Category : Insurtech (Insure Tech)

Brown & Brown rolls out on Acturis

Brown & Brown is moving its retail platform to Acturis, Insurance Age can reveal.

How can brokers maximise their brand through digital communication and social media messaging

Insurance Age, in association with Aviva, recently published a series of articles looking at how brokers can use digital channels and social media to build their brand and grow their business.

Acturis launches AI Predict

Acturis has launched AI Predict to bring the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning into its software-as-a-service platform.

Igloo Expands Weather Protection Insurance Coverage for Vietnamese Farmers

Regional insurtech firm Igloo has joined forces with Aurora Mobility Solutions (AMS) and telecoms company Mobifone to expand its Weather Index Insurance coverage to a broader network of Vietnamese farmers. Igloo provides an enhanced Weather Index Ins...

Former Lazada Execs’ Insurance Marketplace Lifepal Acquired by Roojai

Thailand-based Roojai Group announced the acquisition of Lifepal, an Indonesian digital direct-to-consumer (D2C) insurance marketplace, according to a report by TechNode Global. Lifepal was founded in 2019 by former Lazada executives Giacomo Ficari a...

Insurtech broker founder Halsey departs for software provider

Insurance software solutions provider& Genasys Technologies has named former Taveo co-founder and COO Ed Halsey as its new vice president of marketing.

hyperexponential targets US expansion with close of $73m Series B funding round

London headquartered provider of pricing decision intelligence (PDI) software, hyperexponential, has closed its $73 million Series B funding round, which will support its expansion into the U.S., and greater investment in new product capabilities to...

Warburg Pincus-Backed Oona Insurance Names Vincent Soegianto as Indonesia CEO

Oona Insurance, a digital general insurance platform in Southeast Asia set up by Warburg Pincus, announced the appointment of Vincent C. Soegianto as the new CEO for its operations in Indonesia. A veteran in the financial services industry, Soegianto...

Fitch Sees Credit Rating Boost for Sumitomo Life Once Singlife Acquisition Finalises

Credit rating agency Fitch Ratings highlighted that Sumitomo Life Insurance Company’s planned acquisition of Singapore-based financial services firm Singlife is poised to bolster the Japanese insurer’s credit standing. The acquisition, st...

Janover launches insurtech start-up

Janover Inc., an AI-enabled platform for commercial real estate transactions, has launched a new insurtech as a wholly owned subsidiary – Janover Insurance Group. According to the announcement, this new venture is set to seamlessly integrate wi...

Hug Hub stakes revolution claim with “first of its kind in the UK” extranet roll out

Hug Hub has launched Extranet Hub, an aggregator-style quote tool, claiming it is the first of its kind in the UK that promises to revolutionise commercial quoting for brokers.

Review of the Year 2023: Aurora’s Carla Havemann

Carla Havemann, head of partnership strategy and engagement at Aurora, suspects AI will not revolutionise the market in the short term and hopes she is never subjected to an insurance-related remake of Barbie.

Review of the Year 2023: Broker Insights’ Fraser Edmond

Broker Insights CEO Fraser Edmond predicts more insurer M&A for 2024 and suggests those who use AI better will win out in the future.

Review of the Year 2023: Technology experts

Manoj Pant from Pega, Bradley O’Connor from Miller, Tom Lawrie-Fussey from LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Amit Tiwari from Xceedance offer perspectives on the year and predictions for 2024 from a technology expert perspective.

JULO Steps up Digital Loans with Embedded Device Protection Insurance

JULO, an Indonesian fintech offering digital peer-to-peer lending, announced that it has launched ‘JULO Cares’, an embedded insurance coverage. This new offering, backed by global general insurer Sompo, provides device protection for user...