Fusion appoints new M&A leader
04 March 2024
Fusion Specialty has appointed Steven Harwood as Managing Partner Mergers and Acquisitions Asia-Pacific...
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Emergence beefs up cyber offer, adds advice service
04 March 2024
Specialist underwriting agency Emergence Insurance has bolstered its cyber coverage and introduced free advisory services under its core policy...
Payment platform wins NZ fintech award
04 March 2024
Insurtech Simfuni has been crowned fintech of the year in New Zealand...
Army of bots tackles household water leaks
04 March 2024
British utility South West Water is sending insurtech Ondo’s LeakBot technology to 6000 customers in Devon and Cornwall under a six-month trial...
New tech overhauls ‘rigid, complex’ insurance, Zurich says
26 February 2024
Telematics, parametric cover and usage-based products reimagine insurance and allow insurers to deliver simplicity, affordability and convenience, a Zurich digital expert says...
Picnic’s sixth mutual helps retail group
26 February 2024
Picnic Labs has launched a discretionary mutual that provides building, contents and business interruption risk protection to a large consortium of retailers, covering about $500 million of assets...
Duck Creek sees fewer but ‘more robust’ insurtechs
26 February 2024
Insurtechs will see an uptick in merger and acquisition activity and consolidation this year, according to technology company Duck Creek...
Property imaging specialist names new strategy chief
26 February 2024
Arturo has appointed Jeffrey Taylor as Chief Strategy Officer, as it prepares to expand into new markets...
Australia catches eye of expanding UK insurtechs
19 February 2024
Insurtechs in Britain are increasingly looking to do business in Australia to take advantage of more favourable free trade agreement rules...
‘Marketing compliance firewall’ wins insurtechLIVE pitch contest
19 February 2024
Regtech start-up Haast was crowned the winner at this year’s insurtechLIVE pitch event, in which five companies vied for honours...
Act now on emissions data rules, industry told
19 February 2024
Insurers must prepare for mandatory reporting of insurance-related indirect greenhouse gas emissions and have systems and processes ready, EY Partner Lara Gaede says...
IA to host London networking event
19 February 2024
Insurtech Australia will lead a delegation of nine start-ups to Britain and is inviting industry professionals to a networking event at Australia House in London on March 18...
Industry must take 'next step' into generative AI, Xceedance says
19 February 2024
Xceedance says the insurance industry may be required to reinvent working procedures to achieve maximum artificial intelligence output, as it outlines key challenges around the technology...
Changing risk, climate challenges on agenda at InsurtechLIVE
12 February 2024
The challenges of insuring a changing risk environment and the ways technology could be a “game-changer” for insurers facing climate threats are among the issues to feature at this year’s InsurtechLIVE in Sydney tomorrow...
Koba rolls out Tesla EV cover
12 February 2024
Melbourne-based Koba Insurance will launch an electric vehicle cover next month...
handdii, Verisk team up on property repairs
12 February 2024
Insurtech handdii and Nasdaq-listed Verisk have entered a property repair partnership they say will reduce claim life cycles...
JAVLN lands new finance, tech leaders
12 February 2024
Insurance software group JAVLN has bolstered its Australian growth plans with the appointment of Peter Waring as Group Chief Technology Officer and Rosalie Lau as Group Chief Financial Officer...
InsurtechLIVE pitch finalists named
05 February 2024
Five companies have been selected to pitch at this year’s insurtechLIVE in Sydney on February 13...
Submissions open for Zurich’s start-up competition
05 February 2024
Zurich has opened submissions for its fifth international start-up program...
QBE takes the plunge with Snorkel AI stake
05 February 2024
QBE Ventures has invested in US insurtech Snorkel AI, which will explore ways for insurers to fine tune off-the-shelf machine learning and generative artificial intelligence models...