NSW tests ‘vehicle-to-infrastructure tech’ in self-driving cars
19 August 2024
Self-driving vehicles will hit streets in Sydney in a trial designed to strengthen road safety and prepare NSW’s infrastructure for future automated car use...
Insurtech
Collaboration aims to bolster super fund cybersecurity
19 August 2024
Transmit Security and Wrkr have joined forces to enhance cyber defences at Australia’s superannuation funds, which are increasingly being targeted by fraudsters...
Adjuster warns on pollution risk in green tech shift
19 August 2024
A new report highlights critical gaps in insurance coverage for environmental risks associated with the transition to greener technology...
Insurers told to ‘get houses in order’ for AI shift
19 August 2024
UK insurance pricing platform Hyperexponential says legacy systems are holding back innovation and insurer efficiency, profitability and collaboration...
‘Tide has turned’ as insurtech funding soars
12 August 2024
Global insurtech funding totalled $US1.27 billion ($1.93 billion) in the second quarter, up 40% on the previous period to the highest level since the first three months of last year...
Curium wins Insurance News pitch contest
12 August 2024
Compliance platform Curium has been crowned the winner of the Insurance News insurtech seminar pitch competition, held in Sydney last week...
Cover Genius hires senior trio
12 August 2024
Cover Genius has appointed new executives in the US and Netherlands as it aims to grow from 600 employees to more than 1000...
Enviro Trees recognised for sustainability
12 August 2024
Insurtech Australia member Enviro Trees has been hailed for its significant contribution to sustainability in the insurance industry...
QBE expands use of AI in underwriting
05 August 2024
QBE is using generative artificial intelligence across more of its operations after a trial cut by two thirds the time taken by cyber underwriters in North America to review broker submissions...
Insurance chiefs too late to party on AI projects, Aon warns
05 August 2024
Insurance managers must have early involvement in the development of artificial intelligence strategy and product rollout, Aon says...
IAG NZ workers to receive Google AI training
05 August 2024
IAG New Zealand has extended its multi-year agreement with Google Cloud and its employees will be trained to use the tech giant’s data and artificial intelligence technology...
HDI provides FreightInsure capacity
05 August 2024
FreightInsure is now backed by capacity from HDI, alongside Assetinsure...
Time running out to grab Insurance News seminar tickets
29 July 2024
Tickets for an Insurance News seminar exploring how to stay up to speed and seize opportunities in insurtech are available for one more week...
Nine in 10 SMEs would consider ransomware demands
29 July 2024
Sixty per cent of Australian small businesses were targets of cyber breach attempts or security incidents in the past year, and 87% would consider paying in the event of a ransomware attack, according to a survey of more than 1400 IT professionals...
Zurich ploughs $90 million into US cyber insurer
29 July 2024
Zurich has invested $US60 million ($91.62 million) in California cyber insurer Cowbell, which plans to scale operations to meet growing demand and expand internationally...
Monoova to 'future-proof' Guidewire payments
29 July 2024
Guidewire platform users will have access to instant payment options PayTo and PayID under a new partnership with insurtech Monoova...
Six insurtechs to pitch at tech seminar
22 July 2024
Local insurtechs have signed up to pitch at a jointly hosted Insurance News and Insurtech Australia start-up competition as part of a technology seminar in Sydney next month...
Honey, Entsia founders make insurtech CEO top 20
22 July 2024
Entsia’s Alistair McElligott and Honey Insurance’s Richard Joffe have made US magazine Technology Innovators’ global list of the top 20 insurtech CEOs...
Cover Genius teams with travel agency in US, Canada
22 July 2024
Cover Genius has formed a partnership in North America with online travel agency Priceline, part of the Nasdaq-listed Booking Holdings...
New claims guy Clive spearheads an AI ‘revolution’
22 July 2024
New York software company Five Sigma has unveiled an artificial intelligence claims adjuster it has dubbed Clive...