insurtech 2022 News

Verisk to Acquire Swedish Claims Insurtech Mavera

Verisk, the global data analytics provider, has entered into an agreement to acquire Mavera, a Sweden-based insurtech firm that operates a personal injury claims management platform. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. This addition of the Nordics personal …

UK Insurtech, Send Technology, Raises £9 Million to Expand in UK and U.S.

Send Technology Solutions Ltd., the London-based insurtech, announced it has closed a Series A funding investment of £9 million ($10.7 million). The round was led by Venture Capital firm Breega with participation from Mercia and will enable Send to accelerate …

AI-Powered Claims Specialist omni:us Closes €12M Financing Round

omni:us, the Berlin-based provider of artificial intelligence-powered insurance claims automation, has closed its €12 million ($12.4 million) Series A+ expansion financing round with W&W subsidiary Württembergische Versicherung, as well as existing investors. With this financing, the company plans to further …

Online Startup Waada Buys Rival to Become Pakistan’s Largest Insurtech

Pakistani online insurance startup Waada acquired a local rival to create the South Asian nation’s largest player in the field, seeking to benefit from growth in the burgeoning market. The Karachi-based company took over MicroEnsure Pakistan, a unit of MIC …

Pay-As-You-Go Cargo MGA Closing Insurance Protection Gap for Shippers

After many years working as a freight and logistics broker in the London market, Johnny McCord understood where the freight industry’s “pain points” were and thought technology and artificial intelligence (AI) could solve some of the underinsurance problems facing SMBs. …

Insurtech Lemonade Launches in UK

Lemonade, the New York City-based insurtech that is powered by artificial intelligence, has launched in the United Kingdom, following previous international moves in France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Founded in 2015, Lemonade launched its flagship renters insurance in the U.S. …

Allianz’s Digital Investments Arm Acquires German Insurtech simplesurance

Allianz X, the digital investments arm of Allianz Group, will acquire 100% of the shares in Berlin-based simplesurance. Allianz X has been a strategic investor in the Berlin-based insurtech company since 2016 and most recently expanded its involvement in 2019. …

Insurtech Accelerant Launches $175M Sidecar Investment Vehicle Flywheel Re

Accelerant, an insurtech platform that aims to provide underwriters with risk exchange, data analytics and long-term capacity commitments, announced a new $175 million sidecar vehicle, Flywheel Re. Flywheel will provide multi-year risk capital to Accelerant and its team of underwriting-led …

Insurtech Startup Quotech Announces £1 Million Investment Led by Re/insurer Convex

Quotech, the insurtech that creates data-taming systems for specialty insurers, brokers, and MGAs, has raised £1 million from a number of angel investors and Convex Group Ltd., the international specialty insurer and reinsurer. Proceeds from the funding round will be …

Global Insurtech Investment Down 50% in Q2: Gallagher Re

Global investment in insurance technology firms totalled $2.41 billion in the second quarter, down 50% from a year earlier, as investors grew nervous about frothy valuations, broker Gallagher Re said in a report on Thursday. Insurtech firms make up around …