Tagged: insurance

November 29, 2021 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rnwl, a platform planning to transform/improve the current buying and managing insurance process, has secured 184% (£276,448) of its £150,002 target from 304 investors (at the time of writing) with 23 days left in its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs. Located in Cambridge, United… Read More

November 23, 2021 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Klook, a travel and leisure booking platform and ZA Tech Global Limited, the technology venture established by ZA International and backed by Softbank’s Vision Fund 1, has  announced a joint venture that will aim to accelerate “the availability and accessibility of travel-related insurance to consumers… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish financial institution CaixaBank has teamed up with B2B2C Insurtech platform bsurance in order to implement and test out embedded life insurance products. The collaboration is reportedly a part of CaixaBank’s open innovation program, Innsomnia. bsurance has been chosen along with seven other startups from… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NTUC Income, an insurance cooperative based in Singapore, has reportedly made its first efforts to expand into three other Southeast Asian markets including Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. NTUC Income has entered strategic partnerships with PT Central Asia Financial (JAGADIRI) in Indonesia, Post and Telecommunication Joint… Read More

October 30, 2021 @ 4:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

F10 Spain has announced 10 high-potential startups that are joining the second cohort of its Incubation Program in Barcelona. Chosen from over 180 national and global applications, this batch aims to bring innovative business models and trends, includes more female founders and “a good mix… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UNest, an app that aims to empower parents to invest and save for their kids’ future, and Avibra, a provider of personal well-being, risk, and protection solutions, announced a partnership that provides families access to services such as no-cost life insurance policy as well as… Read More

October 26, 2021 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arturo, an artificial intelligence-powered platform that derives property insights and predictive analytics from aerial and satellite imagery, announced that it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). By joining the APN, Arturo becomes part of the international community of Partners that are… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bowtie, which claims to be Hong Kong’s first digital insurer, announced earlier this week the completion of a $22.6 million Series B1 round that was led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd., with participation from existing investor Sun Life Hong Kong Limited. Mitsui is one of… Read More

October 23, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance, the digital Insurtech firm transforming small business insurance, has announced the availability of NEXT Connect, a trusted embedded insurance solution for small business software ecosystems in the US. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, NEXT Connect enables small businesses to… Read More

October 17, 2021 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayMaya Philippines has partnered with bolttech, a global Insurtech, in order to give Filipinos easier access to “affordable” microinsurance and services delivered “seamlessly on the PayMaya app with PayMaya Protect.” Through the partnership, PayMaya‘s clients may benefit from relevant and “easy-to-understand” coverage in the PayMaya… Read More

October 9, 2021 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Getsafe, a digital insurance service provider that’s focused on serving Millennial buyers in Germany and the United Kingdom, confirmed that it has now extended its Series B round to $93 million. You might have heard already: We are excited to share that we extended our… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 11:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Overalls, which claims to be the first personalized, all-in-one protection platform, is “shaking up” how worker benefits are packaged by taking an innovative approach to insurance that “combines life, personal-line and entirely new protection products into algorithmically optimized and personalized portfolios to celebrate life’s ups… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Muang Thai Life Assurance Pcl., one of the largest life and health insurance firms in Thailand, has entered a partnership with ZA Tech Global Limited, the technology venture established by ZA International and backed by Softbank’s Vision Fund 1. The partnership marks both parties’ commitment… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Malaysia-headquartered Insurtech company PolicyStreet.com reveals that it has finalized a RM 25 million (appr. $6 million) Series A round over two separate tranches. The Insurtech firm’s recent investment round has been led by Altara Ventures, Auspac Ventures, Gobi Partners, along with contributions from the Leong… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zurich Insurance Group recently entered an international partnership with Toronto-headquartered Insurtech firm BOXX Insurance (BOXX), which offers integrated cybersecurity and insurance services to SMEs, individual consumers and families. As noted by its management, BOXX Insurance Inc. is a new type of insurance firm for “a… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UOB Malaysia has partnered with Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad (PAMB) in order to offer clients with a suite of insurance services via a new Virtual Face-to-Face (VF2F) feature on Pulse, which is the insurance provider’s comprehensive health and wellness app. The bank stated that it’s… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Philippines’ digital wallet provider GCash has introduced an online shopping insurance option – underwritten by PGA Sompo – with Singapore-based Insurtech Igloo, in order to protect its growing online client base. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, this launch and partnership come at… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Asset, a software and services provider that assists enterprises with building economic value via interconnected networks, has unveiled a 6-week online hackathon, which will be hosted in partnership with SE2, which is a life and annuities insurance tech and services provider. As noted in… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurtech firm Concirrus has introduced its next-gen platform for the (Internet of Things) IoT-enabled insurance sector. This new modular tech offering, which aims to leverage Concirrus’ extensive investment expertise and experience of working within the insurance market, will “allow insurers to accelerate their transition to… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com revealed on Monday (September 20, 2021) that it has expanded its total insurance coverage to $750 million, after increasing its policy coverage – which has been led by Arch Underwriting at Lloyd’s Syndicate 2012. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the… Read More