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Vero, Cover Genius offer Uber driver cover

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:32:41 GMT

Suncorp intermediated brand Vero has launched a comprehensive ride-share offering in partnership with Cover Genius and Uber...

Gallagher Re unit offers ‘single source of insight’ on digital risks

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:32:32 GMT

Gallagher Re has expanded its cyber capability with a new practice dedicated to AI, digital dependency and technology-driven accumulation risk across insurance portfolios...

Munich Re to acquire cyber specialist

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:32:25 GMT

Munich Re Group will buy US insurtech At-Bay, which provides cyber insurance and security solutions for SMEs, for $575 million ($807 million)...

Xceedance adds ‘exceptional’ director

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:32:02 GMT

Adrian Spieler has been appointed to the Xceedance board to provide strategic guidance, set organisational goals and measure success...

Code experts to share breach cases at Curium summit

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:47:09 GMT

An interactive Is This a Breach? session at next month’s Curium Risk and Compliance Summit will feature real scenarios, live votes and correct answers from decision-makers on the Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee...

Ingrity recruits transformation leader

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:47:01 GMT

Data, analytics and AI consultancy Ingrity has appointed Pranav Agrawal as VP, as it targets new markets...

Weatherwatch ‘expands reach’ with US platform link

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:46:43 GMT

US company EigenRisk will now feature Brisbane-based Weatherwatch’s hail event footprints on its catastrophe risk management platform...

Sydney insurtechs jet in for Istanbul travel conference

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:46:28 GMT

Executives from Lodestone Solutions and Cover Genius will feature at the International Travel & Health Insurance Conferences global forum in Istanbul in November...

Investment for insurtechs ‘rebounds’

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:38:16 GMT

Insurtech funding surged to a four-year high of $US2.44 billion ($3.47 billion) in April-June, driven by large venture capital and private equity-backed rounds...

EV transition a ‘rare chance to grab business’

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:36:07 GMT

Although electric vehicles make up only 2% of the Australian passenger fleet, Taylor Fry actuary Tom Moulder says they present a “massive opportunity” for insurers...

Guidewire gives insurers build-your-own AI agents

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:35:54 GMT

Guidewire has launched an agentic framework in its new Qusar release, enabling insurers to build and manage AI agents on the Guidewire Cloud Platform...

Cover Genius founder creates new start-up

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:35:44 GMT

Chris Bayley has established Sydney-based Cove, an AI platform that provides application programming interface infrastructure for travel aggregators...

Agentic-to-agentic is ‘next problem to solve’

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:16:22 GMT

AI agents interacting and agreeing premium settings and other underwriting choices is the next tech challenge facing the insurance industry, BizCover CIO Dino Tius says...

Future of claims ‘needs tech and people alike’

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:16:10 GMT

“Local presence” will be more important than ever as insurers invest in AI, according to a white paper from claims manager Crawford & Company...

Relm names APAC chief in Sydney

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:16:01 GMT

Timothy Powell has been appointed head of Asia-Pacific and global head of underwriting performance at emerging industry specialist Relm Insurance...

Friendsurance joins Cover Genius in Euro banking push

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:15:54 GMT

Cover Genius has acquired Friendsurance to combine the pair’s infrastructure for embedded cover and banking and insurance platforms to serve financial institutions in the German, Austrian and Swiss markets...

Munich Re unveils Japanese parametric quake cover

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 04:15:40 GMT

Munich Re Specialty has launched parametric earthquake insurance for corporate clients in Japan...

Software group arrives on ASX

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:31:02 GMT

Life insurance software provider Monvia has debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange after raising $17.5 million from investors in its initial public offering...

Kaibridge brings in CTO

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:27:49 GMT

Roneel Kumar has been appointed fractional chief technology officer at insurtech Kaibridge...

Aon powers up data centres facility

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:42:36 GMT

Aon has expanded the insurance capacity available through its Data Centre Lifecycle Insurance Program as investment in AI, cloud computing and hyperscale data hubs accelerates...