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Insurance and reinsurance technology related news, focused on the wave of interest in InsurTech start-ups, investing in insurance technology initiatives, as well as reinsurance tech start-ups or ReinsurTech.

Betterview partners with Carpe Data to enhance P&C platform

13th March 2023

Insurtech Betterview and Carpe Data have partnered to provide business occupancy data to P&C insurers. Founded in 2016, Carpe Data is an online data provider focused on utilising alternative and emerging data for insurance carriers to maximise efficiency across the claims policy lifecycle. Betterview will leverage Carpe Data’s Minerva solution, which provides ... Read the full article

Ceres Imaging releases AI data analytics suite for agri re/insurers

13th March 2023

Ceres Imaging, a data analytics company that builds AI-driven solutions to protect yields and advance climate resiliency, has released its Risk Solutions product suite, designed to power risk models for agriculture re/insurers and lenders. The new product aims to streamline underwriting and improve claims responsiveness, using Ceres data models that analyse ... Read the full article

Microinsurance Network adds insurtech veteran to Board

13th March 2023

The Microinsurance Network (MiN) has announced that InsurTech veteran Michele Grosso, is joining its Board of Directors. Grosso is the Co-Founder and CEO of Democrance, a global InsurTech firm that has a mission to make insurance accessible and affordable for those who are in need of it the most, particularly in emerging ... Read the full article

Lockton binds first risks on PPL Next Gen with Markel International

8th March 2023

Following the live launch of the Placing Platform Limited (PPL) Next Gen platform this week, Lockton has announced that it has bound the first risk on the platform with Markel International. The risk was placed by Lockton’s Profin team and was 100% underwritten by Duncan Sinnott of Markel International. Carl Smith, Head ... Read the full article

Ascot to use Supercede for reinsurance submission data management

8th March 2023

Specialty insurer and reinsurer Ascot has announced that it plans to use software from reinsurtech specialist Supercede to prepare and manage its reinsurance treaty placements going forward. Ascot undertook the scaled pilot of Supercede’s product for the mid-year 2022 renewals and found use from the firm’s data validation, cleansing, and profile ... Read the full article

Inigo opts for pricing software from hyperexponential

7th March 2023

Specialty insurer and reinsurer Inigo has announced that it will use the Renew platform from insurtech hyperexponential in an effort to enhance its pricing capability and increase operational efficiency. Inigo intends to integrate Renew with all internal systems, including its underwriter workbench and policy admin systems. The company says the platform met ... Read the full article

AI must be integrated into underwriting and claims processes: Munich Re’s Greene

6th March 2023

As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology continues to grow and expand within the industry, Patrick Greene, Vice President of Data at Munich Re Automation Solutions suggests that, eventually, AI must be “fully integrated” into the underwriting and claims process. “Those that have invested in state-of-the-art underwriting rules engines are ... Read the full article

PPL Next Gen platform goes live after delays

6th March 2023

The Placing Platform Limited (PPL) Next Gen platform has gone live for the London market today following several delays to its roll-out. The platform aims to improve the original PPL single market solution for electronic placing that allows brokers and insurers to quote, negotiate and bind business electronically. Joe Gordon, CEO of ... Read the full article

Property claim repair time & severity testing insurers’ digital tools: J.D. Power

3rd March 2023

A recent study by J.D. Power has shown that a combination of severe catastrophic losses, supply chain-related delays, and inflation has conspired to make 2022 the worst year financially for homeowners insurance providers in the past decade. According to analysts, the combination of more severe events, as well as rising costs ... Read the full article

Xceedance makes investment in India-based Vitraya Technologies

3rd March 2023

Re/insurance service provider Xceedance, together with a consortium of investors, has invested a total of $4.1 million in Vitraya Technologies, an India-based technology platform that enables automated claims decision-making for insurers and real-time payouts to providers. Arun Balakrishnan, CEO at Xceedance, commented, “The work Vitraya Technologies is doing to enable claims ... Read the full article

FinTech Karson appoints Martin Kauer as Executive Partner

1st March 2023

Karson Management Limited, an innovative FinTech platform that provides capital-efficient solutions for financing & collateral, investing & asset management as well as risk transformation, has announced the appointment of Martin Kauer as Executive Partner. “I am excited to join Karson at this juncture of its development and to drive the transformation ... Read the full article

Cytora partners with HDI Global for expansion to German market

28th February 2023

Insurtech Cytora has partnered with HDI Global SE, a commercial and specialty insurer focusing on industrial lines, expanding its presence in the German Market. According to the announcement, this partnership aims to streamline global risk processing workflows and accelerate profitable growth. By using the Cytora Platform, HDI will be able to digitise ... Read the full article

Altai Ventures launches $53mn fintech & InsurTech fund

27th February 2023

Altai Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm has closed a $53 million fintech and InsurTech fund. Bain Capital Ventures, Century Equity Partners invested in the fund alongside a number of limited partners across P&C insurance, life insurance and retirement, insurance brokerage, and commercial banking. The fund will focus primarily on the North ... Read the full article

Socotra targets European expansion following strong 2022

21st February 2023

Insurance technology provider Socotra has announced a major drive into the European insurance markets, with an initial focus on the UK, DACH, and France, following a solid 2022 which saw revenue increase 71%, and a 75% growth in customers. Socotra suggests there is a great demand in these markets as insurers, ... Read the full article

Heat microinsurance launched in India to protect women workers

17th February 2023

The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Residence Center (Arsht-Rock) has announced the launch of the Extreme Heat Income Insurance, a new parametric insurance to help women in India recover wages lost due to climate-driven extreme heat events. Arsht-Rock partnered with insurtech Blue Marble, and the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a 50-year-old Indian ... Read the full article