15 November 2021
Risk Management Solutions has developed a new flood model allowing New Zealand’s Tower to allocate its home insurance customers with a low, medium or high-risk rating for their property...
08 November 2021
FloodMapp, Innovation Group Australia and TreeManager are the latest Australian insurtechs to be recognised with industry awards...
08 November 2021
Insurtech Australia has welcomed Swiss Re as its newest Gold Partner as the Zurich-based reinsurer says technology can help reduce underinsurance...
08 November 2021
Cyber underwriting agency Emergence Insurance has appointed Colin Pausey as Chief Operating Officer...
08 November 2021
Australian IT teams say they are the farthest behind in digital transformation timelines, a poll of 1000 business and IT decision makers found...
08 November 2021
IAG has launched ROLLiN’, a new, flexible pay-by-the-month car insurance brand created to cater to younger Australians...
01 November 2021
Honan Insurance Group has acquired broking firm Modern Risk Solutions, which specialises in emerging tech, start-ups and life sciences...
01 November 2021
Global insurtechs attracted the second-largest funding quarter ever in April-June and continue on a strong trajectory, Willis Towers Watson says in its Quarterly Insurtech Briefing...
01 November 2021
Insurtech Gateway Australia has been awarded additional funding after a year of successful incubations and plans to incubate 20 new companies over the next five years...
01 November 2021
Insurtech Codafication says a conscious decision many years ago to build its Virtual Assist claims solution with the highest standard of data sovereignty and security boosted uptake by insurers when COVID struck and they needed help to process claims remotely...
01 November 2021
A lunchtime webinar detailing how ATL Insurance is leveraging cloud technology vendors Entsia and Grappler to future-proof business and extend its reach is to be held on November 25...
25 October 2021
The Australian insurance industry is continuing to innovate despite the adversity of COVID and one of the most turbulent times in its history, Hollard-backed Kanopi Cover says...
25 October 2021
Government incentives, industry collaboration and global talent acquisition will be critical to sustain the growth trajectory of Australia’s fintech sector, build a world-class fintech export market and attract the best international tech companies onshore, EY says...
25 October 2021
Rising numbers of foreign companies joining an Australian Securities Exchange technology index introduced last year is creating challenges for directors’ and officers’ cover, Gallagher says...
25 October 2021
Guy Carpenter has launched an insurtech Centre of Excellence offering customised broking, advisory and analytical services for insurers and Managing General Agents on cutting-edge technology platforms...
25 October 2021
IAG has sponsored a new Australian Responsible AI Index, launched by the Ethical AI Advisory and Gradient Institute, which finds fewer than one in 10 Australia-based organisations have a mature approach to deploying responsible and ethical artificial intelligence...
25 October 2021
Jewellery and niche insurance claims expert Independent Validation Advisory Australia says its proprietary cloud-based software Loupe helped it diversify into insurance categories outside its jewellery portfolio as it developed digital tools with service providers to help insurers manage claims...
18 October 2021
Australian firms have a backlog of digital transformation projects which unsustainably dwarf IT budgets, new research finds...
18 October 2021
Insurtechs Blue Zebra and Precision Autonomy have joined forces to provide commercial drone insurance through the broking channel, in response to growing demand as usage of the remotely piloted devices soars...
18 October 2021
Hollard-backed Open Insurance has won this year’s Excellence in Insurtech category, which is sponsored by IAG Firemark Ventures, at the FinTech Australia Finnie Awards...