Tagged: insurtech

January 31, 2025 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is pleased to announce that it is strengthening its UK middle market product offering. Cowbell announced the appointment of James Porter as Lead Underwriter for the UK’s middle market segment. In his new… Read More

January 18, 2025 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CyberCube, the global firm focused on cyber risk analytics, has released its 2025 Predictions Report, offering insights into the dynamics of the cyber (re)insurance market. The report identifies trends and challenges shaping the sector in the year ahead. As noted in the update from CyberCube:… Read More

January 18, 2025 @ 1:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Olé Life, a Latin American insurtech company, announced that it has raised $13 million in Series B funding, led by PayPal Ventures with participation from Mundi Ventures, AV8 and Advent Morro. Olé Life explained that is focused on redefining how families access and experience financial… Read More

January 16, 2025 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DARAG Group, a legacy acquirer with a focus on the European and UK market, and wefox Insurance AG, the Liechtenstein-domiciled insurance carrier of wefox Group, announced the transfer of a run-off “portfolio including Motor Damage and Third Party Liability, Private Liability and Property business across… Read More

January 11, 2025 @ 6:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, Deep Vector, an AI platform for analyzing underwriting documents, closed its seed round of $1.5M, co-led by Aperture Venture Capital and InsurTech NY. Deep Vector helps insurers and brokers translate the influx of analog documents used for underwriting risk—claims loss runs, Acord forms, motor… Read More

January 9, 2025 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akur8, the insurance pricing and reserving solution powered by transparent machine learning, is pleased to announce that Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Idaho, the property-casualty insurance company headquartered in the Gem State, has selected Akur8’s Core Platform solution to streamline the development of “high performing,”… Read More

January 5, 2025 @ 6:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European Insurtech firm wefox has reportedly finalized a $170 million refinancing deal. wefox, a European insurance tech firm established back in 2015 by Julian Teicke, is said to be finalizing a €170 million refinancing deal that has been led by private equity company Searchlight Capital… Read More

December 26, 2024 @ 9:01 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As the finance world begins to embrace the potential of digital insurance, Dan Roberts believes Nayms is perfectly positioned to provide everything players need. Roberts, Nayms’ co-founder and CEO, sees the company becoming the Lloyd’s of London for Insurtech. The original thesis was to build… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

wefox is reporting a big change. The Germany-based Insurtech has reportedly reached an agreement with a group of Swiss companies led by the independent Swiss pension service provider BERAG on the sale of Liechtenstein-based Wefox Insurance AG. As announced in June of this year, the Liechtenstein-domiciled… Read More

November 26, 2024 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

November 26, 2024 @ 11:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

November 17, 2024 @ 8:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

November 11, 2024 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

November 9, 2024 @ 7:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

November 1, 2024 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

October 25, 2024 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

October 21, 2024 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

October 18, 2024 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

October 11, 2024 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

October 10, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Michael Wong  |  

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