Category : Insurtech (Insure Tech)

Applied Net 2019: Cyber could become the next PPI, warns Mistry

BHIB chairman, Ashwin Mistry, says cyber insurance can become an "un-selling scandal" and explains why he is not worried about disruption coming from the InsurTech sector.

Up to 85% of insurtechs could fail, says Starr CEO Greenberg

Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Starr Insurance Companies, believes that up to 85% of budding insurtech firms are likely to fail. Speaking in an interview with AM Best TV, Greenberg explained that Starr was embraci...

Insurtech Quantemplate secures $12m in latest funding round

Cloud-based automated data provider Quantemplate has raised $12 million in its latest funding round, as the company looks to continue providing re/insurers with solutions that help identify new market opportunities and reduce costs. Quantemplate’s pl...

Hiscox selects IVANS Markets to tap independent agencies network

Global specialist re/insurer Hiscox is set to expand its reach to independent agencies using IVANS Markets, which promises to provide access to a network of more than 32,000 agents. Leveraging the service from IVANS, a division of Applied Systems, Hi...

Applied Net 2019: Pace of change in insurance to speed up

Applied Systems CEO, Taylor Rhodes, discusses the tech evolution in insurance, partnering with Google and why the UK is a "ripe market" for the software house.

Munich Re’s automation insurtech eyes mid-tier market

Munich Re Group’s specialist insurtech subsidiary, Munich Re Automation Solutions Ltd, is set to bring its auto-underwriting expertise to the global mid-tier insurance marketplace with one of its SaaS-enabled solutions, ALLFINANZ SPARK. SPARK o...

B3i deploys latest Cat XoL product

The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) has announced the deployment of its latest property catastrophe Excess of Loss application. B3i says the product is able to cover the majority of Cat XoL contracts transacted in the market today and...

Video: The digital future for brokers

Open GI's Nick Giddings discusses how digital developments will affect customer engagement.

Willis Towers Watson partners with RDT on Radar Live program

Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced that insurance software house RDT has become the latest vendor to join its Radar Live Collaboration program. The program was developed to facilitate faster integrations with WTW’s Radar Liv...

Acturis unveils first SME cyber add-on product

The provider has added HSB Engineering’s offering to its portfolio.

Lloyd's chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown joins Cuvva

InsurTech Futures: Carnegie-Brown succeeds Nick Parker, who had been with the start-up broker since it launched.

Lloyd’s chairman Carnegie-Brown takes on role at auto insurtech Cuvva

Bruce Carnegie-Brown, the Chairman of specialist re/insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London, has taken on a new role at auto insurtech Cuvva, The Financial Times has reported. App-based Cuvva allows users to purchase car insurance by the hour,...

Ethos adds Brett Wilson as VP of Risk, Actuarial

Ethos, a life insurtech backed by Munich Re and Assurity Life, has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Brett Wilson as its first Vice President of Risk & Actuarial. Wilson brings nearly two decades’ experience to the role and join...

Talanx partners with intelligent automation firm WorkFusion

Talanx Group, the parent of reinsurance giant Hannover Re, has entered into a strategic partnership with New York-based intelligent automation and robotic process automation software firm, WorkFusion. It’s hoped the agreement will accelerate end-to-e...

David Christmas swaps Bennet Christmas for Broker Insights

InsurTech Futures: Christmas' move to Fraser Edmond's start-up follows Ethos Broking's deal to buy Bennett Christmas Group, as Jon Elstone also joins from Swinton.