22 August 2022
Investment in insurtechs plunged 80% last year to $US2.21 billion, GlobalData says, and funding growth is unlikely in 2022 as only about half last year’s total had been invested by the end of July...
22 August 2022
Google veteran Barney Pierce has been appointed Senior VP President of Partnerships Asia Pacific at Cover Genius...
22 August 2022
Nasdaq-listed data analytics firm EXL has been categorised as a local leader in business process outsourcing in both Property & Casualty and Life & Retirement insurance by ISG Provider Lens...
22 August 2022
NYSE-listed property and casualty insurance software provider Sapiens has partnered with marketplace Intellagents, allowing insurers access to hundreds of data and insurtech providers...
15 August 2022
More than a fifth of 352 global executives surveyed by GlobalData said blockchain was “all hype and no substance” and rated it less use to the insurance industry than augmented reality, internet of things, 5G, cloud computing, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence technologies...
15 August 2022
Insurtech Australia will host another hybrid industry future mobility event on Wednesday, the third in a series...
15 August 2022
Melbourne-based insurtech Ok Away has partnered with Israeli tech company Air Doctor...
15 August 2022
UK insurtech Quotech has raised £1 million from investors, including Convex Group, to support creation of its custom-built technology platforms for underwriters and distributors in commercial and wholesale insurance globally...
08 August 2022
Global insurtech investment rose 8% to $US2.41 billion in the second quarter, up 8% from the previous quarter but only half 2021’s bumper second quarter...
08 August 2022
Insurtech Coverhero has launched a new Application Programming Interface, is creating partnerships with marketplaces for an embedded insurance model and expects to launch in North America next year...
08 August 2022
Cover Genius has added Buy Now, Pay Later provider Zip Co to the growing list of firms deploying its XCover embedded insurance platform...
08 August 2022
Insurtech Australia has welcomed two new insurtech members as well as its latest ecosystem partner, law firm Hamilton Locke...
08 August 2022
HDI Group’s venture capital firm has participated in a €19 million funding round for new Berlin-based space start-up LiveEO, which provides satellite-based monitoring of facilities and critical infrastructures...
01 August 2022
Melbourne-based insurtech Koba Insurance is undertaking a new funding round after successfully reaching a targeted $1 million during an earlier crowdsourcing round in September...
01 August 2022
Insurers should capture their business practices in a standardised rules engine system, minimising the risk of losing key corporate knowledge if employees resign, PBT Group local GM of data and analytics Will Erskine says...
01 August 2022
New telematics car insurtech Proton has plans to launch in Australia and New Zealand after success in the United Arab Emirates since it began operating there in January...
01 August 2022
Cover Genius has expanded further into the $US72 billion event and ticketing industry, which it says is a "huge addressable market,” buying UK insurtech Booking Protect...
25 July 2022
Insurtech Gateway has secured Seed Fund II financing which it says will support 20 startup teams over the next four years, from pre-seed to Series A...
25 July 2022
ASX-listed Credit Clear has developed a digital third-party claims system in collaboration with a large Australian insurer...
25 July 2022
The competition regulator has made available a Consumer Data Right sandbox, a free tool to help design, build and test CDR solutions...