02 May 2022
Global investment in insurtechs slowed to $2.2 billion in the first quarter, less than half of the previous corresponding period, the inaugural Global InsurTech Report from Gallagher Re says...
02 May 2022
Sydney-based Employment Hero’s major funding round of $183 million in February was one of just five global insurtech “mega rounds” in the first quarter...
02 May 2022
Insurance customers are ready for digital options and industry decision makers are optimistic toward AI objectives, though more needs to be done to realise the value of tech for stakeholders and customers, industry heavyweight Solera says...
02 May 2022
ASX-listed Nearmap says its aerial imaging solution is being embraced by many US government organisations, including urban planning, transportation, emergency management, law enforcement and water resource management...
26 April 2022
io.insure, a specialty insurance online marketplace for small and medium-sized mergers and acquisitions (M&A), has launched in Australia...
26 April 2022
Nearly a third of small business owners rank cyber crime, data breaches and fraud as a most concerning risk, particularly after covid disruption forced many to shift to digital, yet just 7% have cyber insurance, according to BizCover’s 2022 Small Business Bravery Report...
26 April 2022
Greenlight Capital Re has received Lloyd’s approval for a new innovation underwriting syndicate which will provide insurance capacity to insurtechs within its growing portfolio of insurance tech partnerships...
26 April 2022
A new investment vehicle has listed on the London Stock Exchange to raise £150 million to acquire insurtechs...
26 April 2022
Sneaker enthusiast app Unboxed has partnered with insurtech Assurely to launch a solution designed to insure the collections of its “sneakerhead” members...
11 April 2022
Hollard-owned PetSure’s on-the-spot in-clinic claiming platform GapOnly has won a Canstar Innovation Excellence Award...
11 April 2022
London-based broker Howden and insurer Chubb have partnered with US software firm Redkik with the aim to use insurtech solutions to improve European cargo insurance...
11 April 2022
WeFitter , an aggregator platform that stores data from popular fitness apps and wearable technology in a unified format for use by life and health insurers, has been added to Hannover Re’s Equarium innovation platform...
11 April 2022
Rita Yates, the co-founder of Insurtech Australia, has joined the board of advice of start-up company LifeBid...
04 April 2022
Honey Insurance has won the rights to distribute its home and contents cover to Bank of Queensland’s 400,000 customers...
04 April 2022
Melbourne-based Tapanda says it keeps a lid on the cost of third-party claims and car hire costs for insurers via 15 bespoke services offered to the insurance and fleet sectors...
04 April 2022
Insurtech Australia welcomed four new members last month and is growing its team, undergoing a search for a new Partnership Manager...
04 April 2022
Insurers are increasingly turning to insurtech providers in order to bridge the gap between internal processes and suppliers, Stelvio Australia’s GM Yannick Giguère says...
28 March 2022
HDI-backed insurtech AuditCover has closed a $1.7 million seed round and says its platform evens the playing field between the average tax payer and the tax office, which has edged far ahead in data and technology capability...
28 March 2022
Insurtech Kanopi is calling on the government and industry to establish a working group tasked with seeing Consumer Data Right services are rolled out this year...
28 March 2022
Loss ratio performance can give the best insight into how successful an insurtech may be and is an increasingly accurate metric as insurance products become personalised, Insurtech Gateway Australia CEO Simon O’Dell says...