Tagged: insurance technology

August 22, 2021 @ 7:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Malaysian Insurtech company VSure.life has reportedly acquired a RM12 million (appr. $2.83 million) investment from ACE market-listed Revenue Group via its wholly-owned subsidiary Revenue Harvest (as well as being approved by Bank Negara Malaysia’s or BNM, the nation’s central bank to take part in its… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIMON Markets LLC, a Fintech firm transforming the digital wealth management ecosystem for financial professionals through its alternative investment solutions, has shared its volume and usage highlights “underscoring its continued growth during Q2 2021.” SIMON reports YoY increases in “revenue of +103%, volume of +137%,… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BlueVine, an established provider of innovative financial services for small businesses, reveals that it has teamed up with NEXT Insurance, a digital Insurtech firm that’s transforming small business insurance, in order to offer BlueVine clients with convenient access to customized, affordable insurance policies. As mentioned… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hippo Holdings Inc (HIPO.WS) says it aims to improve homeowners’ insurance by leveraging customer data in order to make it quicker and simpler to obtain coverage. This, according to the Insurtech firm’s CEO. As reported by Reuters, Hippo is valued at $5 billion and went… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Only a few weeks after finalizing its Series A-2 funding round of almost $3.8 million from 10 different investors, Insurtech Synchrono Group Inc., which offers services under a trademarked brand called SynchronoSure, is introducing another product, company Chief Executive and Chair Steve Hartmank reveals. In… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company that assists customers across the globe with turning risk into “a path for growth,” has  published its latest Quarterly InsurTech Briefing (Q2), which notably marks the second installation of the 2021 series,… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Daniel Schreiber, CEO at Insurtech Lemonade (NYSE:LMND), reveals that it’s now their 5th year in a row of givebacks. It’s actually grown 4000% across those years, Daniel notes, while adding that it has been growing quite steeply this year compared to 2020’s 100%+ growth. He… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading UK-based insurer Hamilton Fraser has teamed up with Trov, a global provider of embedded insurance, according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. Along with Hamilton Fraser, Trov will be adding four new UK Proptech partners who will integrate Trov’s embedded renters’ insurance into… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based digital life insurance firm Blue has confirmed the launch of its WeMedi Top Up (Outpatient) Protector, which is a top-up outpatient plan offered as part of the digital life insurance market. As noted by its management: “Blue is Hong Kong’s first digital life… Read More

July 4, 2021 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Insurtech company Bolttech recently revealed that it has finalized an oversubscribed $180 million Series A round which values the firm at over $1 billion, thus giving it Unicorn status just a year after it began operations. Bolttech’s investment round was led by Activant Capital… Read More

June 23, 2021 @ 7:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new Insurtech hub for wealth management has launched with a hybrid distribution model. Financial Independence Group has joined SIMON to provide a centralized digital platform for structured investments and various insurance products with “powerful” education and analytical tools. As mentioned in the update, wealth… Read More

June 20, 2021 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gururam-headquartered Insurtech firm RenewBuy has acquired $45 million in capital through a Series C round that was led by Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund that’s overseen by UK-based Apis Partners LLP, a fund manager that focuses on growth-stage Fintechs. Haitong Securities served… Read More

June 19, 2021 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hellas Direct, a technology-driven insurance firm with business offices in Greece and Cyprus, reveals that it has acquired €32 million in capital as part of its latest funding round, bringing the total raised by the company to €56 million. Hellas Direct also welcomed the European… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 9:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trellis Technologies, Inc., a U.S.-based insurtech platform, announced on Thursday it secured $10 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by QED Investors with participation from NYCA Partners and General Catalyst. Founded in 2019, Trellis explained it provides secure, digital solutions that… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based insurance firm YF Life has partnered with HKBN Enterprise Solutions (HKBNES) in order to offer a Google Cloud-enabled Cantonese voice chatbot. The chatbot will be supporting insurance services and is expected to be introduced in early 2022. The chatbot uses Google Cloud‘s AI… Read More

June 1, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-based wefox, a leading digital insurance firm, has acquired $650 million in capital as part of a Series C round. wefox now reports a post-money valuation of $3 billion. This latest investment round represents the largest Series C to date for an Insurtech (internationally), according… Read More

May 24, 2021 @ 10:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Mile Auto, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Monday it raised $10.3 million through its seed funding round, which included participation from Ulu Ventures, Emergent Ventures, Thornton Capital, and Sure Ventures. Launched in 2019, Mile Auto describes itself as a next-generation insurtech company that uses computer version… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Super, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Wednesday it raised $50 million through its Series C investment round, which was led by Wells Fargo Strategic Capital with participation from Asahi Kasei, AAA – Auto Club Group, Gaingels, REACH, and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS’ strategic technology investment fund. Founded in 2015,… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Commit USA announced on Tuesday it has joined forces with Joyn Insurance to support Joyn’s new insurtech platform. Commit USA reported it was selected to help with both the design and development of the new platform’s user experience. Joyn reported underwrites commercial insurance in the Small and Middle… Read More

May 12, 2021 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Insurtech company Ethos announced on Tuesday it secured $200 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by General Catalyst, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Accel, GV (formerly Google Ventures),  Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, and Glade Brook Capital Partners. Ethos reported that the investment round… Read More