All the headlines from our Tech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 18 2022 // Things are moving fast in Florida’s distressed property insurance market.Just days after St. Johns Insurance Co. announced it would stop writing new homeowner business in Florida, the Demotech rating agency withdrew...
Feb 16 2022 // bolttech has completed the acquisition of AVA Insurance Brokers and AVA Insurance Agency, a Singapore-based specialist broker and insurance intermediary. The acquisition follows bolttech’s completion of its US$247...
Feb 15 2022 // Lloyd’s insurer Beazley partners with insurtech Gaia to offer a new solution for individuals undertaking in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment.The health-focused insurtech has been working with Beazley and Chaucer...
Feb 11 2022 // FloodFlash, the UK parametric insurance technology company that pays catastrophic flood claims within 48 hours, announced a Series A capital raise of $15 million.The round was led by Chicago-based Buoyant Ventures with San...
Feb 11 2022 // Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), part of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has announced an investment in insurtech startup Redkik Inc., a cargo insurance administration and analytics platform.Cargo insurance policies have...
Feb 8 2022 // Betterview, an insurtech provider of property intelligence to property/casualty insurance companies, now has available what it calls its Defensible Space feature that enables insurers using the company’s Remote...
Feb 7 2022 // Independent insurance agents today are different. They’re not your parents’ agencies. Yes, they still provide insurance and build strong client relationships. But they’re also relying on technology more...
Feb 7 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...
Feb 3 2022 // The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is confident that aviation safety concerns about 5G C-Band deployment will be addressed “safely with minimal disruptions,” the head of the FAA will tell U.S. lawmakers...
Feb 2 2022 // Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for...
Feb 2 2022 // Petriage, a pet health technology company, has developed a veterinary platform it calls a “teletriage symptom analysis tool” that informs pet owners of the urgency of seeking care for their ailing dog or cat,...
Feb 2 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Having tech tools that make collaboration easy and efficient, and that reduce repetitive data entry on a team is important to us, so much so that we’ve put...
Feb 1 2022 // Chilean insurance-tech startup Betterfly plans to expand overseas after its latest funding round swelled its valuation to $1 billion.The company is preparing to begin operations in seven new markets in 2022 — Mexico,...
Feb 1 2022 // Sayata, a marketplace for insurance brokers and carriers, added $35 million to its latest funding round. The insurtech previously raised $17 million five months ago, resulting in a total A round of $52 million.Sayata CEO...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...