Search Results for: insurtech

October 12, 2024 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), reports “significant growth” across the region as it marks the first year of its expansion into the United Kingdom. Results show Insurtech Cowbell’s continued growth in the region, with figures from between January… Read More

October 11, 2024 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by Transparent AI, is pleased to announce its collab with RSM US LLP, which is the provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market. RSM has reportedly used Akur8’s Reserving solution for a number… Read More

October 2, 2024 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and middle-market businesses, has appointed Denise Pagliarulo, a former AXIS Capital finance veteran and Deloitte alumna, to lead its finance team. According to the update from Insurtech Cowbell, Denise will be responsible for… Read More

September 25, 2024 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and middle-market businesses, is expanding its capacity to underwrite businesses with an annual revenue of up to $1 billion, it was announced recently. With capacity from of global specialty (re)insurance provider Chaucer Group,… Read More

September 23, 2024 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing solution powered by transparent machine learning, is excited to announce its recent collaboration with Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC), Louisiana’s largest workers’ compensation carrier, dedicated to excellence in execution from underwriting to life-long care of an injured worker. LWCC has selected… Read More

September 22, 2024 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox Holding AG has announced the selection of Joachim Müller as CEO with immediate effect. Mark Hartigan, who has served as both Chairman of the Board and interim CEO during the recent restructuring, will continue as Chairman of the board. Hartigan stepped into the CEO… Read More

September 17, 2024 @ 1:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the machine learning-powered insurance pricing and reserving platform, announced that it has secured $120 million in series C funding, bringing its total raised investment to $180 million. This latest funding round was led “by One Peak, a growth equity firm investing in software scale-ups,… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, an insurance pricing solution, has announced its acquisition of Arius, a P&C reserving software for insurers and reinsurers. Boasting a “robust” U.S. presence and a reputation for excellence, Arius’s portfolio “includes 150 insurance and consulting clients and over 1,500 users.” More than one-third of… Read More

September 9, 2024 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In Q2 2024, $1.2 billion was reportedly invested across 106 deals in the insurtech vertical, representing a 27.1% QoQ increase in deal value and a 3.9% QoQ increase in deal count. This, according to an extensive update shared by PitchBook. The research team at PitchBook… Read More

August 29, 2024 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Insurtech 50 is CB Insights’ annual list of the 50 most promising private insurtech companies in the world. This year’s winners are working on everything from AI assistants to embedded insurance. CB Insights has unveiled the third annual Insurtech 50 — a list of… Read More

August 17, 2024 @ 3:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced that insurance industry veteran Stephen Moss has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Moss brings three decades of industry experience and “is currently Group Head of Financial Lines and Cyber at… Read More

August 9, 2024 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin Insurance has shared select operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. Kin finished the second quarter of 2024 “with $151.9 million in gross written premium, bringing the year-to-date total to $264.8 million.” Operating income jumped “from $1.0 million in Q1 to $5.2… Read More

August 8, 2024 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurtech funding sees its strongest quarter in over a year despite deal volume sinking to its lowest point since 2016, according to an extensive update from CBInsights. CBInsights notes in its latest repot that global insurtech funding “increased 44% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) to $1.3B in Q2’24… Read More

August 1, 2024 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As announced in June, wefox has continued to implement its exit from the German insurance market as part of the refocusing of its portfolio on profitable market positions of critical size. In this context, wefox Germany Holding GmbH has reportedly “reached an agreement with the… Read More

July 30, 2024 @ 4:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced today that it has closed a $60 million Series C equity investment from Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich), a leading global multi-line insurer. With the $60 million investment, Cowbell plans to “scale operations… Read More

July 24, 2024 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing solution powered by transparent machine learning, is pleased to announce that Mutual Capital Analytics, a company that uses data and analytics to help regional insurance companies thrive, has selected Akur8’s Core Platform solution to efficiently build high-performing, explainable pricing models. Developed… Read More

July 17, 2024 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

‍Akur8, the insurance pricing solution powered by “transparent” machine learning, is pleased to announce its partnership with Millennial Specialty Insurance, LLC (MSI), which is said to be one of the largest non-carrier-affiliated managing general agencies in the United States. MSI has selected Akur8’s Risk and… Read More

July 17, 2024 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, today announced the launch of Buildings and Contents insurance in the United Kingdom. Expanding the company’s home insurance offerings, homeowners throughout the UK can now purchase “extensive coverage for their home and… Read More

July 4, 2024 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

‍Akur8, the insurance pricing solution powered by transparent machine learning, is please to announce that LB Forsikring, a Danish P&C insurance company, has selected Akur8’s Core Platform solution to increase their competitiveness. This collaboration will allow LB Forsikring to quickly “adapt their pricing to dynamic… Read More

July 2, 2024 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND), the digital insurance company powered by AI and social impact, announced that its reinsurance program is being renewed. It was reportedly led by the same tier-one carriers “as the expiring treaty and was oversubscribed on all dimensions.” The core of the program… Read More