23 May 2022
Insurtech Australia has selected eight delegates to head to Insurtech Connect Asia in Singapore next month, the region’s largest gathering of insurance leaders and innovators...
23 May 2022
Mastercard is partnering with Adelaide-based startup Openly in a venture aimed at helping companies better manage their supply chain privacy and manage cyber risk...
16 May 2022
The life and health insurance sectors are leading insurtech market share as new solutions connect brokers, providers and carriers, driven by growing health concerns and as insurers migrate to digital platforms, Future Market Insights says...
16 May 2022
The landscape for systemic financial risk has been “rapidly and profoundly” changed by interconnectedness, and risk managers must now carefully monitor greater cross-border financial exposures, fintech innovations and reliance on third-party vendors, a new whitepaper says...
16 May 2022
Hollard-backed insurtech Kanopi has appointed Rishin Patel to the role of Head of Insurance and Micha Goldfine as Head of Design...
16 May 2022
AI-backed US insurer Neptune Flood has partnered with satellite imagery firm ICEYE to monitor client properties in real-time for signs of flooding...
16 May 2022
Insurtech Australia will host a hybrid industry event on “Mobility in the cities of the future – what will it look like?” next month in part one of what is to be a series...
09 May 2022
Underestimating data migration leads to costly failures and threatens to “infect” new systems with legacy problems if not tackled thoroughly, PBT Group Australia GM Will Erskine says...
09 May 2022
Artificial intelligence is likely to increasingly drive improved customer and employee experience after being “slow out the gate” in that area compared to other advantages it is delivering, Gradient Institute Director Catriona Wallace has told the Actuaries Institute summit...
09 May 2022
Many insurers are introducing new IT systems and applications at a rapid pace, as well as going through mergers and acquisitions and divesting or acquiring divisions, and Frazer Walker Principal Consultants Mark Partridge and Glenn Vade are offering tips on how to achieve the best outcomes...
09 May 2022
Global professional services firm Cognizant is the latest Gold Partner of Insurtech Australia, while Genworth, Synpulse and FINEOS have joined as Ecosystem Partners...
09 May 2022
Insurtech Australia will host an industry event on Insurtech and ESG in Sydney on May 17, examining the role the insurance tech sector has to play in environmental, social and governance issues...
02 May 2022
The roles of insurer Information Technology teams and management are changing and merging, with insurtechs increasingly being founded by actuaries and other industry veterans rather than tech experts, says Capco APAC Insurance Lead Emma Yang...
02 May 2022
Global investment in insurtechs slowed to $2.2 billion in the first quarter, less than half of the previous corresponding period, the inaugural Global InsurTech Report from Gallagher Re says...
02 May 2022
Sydney-based Employment Hero’s major funding round of $183 million in February was one of just five global insurtech “mega rounds” in the first quarter...
02 May 2022
Insurance customers are ready for digital options and industry decision makers are optimistic toward AI objectives, though more needs to be done to realise the value of tech for stakeholders and customers, industry heavyweight Solera says...
02 May 2022
ASX-listed Nearmap says its aerial imaging solution is being embraced by many US government organisations, including urban planning, transportation, emergency management, law enforcement and water resource management...
26 April 2022
io.insure, a specialty insurance online marketplace for small and medium-sized mergers and acquisitions (M&A), has launched in Australia...
26 April 2022
Nearly a third of small business owners rank cyber crime, data breaches and fraud as a most concerning risk, particularly after covid disruption forced many to shift to digital, yet just 7% have cyber insurance, according to BizCover’s 2022 Small Business Bravery Report...
26 April 2022
Greenlight Capital Re has received Lloyd’s approval for a new innovation underwriting syndicate which will provide insurance capacity to insurtechs within its growing portfolio of insurance tech partnerships...