All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dec 29 2021 // While car buyers say new vehicle technology is a leading reason they choose one vehicle over another, there are some tech features that they would just as soon do without.“New-vehicle prices are at an all-time high,...
Dec 29 2021 // Lightning’s destructive potential was showcased in 2020 when it sparked the massive California Lightning Complex fires, but it remains hard to predict.According to a new study led by the University of Washington,...
Dec 29 2021 // Critics of tech giants like Alphabet’s Google pressed Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo for a January meeting after she expressed concern about proposed legislation in Europe aimed at reining in the U.S....
Dec 21 2021 // When the Florida insurance world heard that a newly formed homeowners’ insurance carrier was stepping into the troubled Florida waters, reactions ranged from cynical to apoplectic.Few people have given the new...
Dec 20 2021 // A commercial insurance brokerage technology company that is up and running in the UK is targeting the U.S. after raising more than $7.9 million in a Series A funding round.Broker Insights, which is based in Scotland,...
Dec 20 2021 // Global re/insurance adviser Pro Global Holdings Ltd. announced the incubation of environmentally focused managing general agent, Tierra Underwriting Ltd., by its independent managing general agent incubator subsidiary, Pro...
Dec 16 2021 // Zurich Insurance Group agreed to acquire Estonia-based company AlphaChat, which provides conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology for customer service automation, to further enhance the group’s digital...
Dec 16 2021 // Mosaic Insurance, the Bermuda-headquartered startup and Lloyd’s specialty insurer, operates with a unique structural twist. Its hybrid model has the flexibility of a managing general agent (MGA), the stability of a...
Dec 15 2021 // Global specialty insurer SiriusPoint said it is investing in LuckyTruck Corp., a digital broker and aggregator specializing in commercial trucking insurance. The two did not disclose the investment amount.LuckyTruck vows...
Dec 14 2021 // A California regulator on Monday said it has suspended a driverless testing permit for startup technology firm Pony.ai following an accident – the first time it has issued such a suspension.On Oct. 28, a Pony.ai...
Dec 13 2021 // Managing general insurance agency and cyber security company Coalition has launched a captive insurer to begin taking risk on its cyber insurance programs.The captive, domiciled in Hawaii, will provide capacity in addition...
Dec 13 2021 // Oriole Park at Camden Yards will test a new security technology during the upcoming baseball season that uses 3D imaging and artificial intelligence to detect concealed weapons.The Maryland Stadium Authority announced...
Dec 8 2021 // Big Tech platforms Meta Platforms Inc, formerly known as Facebook, and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal government and states on charges they are operating monopolies and abusing...
Dec 7 2021 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz’ entity for large-scale corporate and specialty risks, announced the launch of an online marine insurance service designed for UK leisure vessel owners in...
Dec 3 2021 // Aon plc named Jillian Slyfield as the firm’s chief innovation officer.Slyfield, who is based in San Francisco, California, will report to Aon CEO Greg Case and join the Aon executive committee. Slyfield assumes the...