All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 26 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has unveiled a new digital business unit to transform how the company develops, underwrites and delivers digital insurance solutions for clients and brokers.Existing digital initiatives and...
Feb 26 2021 // A startup centered around an AI-driven platform for insurance distribution secured $11 million in Series A financing.Zelros plans to use the money, in part to propel its North American expansion, with a new regional...
Feb 26 2021 // Farmers Edge Inc. raised about C$125 million ($100 million) in its Canadian initial public offering after selling shares at the top end of its marketed range, according to people familiar with the transaction.Farmers Edge...
Feb 25 2021 // Home insurer Hippo is partnering with ADT to add smart home services and discounts for home insurance customers.Hippo customers in select states who enroll in its smart home program will be offered free installation of an...
Feb 23 2021 // Insurers in 2021 will be doubling down on streamlining, reinforcing their core businesses and updating technology, and mergers and acquisitions will help them get there as it did in 2020, according to a Bain & Co....
Feb 22 2021 // Israeli startup Earnix Ltd., which uses advanced analytics to help insurers and banks offer personalized financial products, reached a $1 billion valuation in a financing round led by Insight Partners.Existing investors...
Feb 22 2021 // Florida’s top insurance regulator has a busy year ahead, and it won’t just include overseeing his own state’s insurance market, one of the most dynamic and complicated insurance markets in the world....
Feb 12 2021 // European Union efforts to resolve a patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers have hit a roadblock after experts enlisted for advice failed to agree on the level of royalties or who should pay them.Tech firm...
Feb 10 2021 // The country’s insurance regulators are vowing to prioritize the monitoring of the use of consumer and non-consumer data by companies, the use of artificial intelligence, and the availability and affordability of...
Feb 10 2021 // Farmers Edge Inc., a firm that uses artificial intelligence to help growers boost crop yields, is seeking to raise about C$100 million ($79 million) in an initial public offering to strengthen its finances and repay...
Feb 9 2021 // Irish mobility startup Brite has partnered with London-based mobility insurance provider Zego to expand its fleet offering of e-mopeds, e-scooters and e-bikes across Ireland.The partnership between Brite and Zego means...
Feb 8 2021 // A machine learning algorithm may give organizations a powerful and cost-effective tool for defending against attacks on vulnerable computer networks and cyber-infrastructure, often called zero-day attacks, according to...
Feb 7 2021 // Hippo, an insurance technology startup, is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.The transaction with Reinvent Technology...
Feb 5 2021 // Amazon.com has revealed plans to install AI-powered video cameras in its branded delivery vans, in a move that the world’s largest e-commerce firm says would improve safety of both drivers and the communities in...
Feb 4 2021 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued two associates of Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for Donald Trump, alleging they defrauded investors of $2 million in a company that never got off...
Feb 3 2021 // TrustLayer, developer of a proof-of-insurance risk management platform, has raised $6.6 million in seed funding from venture investors, insurance brokers and others.“Verification of insurance and business credentials...
Feb 3 2021 // Insurance adjusting firm Catastrophe & National Claims (CNC) has added Tom Noonan as senior vice president of Strategy & Innovation. In this newly created role, he’ll help lead strategic planning and...
Feb 1 2021 // After a slow start in 2020, insurtech funding reached a record level of $7.1 billion for the year, with $4.7 billion earmarked for property/casualty startups, according to a quarterly tracker of insurtech funding...
Feb 1 2021 // How much have things changed for the insurance industry in the past decade? Judging by feature headlines from Insurance Journal published in February 2011, many of the issues and themes talked about then are again, or...
Jan 29 2021 // Whether it was opportunity, strategy or sheer chutzpah, the suspected Russian hackers behind a massive cyber-attack revealed last month focused particular attention on technology companies, including cyber-security firms...