Insurtech

February 26, 2023 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, which claims to be one the world’s leading Insurtechs, has received the Digital Trust Label by The Swiss Digital Initiative, a Geneva based independent foundation for advancing digital trust and transparency globally. This Label recognizes wefox’s commitment “to data protection and information transparency.” The… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lemonade, Inc. (NYSE: LMND) has released its fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results. Lemonade recently shared its Q4 2022 financial results in the Letter to Shareholders on the company’s official investor relations website. On Thursday, February 23, 2023, Lemonade reportedly hosted to discuss… Read More

February 25, 2023 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the direct-to-consumer home insurance company built for every new normal®, announced select preliminary operating results “through the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.” Kin finished 2022 “with $227.5 million in gross written premium, which represents a 117% increase in year-over-year growth.” Adjusted loss ratio… Read More

February 24, 2023 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Altai Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, announced the closing of Altai Ventures Fund II, LP. The fund closed with $53 million in total commitments “surpassing its goal of $50 million.” Investors of Altai’s latest fund “consisted of leading financial and institutional Limited Partners (LPs),… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Socotra announces a major drive into the European insurance markets, with an initial focus on the UK, DACH, France, and others, “following strong growth in 2022, including a 71% revenue increase, a 75% growth in customers, and a 117% YoY increase in policies managed on… Read More

February 14, 2023 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Driverly is pleased to announce it has received direct authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) “to sell car insurance after a thorough review of its processes and governance structure.” This is believed “to be the first successful FCA application centred solely around a monthly,… Read More

February 13, 2023 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LegalZoom.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: LZ), the firm focused on online business formation and a key player in legal, compliance and tax solutions, and NEXT Insurance, a digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, announced a partnership “to better help small business owners create and protect their… Read More

February 12, 2023 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced a partnership with Millennial Shift Technologies, a custom branded e-trading platform suite. The partnership will deliver Cowbell’s cyber insurance programs, Cowbell Prime 100 and 250, on Millennial Shift’s e-trading broker platform, mFactor…. Read More

February 9, 2023 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ThetaRay, a provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, and Piie, Inc., an insurtech providing an intelligent payment engine, announced a collaboration in order “to implement an advanced AML solution for insurance claim payments.” Through the agreement, Piie (Payments Intelligent Integration Engine) will “integrate ThetaRay’s AI-driven… Read More

February 4, 2023 @ 10:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pie Insurance, a tech-enabled provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, announced that Pie Insurance Group has “secured a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of ‘a-‘ (Excellent)” from AM Best, a global credit rating agency and data… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced the launch of Cowbell Academy, a unique institution that “offers insurance agents and brokers lessons on cyber insurance.” The program “includes general classes such as Cyber Insurance 101, assessments to help brokers… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Guardz, a cybersecurity and insurance platform for small businesses, has emerged from stealth, announcing a $10 million Seed round. According to a note from Guardz, the round was led by Hanaco Ventures with the notable participation of online investment platform iAngels. Other investors include GKFF… Read More

January 30, 2023 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eazy Digital, a Thai insurtech startup that provides digital platforms for insurance companies, has raised US$850,000 in an oversubscribed seed funding round. The investment round was “led by Wavemaker Partners, with participation from Seedstars International Ventures, Wing Vasiksiri, and Sasin Bangkok Venture Club.” Eazy Digital… Read More

January 22, 2023 @ 11:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox, which claims to be one of the world’s leading Insurtechs, has appointed Rene Besenbäck as Head of Sales in Austria, with immediate effect. Rene Besenbäck will be “responsible for delivering sales for wefox Austria and working closely with the Head of Country, Rainer Vogelmann,… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 3:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kin, the direct-to-consumer home insurance company built for “every new normal,” announced its expansion into South Carolina. Kin is entering the Palmetto State “to offer a seamless way for homeowners and landlords to protect their most valuable assets, despite being exposed to several risks.” South… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 11:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich-headquartered startup TONI Digital has secured $12.5 million in a Series B funding round. The company is a digital insurance-as-a-service provider, “offering personal and commercial insurance lines such as motor insurance, payment protection insurance, and life solutions on top of its market-leading insurance technology platform.”… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

International insurtech, bolttech, and Thailand’s mobile network operator, AIS, have partnered to deliver embedded protection services “including mobile device switch and replacement services to AIS customers for the recently-launched AIS Care+ program.” The AIS Care+ program “allows customers to switch or replace their smartphones and… Read More

January 15, 2023 @ 3:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, the provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has released a new whitepaper, “Modeling Catastrophic Cyber Events”, which lays out a path to model catastrophic cyber events in the SME market. Cowbell’s goal is “to help SMEs prevent and recover from… Read More

January 12, 2023 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coincover – the digital asset protection technology company – announces the appointment of Katharine Wooller as Business Unit Director, bolstering the firm’s profile with her extensive expertise. The news concludes a year of steady growth for the company, “just months after Coincover launched its new… Read More

January 11, 2023 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In Q3 2022, Insurtech companies globally “raised $1.6 billion in VC across 134 deals, representing a 51.1% decrease in QoQ deal value,” according to an update from Pitchbook. This was “the lowest amount of invested capital since Q2 2020 and the lowest deal count since… Read More