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Insurtech Ecosystem in India Includes 150+ Insurtechs with 12x Increase in Revenue in 5 Years – Report

Although globally there has been positive moment for insurance technology platofrms, Insurtech funding has continued its downwards trend in certain regions. But APAC has been fairly resilient, according to a BCG report. As India aims for Viksit Bharat by 2047, a stable and resilient financial… Read More

Insurtech: AAIS Partners with Akur8 to Enhance Predictive Modeling Capabilities

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by machine learning, is announcing that it has partnered with the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), the not-for-profit advisory organization for the Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance industry, to enhance the “quality of their predictive modeling.”… Read More

Insurtech Lemonade Expects to 10x, from $1B Next Quarter to $10B in Force Premium, with Focus on Acquiring Profitable Businesses 

Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) recently noted that it will provide detailed updates on how the Insurtech firm expects to 10x, going from an estimated $1 billion next quarter to $10 billion in “force premium” in the coming years. Lemonade will be sharing its strategic business expansion plans,… Read More

Insurtech Akur8 to Assist Windward Risk Managers with Enhancing Predictive Modeling Capabilities

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by Transparent ML, is announcing its collaboration with Windward Risk Managers, the company that manages Florida Peninsula Insurance, Edison Insurance, and the newly formed Ovation Home Insurance Exchange. Windward selected Akur8‘s Core Platform solution to enhance their… Read More

Insurtech Firms Reportedly Saw $1.38B in Global Funding in Q3 2024 with 55.5% of Funds Going to $100M+ Deals

Gallagher Re has released the latest global Insurtech research report for Q3 2024. The 2024 Global InsurTech report series from the team Gallagher Re examines the fast-growing impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the insurance technology industry, dissecting AI’s functions and processes within the (re)insurance… Read More

Insurtech Kin Reports Nearly 60% Revenue Growth YoY with $124M in Gross Written Premium

Kin, the direct-to-consumer home insurance firm built for every “new” normal, announced operating results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2024. Kin has recently reported that it has recorded a substantial “$38 million in total revenue during the third quarter of 2024, compared to… Read More

UK’s Miller Partners with Insurtech CyberCube to Enhance Provision of Data-Driven Cyber Exposure Advice

CyberCube, the provider of cyber risk analytics, is announcing a partnership with Miller, which is one of the an independent specialist (re)insurance broker. Miller will reportedly be licensing CyberCube’s Broking Manager and Prep Module, tools that are expected to significantly strengthen the broker’s ability to… Read More

Insurtech: Commercial Insurance Infrastructure Firm Herald Reports Series A Funding Round

Herald, the digital infrastructure provider for commercial insurance, announced a $12 million Series A round co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Brewer Lane Ventures with participation from Afore Capital and Underscore Venture Capital. The proceeds from the funding round will now aim to support Insurtech… Read More

Insurtech Akur8 and ICPEI to Enhance Insurance Pricing Models in Canada

Akur8 is announcing its collaboration with the Insurance Company of Prince Edward Island. The Canadian insurer will now be leveraging the RISK as well as the DEMAND modules of Akur8’s pricing platform in order to boost the efficiency of its model development process. This partnership enhances… Read More

Insurtech Akur8 Selected by RSM to Enhance Insurance Pricing Process

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

Indonesian Crowdfunding Platform Kitabisa Enters Insurance Market

Indonesian donation and crowdfunding platform Kitabisa has officially entered the country’s insurance sector by launching Kitabisa Insurance, a sharia-compliant subsidiary, marking a significant step in addressing Indonesia’s notably low insurance penetration rate, according to DealStreetAsia. The announcement follows the subsidiary’s introduction of its first product,… Read More

Insurtech Cowbell to Grow Policyholder Base and Accelerate Business Growth with Key Appointments

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

Insurtech Cowbell Extends Cyber and Tech E&O Offerings to Firms Up to $1B in Annual Revenue in the US

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

Insurtech Akur8 Reports $120 Million Series C to Accelerate Growth of Actuarial Platform

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

Global Insurtech Firms Increasingly Focused on Embedded Insurance and Leveraging AI Algorithms – Report

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

Insurtech Cowbell, a Provider of Cyber Insurance for SMEs, Appoints Stephen Moss to Key Role

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

Insurtech Funding Sees Strongest Quarter in Over a Year Despite Deal Volume Declining – Report

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

European Insurtech wefox Announces Completion of Transactions with Aim to Exit German Markets

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

Digital Insurance Firm Lemonade Reports Steady YoY Business Growth

Lemonade, Inc. (NYSE: LMND) has released its second quarter 2024 financial results. Lemonade notes in its Letter to Shareholders that it remains focused on offering renters, homeowners, car, pet, and life insurance. Powered by artificial intelligence and social impact, Lemonade’s full stack insurance carriers in… Read More

Insurtech Platform Akur8 Selected by MSI to Boost Pricing Capabilities

‍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

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