12 July 2021
The COVID pandemic has driven significant digital transformation in the insurance industry and most Australian insurers are looking to modernise by investing in digital payment technology in the next 12 months, a new survey found...
12 July 2021
Australian businesses will continue to use remote engineering virtual site visits to manage risk exposure even once the acute risk of COVID passes, FM Global says...
12 July 2021
Hollard-owned PetSure is progressively rolling out its financial technology solution GapOnly Australia-wide and has also dropped many exclusions on comprehensive cover...
12 July 2021
IAG says its bespoke shift management app, Attune, will earn it a new revenue stream under a joint venture with Terem Technologies which plans to roll the technology out globally...
12 July 2021
Pet insurance start up Wagmo has raised $US12.5 million as it pursues the “wellness” segment of the pet market...
05 July 2021
A new joint venture between Steadfast and fintech pioneer ListSure will deliver new insurance and finance products to meet the unique challenges faced by the real estate industry...
05 July 2021
Steadfast has provided its brokers in Australia and New Zealand with a free data-driven management tool to identify risk hazards and natural catastrophe exposures by geographic locations and operational activities...
05 July 2021
FloodMapp is rolling out a live mapping feed called NowCast under a new partnership with Esri Australia, a supplier of geographic information system software...
05 July 2021
Insurtech Australia will host a second virtual event featuring Perth-based BetterLabs Ventures next week...
05 July 2021
RAC WA and data science firm Sentiance have partnered to trial a Safer Driver app in the state in a mission to end mobile phone-related distracted driving...
28 June 2021
A new survey of motorcyclists sends a “clear message” to manufacturers of the need for improved security features to be embedded in motorbikes or available at point of sale, the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council says...
28 June 2021
Insurtech Advisr has successfully completed a seed investment round to internationally expand its platform, which is designed to introduce brokers to thousands of new customers...
28 June 2021
Insurtech Australia member CAL is on track to roll out its insurance communications platform to clients later this year, allowing parties involved in claim resolution to liaise online and share information in real time...
28 June 2021
NEOS Life has completed its upgrade of Ebix OneOffice, a software platform for the life insurance industry...
28 June 2021
Roadside assistance provider Digicall Assist has created a new app called ‘InQ-IQ’ which begins support for a motorist even while still in a call queue and integrates geolocation and auto photo uploads with its contact centre...
21 June 2021
Funding rounds raising millions of dollars are pointing to a bounce back in insurtech investment this year after a slump in the international market during the pandemic, GlobalData says...
21 June 2021
Australia’s latest insurtech launched last week, aiming to shake up the home and contents market with $15.5 million in financial backing from its underwriting partner RACQ and other institutional investors...
21 June 2021
Property repair claims platform Handdii has secured $US3 million in seed funding, in its first institutional round...
21 June 2021
Cybersecurity platform UpGuard has raised an additional $US19 million with support from investors including IAG’s Firemark Ventures...
21 June 2021
Only 23% of businesses in Australia and New Zealand have complete knowledge of where their data is stored and 64% have suffered some form of breach, according to a report from Thales, a French technology group...