DXC Invitational pitch night to be held tomorrow
27 November 2023
A pitch night for finalists in DXC Technology’s 2023 DXC Invitational will be held in Sydney tomorrow evening, and live streamed...
Insurtech
Marsh staff save eight hours a week with new LenAI tool
27 November 2023
Marsh McLennan has launched a new Generative AI tool called LenAI for its 85,000 global workforce, and says staff are reporting savings of eight work hours a week on average, and 20% less time spent on simple and repetitive tasks...
Cover Genius partners with Scandinavian airline SAS
27 November 2023
Cover Genius has added airline SAS to the growing list of firms deploying its XCover embedded insurance platform...
InsurtechLIVE24 early bird registration opens
20 November 2023
Insurtech Australia is offering early bird discounts to its annual InsurtechLIVE event, to be held in Sydney on February 13...
Cara Morton appointed Zurich Global Ventures CEO
20 November 2023
Cover-More Group is to recruit a new Group CEO after the appointment of Cara Morton as Zurich Global Ventures Chief, effective February...
Former local Swiss Re head joins insurtech RETJA
20 November 2023
Swiss Re’s former Australia and New Zealand operations head Mark Senkevics has taken a role on the advisory board at insurtech RETJA after departing the reinsurer on June 30 after two decades...
Chubb creates portal for Chubb Studio client IT teams
20 November 2023
Chubb has launched a new developer portal to make it easier for technology teams at clients of its embedded insurance division, Chubb Studio...
Insurtechs ignore insurance fundamentals at their peril: Gallagher Re
13 November 2023
To be successful, insurtechs must understand that insurance is unique and fundamentally different to industries such as manufacturing where fixed costs “vastly outweigh” variable marginal costs, Gallagher Re says...
BAIS hires Head of Commercial and Product
13 November 2023
BAIS insurance technology has appointed Christopher Hatzidis to the newly created position of Head of Commercial and Product...
Insurtech Australia welcomes new members Mrty, RETJA
13 November 2023
Insurance startups Mrty and RETJA are the latest Insurtech Australia members...
Allianz invests in US insurtech NEXT
13 November 2023
Allianz’s digital investments arm Allianz X has invested in California-based insurtech NEXT Insurance alongside US insurer Allstate, with combined funding of $US265 million..
Mapizy joins WA Indonesia Connect Roadshow
13 November 2023
Insurtech Mapizy was part of this year’s WA Government Indonesia Connect Roadshow 2023 delegation, attending under the "creative industry and digital economy” stream...
Quarterly insurtech funding back above a billion US dollars
06 November 2023
Global insurtech funding jumped to $US1.1 billion across 119 deals in July to September...
Ag Guard, Floodbase partner on parametric cover in Australia
06 November 2023
Agricultural underwriting agency Ag Guard and insurtech Floodbase will together offer parametric flood insurance programs across Australia and New Zealand from early next year...
Solera tool measures motor claims emissions
06 November 2023
Solera has created a carbon tracking tool that allows insurers to measure and offset carbon emissions linked to motor claims processing, supporting sustainability programs...
Autosure deploys SSP technology
06 November 2023
DPL Insurance Group’s Autosure business has implemented SSP Asia Pacific’s Pure Insurance System...
Flip offers group cover plans for gyms, yogis, ski resorts
06 November 2023
Flip Insurance, this year’s Finder Best Insurance Innovation award winner, has added Flip Group Active – group insurance plans for sports, adventure and wellness businesses – to its range of cover...
IA surveys insurers to create technology potential snapshot
06 November 2023
Insurtech Australia and Celent are partnering to survey insurers on how the Australian insurance industry can achieve further performance improvement “without having to start again”...
Entries sought for DXC Invitational
30 October 2023
DXC Technology is inviting insurtech community members to enter its Asia Pacific 2023 DXC Invitational...
ANZIIF to hold insurtech webinar next week
30 October 2023
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance will hold an ‘Insurtech Across the Value Chain’ webinar on November 8...