Suncorp's aerial imagery solution wins award
14 November 2022
Suncorp has won “Best use of technology to revolutionise CX” at Ashton Media’s fifth The CX Awards...
Insurtech
Honey rolls out offer at McGrath property agencies
14 November 2022
Honey Insurance is now available across the real estate network of ASX-listed McGrath Limited, which has more than 100 offices...
Zurich 'serious about digital business' with new API exchange
14 November 2022
Zurich has launched Zurich eXchange, a global Application Programming Interface marketplace it says allows customers, distributors and partners to connect digitally with the insurer from a single, all in one platform...
Kofax targets insurers, Aviva adopts claims fraud solution
14 November 2022
Tech expert Kofax says its solutions are being rapidly adopted in the Asia Pacific region to transform processes and drive efficiency...
Stella CEO to deliver insurtechLIVE keynote address
07 November 2022
UK-based Stella Insurance CEO Sam White is the keynote speaker at insurtechLIVE 2023...
'Hubristic' disruption rhetoric gives way to teaming with incumbents
07 November 2022
Genuine disruption of incumbent insurers by insurtechs has been “extremely limited” despite almost $US50 billion of global insurtech investment, Gallagher Re says...
Cover Genius Raises over $100 million
07 November 2022
Cover Genius has raised $US70 million, allowing it to further expand its insurance distribution platform XCover...
Freely launches in Australia, US; eyes Canada, New Zealand
07 November 2022
Zurich-backed insurtech Freely has launched what it says is the world’s first end-to-end travel insurance and safety app...
Insurtech Australia welcomes Insurbot, Westfund
07 November 2022
Insurtech Australia has welcomed new member Insurebot and new partner Westfund...
Algorithms accurately rate cyber resilience: Marsh McLennan
31 October 2022
A study by Marsh McLennan has found measuring cyber resilience with algorithms is accurate and helps insurers make better informed decisions...
CFC warns of 'grey areas' in fintech exposures
31 October 2022
Cyber specialist CFC warns fintechs are unlikely to find all of their exposures covered in a single policy as traditional cover often does not address failure of technology, sub-contractor liability or intellectual property infringement...
Builder LP StratiCo transforms claim repairs with 3D insights
31 October 2022
Sydney-based builder LP StratiCo says it has drastically cut the number of days spent on insurance claim repair management with the use of advanced technology...
Hannover Re adds Melbourne's Invuite to innovation hub
31 October 2022
Melbourne-based Invuite has been added to Hannover Re’s Equarium innovation platform...
icare virtual reality training wins award
31 October 2022
icare's Working Safely at Heights training program, which uses virtual reality to improve the safety of young construction staff when working around ladders and scaffolding, has won an international Good Design Award...
BodyGuide, E5 Workflow win DXC Invitational
24 October 2022
The winners of the 2022 DXC Invitational insurtech competition in Asia Pacific have been announced...
Honey, Koba win Finder innovation awards
24 October 2022
Honey Insurance has won comparison website Finder’s 2022 Best Insurance Innovation award, while car insurer Koba was crowned Best Insurtech Innovation...
Amazon launches UK insurance comparison service; Allianz signs up
24 October 2022
Retail giant Amazon is offering British shoppers an insurance comparison service and has signed on Allianz’s LV= General Insurance, as well as Ageas UK and Co-op, with more to be added in the next few months...
US insurtech builds blockchain-powered parametric cargo platform
24 October 2022
Brooklyn-based insurtech Otonomi has successfully raised $US3.4 million, backing its parametric cargo-delay insurance offer...
QBE makes first early-stage Australian tech investment
17 October 2022
QBE Ventures has made its first investment in an early-stage Australian-based tech firm, leading a funding round of over $4.2 million in local start-up Iluminr, which uses gamification to train for crises such as cyber-attacks, supply chain disruptions, natural disasters, and pandemics...
Nearmap offers 'health check' for roofs
17 October 2022
Nearmap has announced an expansion of its aerial capture program and says the first product available to customers will be automated ‘health check’ roof condition assessments, with fire and flood risk assessments to be available to customers over the next year...