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Greenlight Re Innovations Gets ‘In-Principle’ Nod to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate

Feb 1 2022 // Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Cayman Islands-headquartered Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s to establish an insurtech-focused syndicate.Syndicate...

Insurers Deploy Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Fraud Fight

Jan 31 2022 // Insurers are getting a larger share of suspicious claim referrals from fraud-detection technology and are increasingly using artificial intelligence to sift through data, according to a new study by the Coalition Against...

Insurtech Descartes Underwriting Raises $120M to Expand Parametric Product Offering

Jan 31 2022 // Descartes Underwriting, the insurtech company that specializes in parametric natural catastrophe products, has announced a $120 million Series B funding round.Growth equity firm Highland Europe is leading the capital-raise...

Insurtech Accelerant Raises $190 Million

Jan 28 2022 // InsurTech Accelerant raised more than $190 million at a $2 billion pre-money valuation in its latest funding round.Atlanta-based Accelerant serves a network of managing general underwriters (MGU) and program administrators...

Insurtech MIC Global Receives ‘In-Principle’ Approval to Launch Lloyd’s Syndicate

Jan 28 2022 // Insurtech MIC Global has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s for the creation of MIC Global Insurance Syndicate 5183.UK-based MIC Global provides end-to-end digital micro insurance products,...

Insurtech Unicorn Bolttech Weighs Raising $300M in Fresh Funds

Jan 28 2022 // Bolttech, an insurance technology unicorn backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, is considering raising $200 million to $300 million in fresh funds this year, according to people familiar with the matter.The...

Insurtechs – Three Considerations When Implementing Self-Service Claims

Jan 26 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Over the past year, online client demand has maintained a steep upward climb. Due to the pandemic, cloud and integrated technology capabilities have been expanded to...

Insurance Technology: Great American, Assurely Offer D&O for Tech Startups; Tractable AI Assesses Building Damages; Pie Offers Pay-As-You-Go

Jan 25 2022 // Great American Insurance and Assurely Offer D&O to Startup FirmsThe Executive Liability division of Great American Insurance Group and the insurtech, Assurely, announced an agreement to offer directors and officers...

Insurtech Root Lays Off 330 Employees as Loss Costs Increase

Jan 24 2022 // Technology company Root Inc., the Columbus, Ohio-based parent company of Root Insurance, announced yesterday that it has laid off approximately 330 team members throughout its business.Co-Founder and CEO Alex Timm in an...

American Financial Buys Artificial Intelligence Company Verikai

Jan 21 2022 // American Financial Group (AFG) recently acquired Verikai Inc., a machine learning and artificial intelligence company that utilizes a predictive risk tool for assessing insurance risk.AFG said it paid approximately $120...

People Moves: Muñiz Named GC&C’s Head of Construction & Green Energy; Gallagher Re Hires Hiscox’s Kim for Cyber; Chubb Promotes Kropp to Global Head of Operations/Tech

Jan 21 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C), Gallagher Re and Chubb.A summary of these new hires follows here. Muñiz Named GC&C’s Head...

Consumer Reports, Insurance Safety Institute to Rate Vehicle Driver Automation Systems

Jan 21 2022 // Two nonprofit bodies, Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), said separately on Thursday they are reviewing safeguards put in place by automakers for vehicles with partial automation.The...

Insurtech Reask Gets Funding to Deliver Next-Generation Natural Disaster Modeling

Jan 20 2022 // Insurtech Reask, an Australian science and technology company that focuses on natural hazard modeling, announced it has closed its seed funding round, led by Tencent, the global technology giant headquartered in China.The...

UK Insurtech Zego Expands in Europe, Targeting £20B Fleet Insurance Market

Jan 20 2022 // Commercial motor insurer Zego announced a European expansion plan by launching in the Netherlands and ramping up operations in France, while aiming to identify other target territories during 2022.The company, which became...

Multi-Family Property Insurtech Honeycomb Raises $15.4 Million, Plans Expansion

Jan 19 2022 // Digital insurance provider Honeycomb announced it has raised $15.4 million in a Series A funding and plans to expand into more states.The reinsurance-backed managing general agent (MGA) touts a technology stack for...

UK Cyber Insurtech KYND Receives £3.25 Million Investment from BGF

Jan 13 2022 // KYND, the London-based provider of cyber risk management solutions for the insurance industry, announced a £3.25 million ($4.4 million) investment from BGF, a growth capital investor.The insurtech will use the investment...

Efma-Accenture Innovation Awards Offer View of Insurance Industry’s Transformation

Jan 12 2022 // Daniele Presutti, Accenture’s Insurance lead in Europe, and Silvia Milián, Accenture’s Insurance lead for strategy and consulting in Iberia discuss how the submissions to 2021’s Efma-Accenture Innovation...

Israeli Cyber-Security Startup Pentera Raises $150M in Funding, Weighs IPO

Jan 11 2022 // Israeli cyber-security firm Pentera has raised $150 million in its latest funding round, taking the company’s value to $1 billion, the company told Reuters, adding it was eyeing an initial public offering in the...

Cyber Insurtech Corvus Buys Lloyd’s Coverholder Tarian Underwriting Ltd.

Jan 4 2022 // Corvus Insurance, the Boston-based, cyber-focused managing general agent, announced it has acquired Tarian Underwriting Ltd. from Beat Capital Partners Ltd.Tarian operates a cyber underwriting platform that provides cyber...

Great American, Texas-Based Insurtech Assurely to Offer D&O Insurance

Dec 30 2021 // The Executive Liability Division of Great American Insurance Group and the Austin, Texas-based insurtech, Assurely will offer Directors and Officers Liability (D&O) insurance to private companies raising capital via...