07 March 2022
Brisbane-based startup FloodMapp has been supporting emergency services and insurers during this month’s flooding catastrophe in Queensland, co-founder and CEO Juliette Murphy tells insuranceNEWS.com.au.
07 March 2022
PSC Insurance Brokers has joined FinTech Australia’s ecosystem partnership program, which helps businesses collaborate with insurtechs and other members of the sector and foster relationships with its key players...
07 March 2022
IAG has launched a second $75 million venture capital fund and made its first investment, undertaking a pilot program using Texas-based insurtech Plnar for its property claims...
07 March 2022
Insurtech Portabl has won the Australian round of the 2022 Zurich Innovation Championship, beating 89 other entries...
07 March 2022
Automation does not have to come at the cost of jobs, can help with staff retention and help employees feel challenged, and that they are growing, contributing and learning new things, insurtech BizCover says...
28 February 2022
Many insurers struggle to interpret the “astronomical” levels of data available to them, and this creates a “decision gap” that prevents delivery of personalised services to customers, as well as accurate addressing of fraud, financial crime and other categories of risk, reveals analytics software company Quantexa...
28 February 2022
Insurtech Cover Genius reports a surge in insurance policy sales at its retail partners as an overwhelming number of consumers shop online and buy protection for their purchases...
28 February 2022
Digital insurance expert Entsia has listed key considerations when undertaking a tech transformation which it says will allow businesses to stay “agile and scalable” as competition escalates...
28 February 2022
NYSE-listed The Travelers Companies has acquired insurtech Trōv, the creator of Suncorp’s telematic-backed Bingle Go motor cover...
28 February 2022
The founders of local insurtechs Cover Genius and Coverhero, as well as top executives at Munich Re, Zurich, Swiss Re and Axa will speak at next month’s Insurtech Insights Europe 2022 conference, to be held in London on March 15-16...
21 February 2022
Insurtech Australia has named insurance compliance specialist Paul Muir as Chair of its newly created Regulatory and Compliance Working Group and is seeking nominations for more appointments from its members and business partners to the initiative...
21 February 2022
Award winning Hillridge Technology, a Sydney-based AI crop insurance platform for farmers, has a new seed funding round underway as it fields international interest...
21 February 2022
Adopting cloud storage frees insurers to focus on customer needs and expectations and core value creation for policyholders, Frazer Walker Partner Ian Chisholm says...
21 February 2022
Professional services firm Genpact says its platform is now integrated with Claim Genius’ AI-based claims solution for auto insurance to create a smoother process and deploy analytics...
21 February 2022
IAG has stepped up its backing for Carbar, demonstrating the insurer’s confidence in the vehicle subscription start-up’s business model...
14 February 2022
Insurance carriers focused on building alliances with insurtechs last year as they explored emerging technologies and capabilities, rather than making outright acquisitions...
14 February 2022
Partnerships between traditional insurance firms and insurtechs are set to rise and will play an important role in the future market position of insurers, ratings agency Fitch says...
14 February 2022
Cyber insurtechs are well positioned to shrug off any slowdown in fundraising in the global insurtech sector after a record-setting year, a report from S&P Global says...
14 February 2022
Andrew Porter has been appointed CEO of FinTech Australia after the departure of Rebecca Schot-Guppy in August...
14 February 2022
Spatial data firm Matterport says its new Axis motorised mount easily “turns buildings into data” and can be deployed in the field by insurance adjusters to accurately scan and share detailed 3D images from a smartphone...