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...
07 June 2021
A Swiss Re survey has found consumers in Australia and other Asia Pacific markets have made a “significant shift” to online purchasing during the pandemic, with the trend set to accelerate even after the public health crisis is over...
07 June 2021
Insurtech Australia and EY are inviting insurtechs to take part in a survey for preparing a map of the industry’s ecosystem...
07 June 2021
About 3.4 billion credential stuffing attacks were aimed at the financial services sector globally last year, an increase of 45% from 2019, according to a new report from Akamai Technologies...
07 June 2021
Suncorp has introduced Ava, an artificial intelligence-powered bot, in a pilot trial with some motor insurance customers of its AAMI brand...
07 June 2021
Insurance technology firm BAIS has entered into a business tie-up with Wilbur, the newly created technology brand of Claim Central Consolidated...
31 May 2021
A new report from Geneva Association, an industry think tank, says the Internet of Things is the way forward for insurers...
31 May 2021
Open, a Hollard-backed insurtech, will launch its Huddle brand in New Zealand later this year, offering “disruptive” motor and home contents products...
31 May 2021
Hollard Insurance Company has invested in Melbourne-based Kanopi Cover during a $4 million fund raising as the insurance start-up plans expansion in the US and Canada...
31 May 2021
Lloyd’s is taking the next step in its ambition for a digital and technology led insurance marketplace that will provide accuracy, speed and processing power to the London insurance markets...
31 May 2021
Most CIO organisations including ones from the insurance industry are not ready for another pandemic or the next major business interruption event, according to a global survey of senior technology leaders...
31 May 2021
Adding non-banking services such as insurance can help digital-only lenders be a “daily companion” for clients, helping create an experience driven by life events rather than products, a new report says...
24 May 2021
Insurtech Gateway Australia has announced it is working with Brisbane-based spatial solutions firm Geolocarta...
24 May 2021
Agile Underwriting Services has launched an insurtech third party product for the emerging e-scooter hire sector, with Neuron the first to take it up...
24 May 2021
Extensive digitalisation and automation have placed insurers in Australia and globally on the verge of “a major productivity boost”, a new report from Allianz says...