February 29, 2024
Via: Insurance JournalCoverdash, which offers embedded commercial insurance technology with products for startups and small-to-medium businesses, announced $13.5 million in Series A funding. Coverdash’s technology package allows businesses such as payroll, payment, lending, human relations and website creators the ability to offer […]
February 20, 2024
Via: Reinsurance NewsIn response to the looming threat of recession, European insurance industry leaders are doubling down on their digitalisation initiatives to enhance customer experiences and streamline operations, according to a recent survey conducted by Information Services Group (ISG). The survey, titled […]
February 13, 2024
Via: JD SupraOn January 17, 2024, The New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) issued a proposed insurance circular letter regarding insurers’ use of external consumer data and information sources (“ECDIS”) and artificial intelligence systems (“AIS”) in underwriting and pricing. In recognizing […]
February 6, 2024
Via: Insurance JournalIn the insurance world, 2024 brings forth many challenges and transformative trends. From the escalating global risks, such as climate change and cyber threats, to the evolving role of insurers as societal safety nets, the industry is on the brink […]
February 1, 2024
Via: Reinsurance NewsInsurtech Descartes has announced the launch of Cyber Shutdown Cover, a parametric solution dedicated to cyber risk in France. This new solution demonstrates the firm’s ambition to gradually extend its scope to emerging risks beyond just natural hazards. “Our research […]
January 12, 2024
Via: Insurance BusinessReinsurance tech firm Supercede has unveiled data highlighting trends in the reinsurance industry, particularly regarding the adoption of digital solutions, all of which are particularly relevant during the January 2024 reinsurance renewal period, a crucial time for the industry. The […]
January 11, 2024
Via: Insurance JournalU.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has backed London-based insurance startup Hyperexponential in a $73 million funding round, the insurance software company said on Thursday. Founded in 2017, Hyperexponential provides insurance companies with mathematical modeling software, allowing them to price […]
January 4, 2024
Via: Insurance JournalMarsh, a business of Marsh McLennan headquartered in New York, hired Andy Stirk as U.S. chief growth officer effective January 16. Stirk is based in New York. With 20 years of insurance industry experience, Stirk rejoins Marsh from Ascot Group, […]
December 18, 2023
Via: Artemis BMIt appears that, in aggregate, creditors to the bankruptcy of forged reinsurance letter of credit (LOC) linked insurtech Vesttoo have filed over $4.8 billion in claims against the company and its entities, which provides another signal of the ramifications of […]
December 8, 2023
Via: Reinsurance NewsGlobal insurtech Novidea has announced the launch of its insurance management platform in Southeast Asia to meet escalating demand for digital transformation in the region. With its open API architecture, Novidea enables brokers, agents, MGAs/MGUs, and carriers to modernise and […]
December 8, 2023
Via: Reinsurance NewsAs GenerativeAI (GenAI) continues to expand across the insurance and reinsurance sector, Elad Tsur, Co-Founder and CEO of Planck, explained during a recent interview with Reinsurance News how the technology can play a key advantage in helping to reduce loss […]
November 22, 2023
Via: Reinsurance NewsThe insurance market’s overall understanding of generative AI-related risk is still within it’s early stages, but this developing form of the technology is expected to impact many different lines within the sector, such as Technology Errors and Omissions / Cyber, […]
November 16, 2023
Via: Reinsurance NewsCytora, an AI-powered digital risk processing platform, has entered into a strategic partnership with Veridion, a leading provider of AI-powered business data and market intelligence. This collaboration aims to reshape the landscape of commercial insurance underwriting by integrating Veridion’s comprehensive […]
November 10, 2023
Via: Insurance BusinessFrom accelerator, to liberator, to equalizer, a variety of attendees at Insuretech Connect’s November conference believed that insurtech has had a role to play in re-shaping the insurance industry, though perhaps not necessarily in the disruptive guise that was originally […]
November 8, 2023
Via: Artemis BMVesttoo is now insisting that there is value recoverable in some reinsurance transactions that were “bona fide”, while at the same time both Vesttoo as the debtor and the creditor committee in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, have objected to […]
November 2, 2023
Via: Insurance BusinessThe insurance industry has undergone a profound transformation thanks to technology. Innovative digital solutions continue to overhaul inefficiencies and outdated processes, but three trends will influence how the insurtech sector will evolve, one CEO told Insurance Business. According to Jason […]
October 30, 2023
Via: Insurance JournalInsurtech Hippo Holdings said it has “initiated an organizational realignment” by laying off about 120 employees, or 20% of its workforce. The company said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 26 that it expects […]
October 27, 2023
Via: Artemis BMRisk analytics and modelling firm CoreLogic has estimated that the “insurable” loss from hurricane Otis’ category 5 winds onslaught in the Acapulco and surrounding region of Mexico is in the range of $10 billion to as much as $15 billion. […]
October 25, 2023
Via: Insurance JournalTech-enabled commercial insurance wholesale brokerage QuoteWell announced its public launch to serve independent retail agents. Founded in 2021, the insurtech said it “helps agents who are often overlooked and given poor customer service due to low premiums associated with their […]
October 17, 2023
Via: Reinsurance NewsHowden has announced the creation of Howden Climate Parametrics, a global practice that “brings together (re)insurance, climate, and data expertise to focus parametric risk transfer solutions on meeting the escalating demand for climate de-risking capabilities across industries, financial markets, and […]