Insurtech funding slumps to four-year low
06 May 2024
Global funding for insurtechs fell to $US912.25 million ($1.38 billion) in the first quarter, the lowest sum since early 2020, according to Gallagher Re...
06 May 2024
Global funding for insurtechs fell to $US912.25 million ($1.38 billion) in the first quarter, the lowest sum since early 2020, according to Gallagher Re...
06 May 2024
Embedded insurance will grow to $35 billion or 18% of gross written premium (GWP) in Australia in 2033, analysts at PwC forecast...
06 May 2024
Insurtech JAVLN says the insurance industry needs to implement better systems to help brokers meet compliance requirements and “focus on their job at hand”...
06 May 2024
Open Insurance – best-known for its artificial intelligence-driven brand Huddle – has created a travel insurance offer for the Australian market...
06 May 2024
Eight companies have been named as finalists for this year’s excellence in insurtech Finnie award from FinTech Australia...
06 May 2024
Koba Insurance has launched a dedicated, comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) insurance policy it says is the first in Australia...
06 May 2024
US group Endava has developed a tool called Morpheus that applies advanced technology to tasks in highly regulated fields such as insurance...
29 April 2024
Jayde Mulholland has been promoted to Co-CEO at Qikio Insurance and digital broker Add Insure...
29 April 2024
Artificial Intelligence is likely to make radicalisation “easier and faster”, while encryption creates safe spaces for violent extremists to network and recruit, the head of Australian security warns...
29 April 2024
US insurer Coalition has warned email security is critical to cyber risk management, after 56% of its claims last year stemmed from business email compromise or funds transfer fraud...
29 April 2024
Liberty Mutual Reinsurance has partnered with Safehub to offer sensor-based parametric earthquake insurance worldwide...
22 April 2024
Honey Insurance has agreed a six-year partnership with Bank Australia to provide a digital insurance offer...
22 April 2024
Qikio Insurance has agreed a car cover underwriting partnership with Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company Australia...
22 April 2024
Allianz Australia’s “one click” home insurance price estimate system has won an innovation excellence award from Canstar...
22 April 2024
Carbon accounting innovator Sumday has closed a $5.3 million funding round led by Planeteer Capital and returning investors Blackbird, Wedgetail and Possible Ventures...
15 April 2024
Honey Insurance says it is well placed to take on Australia's home cover giants following a $108 million funding round...
15 April 2024
Regtech Haast has won the Australian round of this year’s Zurich Innovation Championship and will present to executives in Switzerland against other winners from across the world...
15 April 2024
Insurtech Butter has started offering travel insurance, the business announced in a brief LinkedIn post...
15 April 2024
Allianz Partners Australia has launched a chatbot for customers of its travel insurance partner HCF...
08 April 2024
Insurers should implement artificial intelligence in their operations slowly and carefully, with full research and oversight, Munich Re says...