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Emerging Risks: Quantum Computing, Lower Construction Quality, Legal Tech etc.
Jun 24 2022 // The global community continues to deal with known challenges such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, economic turmoil and failing trust in established social institutions. But a report from Swiss Re reminds re/insurers...
Insurance Technology: BirdsEyeView Wins Funds for Parametric Cover; Audatex Adds Live Car Valuation Data
Jun 22 2022 // Parametric Insurtech startup BirdsEyeView has closed a seed funding round for an undisclosed amount led by SFC Capital, with the funds matched by the European Space Agency (ESA). BirdsEyeView uses satellite data to...
Preparing for InsurTech’s Second Act: Embedded Insurance
Jun 20 2022 // The insurtech industry has been around for about a decade, and experts say that while it has succeeded in bringing new entrants into the industry, it has struggled at times with distribution and customer acquisition. This...
Insurance Technology: eDriving Adds Safety App Without Telematics; Notion Offers Sensor Upgrade; HUB Debuts Personal Lines Platform VIU
Jun 20 2022 // eDriving Launches Non-Telematics Version of Mentor Driver App New Jersey-based eDriving announced the availability of Mentor Insight, the non-telematics version of its driver safety app, Mentor. Mentor Insight offers many...
Insurtech Faces ‘Leveling Out Period’ Amid Market Challenges
Jun 20 2022 // The insurtech industry is facing what experts say is a “leveling out period” after investment in the space accelerated during the pandemic due to changes in the workplace and a greater focus on the use of...
Tesla Leads in Driver-Assisted Technology Crashes: NHTSA
Jun 16 2022 // Tesla Inc. reported 273 vehicle crashes since July involving advanced driving assistance systems, more than any other automaker, according to data U.S. auto safety regulators released on Wednesday. Automakers and tech...
Legal Technology Firm TCDI Agrees to Acquire Aon’s eDiscovery Practice
Jun 10 2022 // TCDI, theGreensboro, N.C.-based provider of legal services, software and cyber security, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire insurance broker Aon’s eDiscovery practice. The acquisition will...
InsurTech EasySend strengthens in Japan by establishing a Japanese entity in order to accelerate digitization within the Japanese financial industry
Jun 9 2022 // No-code platform speeds up service delivery and significantly enhances customer experience for insurance, banking and other financial institutions Tokyo, June 09, 2022 – EasySend Ltd. (Headquarters: Israel, CEO &...
Insurtech MGA Loadsure Offers Smart Annual Cargo Insurance
Jun 7 2022 // InsurTech MGA Loadsure announced the launch of its new smart annual cargo product, Cargo Plus. The new offering is an annualized ocean cargo product that will deliver the financial convenience of a pay-as-you-go policy...
LexisNexis Acquires Home Inspection Tech Firm Flyreel
Jun 3 2022 // LexisNexis Risk Solutions has acquired Flyreel, a Denver-based property technology firm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to enable self-service property inspections. Flyreel says its technology...
Insurance Technology: Flood Data From Arturo and ICEYE; Weather Intelligence From Verisk; Home Valuations from CAPE Analytics
Jun 2 2022 // Arturo and ICEYE Offer Near Real-Time Flood, Property Damage Insights Property analytics firm Arturo and sensor data provider ICEYE hope to change what’s possible with insurance response to flood events....
Greenlight Re Invests in Insurtech That Provides Security Deposit Replacement Insurance
Jun 1 2022 // Greenlight Re Innovations (GRI), a Cayman Islands-based subsidiary of Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., has announced an investment in Garentii GmbH, a security deposit replacement insurance MGA and platform in...
Insurance Technology: Socotra Snaps Up Startup Portal; Marble Mobilizes Rewards App; RMS Unveils UnderwriteIQ; Vertafore Powers Tokio Marine Surety
May 26 2022 // Socotra Acquires Avolanta, Adding Unified Agent and Customer Portal Insurance carrier technology firm Socotra reports it has acquired Avolanta, a Columbia, South Carolina software startup offering a unified portal built...
It Is Time for Insurers to Meet Needs of Tech Driven Businesses
May 25 2022 // To describe the past couple of years as tumultuous is something of an understatement. The global pandemic overlaid with hard market conditions in many insurance classes has kept many in our industry awake at night. The...
Insurance Technology: MGA Insight Risk Targets Water Damage; Beazley Starts Cyber Incident Response Rooms
May 24 2022 // Insight Risk Targets Builder’s Risk Water Damage Losses Insight Risk, a technology-focused Builder’s Risk managing general agent (MGA), announced it is launching an innovative model designed to reduce water...
R&Q’s Accredited Europe Signs 6-Year Program Management Deal with UK Insurtech
May 24 2022 // The program manager Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd., the wholly owned subsidiary of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd., announced it has signed a six-year program management agreement with Policy Expert, a...
MS Amlin Partners With Insurtech Altelium to Offer Cover for Battery Energy Storage
May 24 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced a partnership with insurtech Altelium to offer a construction all-risk and operational all-risk insurance solution for battery energy storage...
Insurance Technology: Zurich’s FieldView Simplifies Crop Reporting; Kinetic Adds ‘Jump Detection’ to Wearables; Beat Capital to Launch MGAs Using OneShield
May 20 2022 // Zurich’s Climate FieldView Expands Precision Crop Information for RCIS Zurich North America crop insurance business – Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) – has added Climate FieldView to its list of...
Livestream Tech Firms Learn Hard Lessons from Violent Videos Tied to Mass Killings
May 20 2022 // These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket attack don’t stop with planning out their brutal attacks. They also create marketing plans while arranging to livestream their...
Global Broking Network Brokerslink Adds First Tech Firms as Members
May 19 2022 // Brokerslink has added six technology firms as members – the first non-broking or risk consulting firms to join the global network since its creation in 2004. These “B.tech affiliates” signal the...
