Zurich tool delivers 75-year climate risk outlook
02 December 2024
Zurich Resilience Solutions has launched a digital tool designed to help customers anticipate and manage their climate risks and meet climate disclosure standards...
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Entsia names department heads
02 December 2024
Insurance distribution and administration platform Entsia has appointed leaders in product engineering and delivery...
CoverGo appoints regional MD
02 December 2024
AI insurance platform CoverGo has appointed Louis Lee as MD Asia-Pacific...
Haast hails ‘exciting milestone’ with Aviva partnership
02 December 2024
UK insurer Aviva is piloting Canberra regtech Haast’s system that uses artificial intelligence to automate marketing compliance processes...
Zurich backs Onsi to ‘reshape employee benefits’
02 December 2024
Zurich has invested in UK start-up Onsi’s platform to offer personalised employee benefits...
Trio take top honours at DXC Invitational
25 November 2024
Three insurtechs won awards at this year’s DXC Invitational...
Raindrop secures funding as northern tech hub grows
25 November 2024
NT-based insurtech Raindrop has closed an oversubscribed seed funding round, with 75% of funds coming from Darwin-based investors...
Cover Genius to insure high-end handbags in the US
25 November 2024
Customers of luxury goods authenticator Entrupy will be offered insurance for their high-end items through Cover Genius...
AI neural networks to unlock affordable weather cover
25 November 2024
Researchers have used machine learning to design lower cost insurance to protect farmers against weather risk...
Insurtech Australia welcomes new directors
18 November 2024
Blue Zebra chief technology officer Amar Roomi and FreightInsure CEO Simon Schwarz have joined the board of Insurtech Australia...
Industry ‘at crossroads’ on tech adoption
18 November 2024
The Australian and New Zealand insurance market is at a critical “adapt or fall behind” juncture, according to Deloitte...
Investors hungry for Hippo subsidiary
18 November 2024
Insurtech Hippo has sold a majority stake in its subsidiary First Connect Insurance Services for more than $US60 million ($96 million)...
Mulberri partnership offers cyber discounts for SMEs
18 November 2024
US insurtech Mulberri is offering clients of Nasdaq-listed Qualys exclusive discounts on cyber insurance...
AI dominates insurtech funding push
11 November 2024
Eight of the 10 biggest third-quarter insurtech funding rounds were AI-centred, according to a Gallagher Re global update...
Industry ‘ready to take tech leap’
11 November 2024
More than two-thirds of insurers expect to deploy artificial intelligence in the next two years with the industry now “ready, willing and able” to move towards a technologically advanced future...
Injured claimants’ digital twins help insurers improve service
11 November 2024
An AI model that creates “digital twins” of injured people could help insurers assess the effectiveness of various policy and parameter changes, according to its developer...
Flight Centre brands to offer Cover Genius travel product
11 November 2024
Cover Genius has added Flight Centre brands Aunt Betty and BYOjet to its list of retail partners...
InsuredHQ teams with UK’s GoCardless
11 November 2024
New Zealand software provider InsuredHQ has added GoCardless bank payment technology to its platform, to let insurers to schedule customer payments using direct debit and PayTo...
Number of insurtech deals halves in Q3
04 November 2024
There were 53 insurtech deals worldwide in the third quarter, a drop from 104 in July-September last year, Fintech Global says...
Cover Genius moves step closer on claims automation
04 November 2024
Cover Genius expects to mostly automate claims after completing a car rental insurance case using only technology in recent weeks...