity for the year… Read More

January 24, 2024 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ansel, an insurtech on a mission to build a world where health hardships don’t create financial burdens, announced that it has raised a $20M round of funding “led by Portage, with participation from Two Sigma Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, SixThirty Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures,… Read More