Insurtech
Rising stars shine bright at ball
06 July 2026
The inaugural Rising Stars Insurance Ball – organised by Curium, Insurtech Australia and the Underwriting Agencies Council – has been hailed a success...
Insurtech conference: time running out on early bird tickets
06 July 2026
A discounted ticket offer for the Beyond the Buzzwords insurtech conference will end soon, as more speakers have been announced...
Ardonagh ‘unleashes’ specialty trading exchange
06 July 2026
Ardonagh Group has launched an insurtech to connect data, distribution and capacity more intelligently across specialty insurance...
IA members visit ITC Asia
06 July 2026
An Insurtech Australia delegation participated in the ITC Asia event in Singapore last week...
‘True pioneer’ in broking tech retires
29 June 2026
ZapCentral Technologies co-founder Kiersten Lethbridge retires tomorrow after a career in insurance tech spanning decades...
Many insurers ‘invisible’ on artificial intelligence tools
29 June 2026
A report card on AI visibility has revealed a handful of insurance companies are reaping the benefits of the technology while many others are missing from key platforms...
CFC finds words to clear up silent AI issues
29 June 2026
Cyber insurance specialist CFC is rolling out AI-related language across key policies to offer certainty on how such exposures are treated...
Federato heads down under for APAC push
29 June 2026
AI-powered underwriting platform Federato is opening a Sydney office – its first outside North America – and has appointed Roland Slee as Regional VP for Asia-Pacific and Japan...
‘Proud moment’ as Upcover wins top Finnie
22 June 2026
Commercial insurance broking platform Upcover has won the excellence in insurtech category at the 10th annual Finnie Awards...
Lloyd’s Lab seeks more industry innovators
22 June 2026
Lloyd’s Lab is accepting applications to join its 17th cohort, which will focus on operational efficiency, new products and “experimental innovation”...
Trust, old operating structures flagged as AI hurdles
22 June 2026
Governance, operations not designed for AI and trust are the main barriers to optimised processes that could slash insurers’ costs, NTT Data says...
InsurPitch looks for next tech champion
22 June 2026
Guidewire will host this year’s InsurPitch contest in Sydney on August 5...
Rules, training lag as workers’ AI use grows
15 June 2026
Recruiter Hays says 60% of employees use AI regularly at work but only 22% have received any training or support from their employer...
IAG to roll out wellness app among customers
15 June 2026
IAG’s Firemark Ventures has invested in Sydney people risk platform Sonder, which delivers mental health, medical and safety support via an app...
Peak body brings UK training program to Sydney
15 June 2026
Up to 25 delegates from insurers, brokers and insurtechs will attend a Digital Minds Evolve leadership program in August...
Instanda builds AI underwriting workbench
15 June 2026
A new underwriting workbench called Instanda Clear has been launched to aid “judgment-led” work that cannot be fully automated...
Mind the AI ‘stack gap’, Tego CEO warns
15 June 2026
A host of insurance policies could have grounds to deny liability following an AI-related healthcare incident, medical indemnity underwriter Tego warns...
Descartes offers extreme wind cover for solar plants
15 June 2026
Descartes Underwriting has introduced a parametric product for solar power plants based on wind data from meteorological stations owned by green tech group Nextpower...
ICEYE raises $800 million
15 June 2026
Finland’s ICEYE has raised €450 million ($797 million) in a funding round led by General Atlantic...
Cryptographers urged to be ‘quantum-ready’
01 June 2026
Experts in “classical” cybersecurity will need to quickly pivot to tackling threats posed by quantum computing, academics at Monash University say...