Insurtech

January 5, 2021 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hiro, a UK-based insurtech startup, announced on Tuesday it is planning to seek funds through equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The company describes itself as a home insurance challenger that helps customers to actively protect their home using smart technology instead of relying on compensation… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 9:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    InsurTech NY, an insurtech community that is located in the New York metro area, announced on Tuesday it has opened the application window for their annual .2021 InsurTech Early-Stage Competition. According to InsurTech NY, the competition will award $200,000 in prizes to three winning… Read More

January 4, 2021 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Andrew King, Head of Synechron, a digital transformation consulting firm for financial services, notes that the exponential growth in digital transactions and data, along with regulatory developments, is changing the way companies are conducting business. King pointed out in an Op-Ed published by Insurance Business… Read More

January 3, 2021 @ 9:00 pm By Timothy Li  |  

Fintech enthusiasts welcome back to my 5th annual “Top Ten” Fintech prediction series. This year I’ve met a lot of powerful movers and shakers in the Fintech space. My take away from these meetings and interactions is how little do I know about this ever-expanding… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  European insurtech provider TONI Digital recently announced it has teamed up with cloud-native insurance core platform Socotra to launch its new insurance-as-a-service technology platform for the white-label insurance market. According to TONI Digital, the solution enables large corporations to quickly enter the insurance market,… Read More

December 30, 2020 @ 3:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chile-based Insurtech startup Betterfly extended its Series A funding round adding $9 million to a total of $17.5 million. In July, Betterfly announced it had raised $8.5 million. Once again, QED Investors led the round. A Public Benefit Corporation and certified B-Corp. that is 100%… Read More

December 28, 2020 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), a fast-growing Insurtech that emerged as one of the most successful initial public offerings (IPOs) of 2020, is seeing shares dip today in anticipation of the lockup expiration for early shareholders. Lemonade shares are trading down around 12% in an up-market day. According… Read More

December 26, 2020 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurtech.Rocks, a management and digital consulting firm focused on Switzerland’s insurance sector, has published its Swiss Insurtech Map for 2020. It features 20 insurance technology startups. Here are the 20 Insurtechs to look out for as we head into 2021: Insurtech firm Anivo offers insurance… Read More

December 26, 2020 @ 11:00 am By Xu Gao  |  

WeBank Reduces Upper Limit of Microloan to ¥200,000 WeBank, the Tencent-backed digital bank, announced that it would reduce the upper limit of its microloan product (Weilidai) from ¥300,000 to ¥200,000 from December 26th. According to WeBank, the reduction was a response to the “Commercial Bank… Read More

December 24, 2020 @ 7:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong based ZA Tech, a technology venture launched by insurance firm ZhongAn Online and supported by the Softbank Vision Fund, has revealed that it teamed up with the holding company of digital wallet OVO. Through the partnership, both organizations will offer insurance providers in… Read More

December 22, 2020 @ 1:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  NextCar Holding Company Inc. (NXCR), a fintech and insurtech vehicle subscription platform, announced on Tuesday it has signed a letter of intent to form a partnership and receive a $400 million debt facility from Westlake Financial. NXCR reported that the $400 million debt facility… Read More

December 21, 2020 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  battleface, a UK-based insurtech that specializes in travel insurance, recently announced it secured $12 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Drive Capital.  Founded in 2017, battleface offers travel insurance that covers emergency medical treatment, evacuation, and accidents. “Our core… Read More

December 21, 2020 @ 1:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Zego, a UK-based insurtech, recently announced it has received a European broking license as part of its plans to expand throughout Europe. The company revealed that the license, which was award but the Dutch regulator AFM, will enable it to work with EU-based insurance… Read More

December 19, 2020 @ 6:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission Issues Regulations Towards Internet Insurance On December 14th, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) issued the “Internet Insurance Business Regulatory Measures.” Key contents of the Measures include: clarifying the nature of Internet insurance business and applicable regulations… Read More

December 16, 2020 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bestow, a U.S.-based insurtech that delivers algo powered life insurance underwriting, announced on Wednesday it raised $70 million through its Series C funding round from new and existing investors, including Breyer Capital, Valar Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Core Innovation Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, and Sammons… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 11:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-headquartered F10 Fintech Incubator and Accelerator has reportedly added several different insurance APIs from Baloise, a Swiss insurance holding firm. The APIs are now a part of the F10 Fintech Sandbox. This development aims to support Open Insurance services in the European country. Last year,… Read More

December 13, 2020 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Simon Torrance, Advisor to Boards and Leadership teams on business model transformation, platform strategy, and digital ventures, claims that embedded insurance is a $3 trillion market opportunity, which may help “close the protection gap.” Torrance, a Senior Advisor at Rainmaking, explains that embedded insurance is… Read More

December 10, 2020 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Next Insurance, an insurtech seeking to transform small business insurance, announced on Thursday it has acquired Juniper Labs, a provider of alternative open data and underwriting technology focused on small businesses. Next Insurance reported that it and Juniper Labs will continue to develop… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  At-Bay, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Tuesday it secured $34 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Qumra Capital with participation from Microsoft’s venture fund M12. The company notably raised a total of $74 million in 2020 alone, having… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 1:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), an Insurtech that offers various insurance products, is now live in France. According to the company, residents of France may now digitally access renters insurance as well as file claims and get paid immediately via the company’s app. Lemonade is licensed and supervised… Read More