Vero, Cover Genius offer Uber driver cover
24 August 2026
Suncorp intermediated brand Vero has launched a comprehensive ride-share offering in partnership with Cover Genius and Uber...
Insurtech
Gallagher Re unit offers ‘single source of insight’ on digital risks
24 August 2026
Gallagher Re has expanded its cyber capability with a new practice dedicated to AI, digital dependency and technology-driven accumulation risk across insurance portfolios...
Munich Re to acquire cyber specialist
24 August 2026
Munich Re Group will buy US insurtech At-Bay, which provides cyber insurance and security solutions for SMEs, for $575 million ($807 million)...
Xceedance adds ‘exceptional’ director
24 August 2026
Adrian Spieler has been appointed to the Xceedance board to provide strategic guidance, set organisational goals and measure success...
Code experts to share breach cases at Curium summit
17 August 2026
An interactive Is This a Breach? session at next month’s Curium Risk and Compliance Summit will feature real scenarios, live votes and correct answers from decision-makers on the Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee...
Ingrity recruits transformation leader
17 August 2026
Data, analytics and AI consultancy Ingrity has appointed Pranav Agrawal as VP, as it targets new markets...
Weatherwatch ‘expands reach’ with US platform link
17 August 2026
US company EigenRisk will now feature Brisbane-based Weatherwatch’s hail event footprints on its catastrophe risk management platform...
Sydney insurtechs jet in for Istanbul travel conference
17 August 2026
Executives from Lodestone Solutions and Cover Genius will feature at the International Travel & Health Insurance Conferences global forum in Istanbul in November...
Investment for insurtechs ‘rebounds’
10 August 2026
Insurtech funding surged to a four-year high of $US2.44 billion ($3.47 billion) in April-June, driven by large venture capital and private equity-backed rounds...
EV transition a ‘rare chance to grab business’
10 August 2026
Although electric vehicles make up only 2% of the Australian passenger fleet, Taylor Fry actuary Tom Moulder says they present a “massive opportunity” for insurers...
Guidewire gives insurers build-your-own AI agents
10 August 2026
Guidewire has launched an agentic framework in its new Qusar release, enabling insurers to build and manage AI agents on the Guidewire Cloud Platform...
Cover Genius founder creates new start-up
10 August 2026
Chris Bayley has established Sydney-based Cove, an AI platform that provides application programming interface infrastructure for travel aggregators...
Agentic-to-agentic is ‘next problem to solve’
03 August 2026
AI agents interacting and agreeing premium settings and other underwriting choices is the next tech challenge facing the insurance industry, BizCover CIO Dino Tius says...
Future of claims ‘needs tech and people alike’
03 August 2026
“Local presence” will be more important than ever as insurers invest in AI, according to a white paper from claims manager Crawford & Company...
Relm names APAC chief in Sydney
03 August 2026
Timothy Powell has been appointed head of Asia-Pacific and global head of underwriting performance at emerging industry specialist Relm Insurance...
Friendsurance joins Cover Genius in Euro banking push
03 August 2026
Cover Genius has acquired Friendsurance to combine the pair’s infrastructure for embedded cover and banking and insurance platforms to serve financial institutions in the German, Austrian and Swiss markets...
Munich Re unveils Japanese parametric quake cover
03 August 2026
Munich Re Specialty has launched parametric earthquake insurance for corporate clients in Japan...
Software group arrives on ASX
27 July 2026
Life insurance software provider Monvia has debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange after raising $17.5 million from investors in its initial public offering...
Kaibridge brings in CTO
27 July 2026
Roneel Kumar has been appointed fractional chief technology officer at insurtech Kaibridge...
Aon powers up data centres facility
27 July 2026
Aon has expanded the insurance capacity available through its Data Centre Lifecycle Insurance Program as investment in AI, cloud computing and hyperscale data hubs accelerates...