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AXA-backed insurtech Sayata Labs adds King Flynn from Beazley
17th January 2020
Sayata Labs, an insurtech start-up focused on cyber risk assessment for insurers and SMBs, has appointed King Flynn as head of insurance. Flynn joins the Sayata executive team and will report to Chief Executive Officer, Asaf Lifshitz. As head of insurance, he will lead the company's growth and distribution strategy to deliver ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway unit looks to AI with CLARA analytics deal
17th January 2020
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies has selected CLARA analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence technology in the commercial insurance space, as it looks to advance its workers’ compensation claims operations. BHHC will integrate the full suite of CLARA products, including CLARA providers, CLARA litigation and CLARA claims as well as its popular ... Read the full article
Sompo releases travel insurance product in Thailand with Slice Labs
17th January 2020
Sompo Holdings (Asia), part of international insurer Sompo Holdings, has partnered with Slice Labs, an on-demand insurance platform, to release a joint travel insurance product in Thailand called TravelJoy. The product will include life and medical, flight delay/cancellation, and baggage/belongings coverage, and will be made available using the LINE LIFF Platform. “SOMPO’s ... Read the full article
SCOR automates financial processes with Accenture tech
15th January 2020
SCOR has improved the efficiency of its internal functions by utilising technology from professional services firm Accenture, which has enabled the reinsurer to automate financial processes, among other benefits. Previously, many of SCOR’s key processes within the finance function, including the quarterly-close process, were conducted manually, using spreadsheets, email and the ... Read the full article
Insurtech Corvus secures $32mn in venture funding
13th January 2020
Boston-based insurtech firm Corvus has secured $32 million in a Series B round of venture funding, led by Telstra Ventures. As part of the funding arrangement, Marcus Bartram, Partner at Telstra Ventures, will now join Corvus's Board of Directors. The funding round also included participation from Obvious Ventures and existing Corvus investors ... Read the full article
QOMPLX secures 12 US tech patents in 2019
10th January 2020
QOMPLX, an intelligent decision platform provider startup formerly known as Fractal, has announced that it was awarded 12 US patents for innovations in 2019. The patents, which span cybersecurity, insurance, finance and data infrastructure, allow QOMPLX a 20-year period of exclusivity to the technologies. The most recent patent, issued on December 24, ... Read the full article
Insurtech start-up fund Brewer Lane Ventures launches
10th January 2020
Brewer Lane Ventures, a fund focused on investing in insurtech start-ups, has announced its launch, and the appointment of key members of its team. The company was founded by John Kim, the former President and Chief Investment Officer at New York Life Insurance Company. Also joining Brewer Lane Ventures is Managing Partner ... Read the full article
Hiscox partners with Concirrus to drive digitalisation
8th January 2020
Hiscox London Market, one of the oldest Lloyd's of London syndicates, has entered into a partnership with InsurTech Concirrus in an effort to deliver progressive, analytics-based underwriting. Under the terms of this new multi-year deal, Hiscox is to embed Concirrus' behaviour-based data analytics platform, Quest Marine Hull. An announcement on the deal ... Read the full article
WTW & eBaoTech to provide one-stop insurance middle office platform
7th January 2020
Global re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has entered into a new partnership with digital insurance solution provider, eBaoTech, to offer a bundled solution designed to accelerate digitisation across the industry. This new collaboration sees WTW's Radar Live rating engine integrate with eBaoTech's middle office platform, InsureMO, which is specifically designed ... Read the full article
Auto start-up Clearcover raises further $50mn in funding
7th January 2020
Auto insurance start-up Clearcover has raised $50 million in a Series C round of funding, led by OMERS Ventures. This brings Clearcover’s total funding to more than $104 million since its 2016 founding, following a Series B round in January 2019 that raised $43 million. As part of the funding arrangement, Michael ... Read the full article
Finding new talent critical to advancing insurtech: EY
31st December 2019
Re/insurers agree that finding new talent is critical to build on investments in technology and digital transformation, but attracting and retaining will require better communication and more customer-centric approaches, according to analysts at EY. As part of a new report, EY noted that re/insurance industry growth had remained stagnant for another ... Read the full article
ZhongAn eyeing insurtech expansion in Asia, belt & road countries
30th December 2019
China’s largest online-only insurer ZhongAn sees as an abundance of opportunities to export insurance technology across Asia and various Belt and Road countries. Bill Song, Chief Executive Officer of ZA Tech Global Limited, an operating entity established by ZhongAn, has noted the firm’s strong track record in China in terms of ... Read the full article
Insurtech Neptune Flood adds Jean-Luc Eckstein as Executive Director
24th December 2019
Neptune Flood Incorporated, an insurtech firm focused on the flood market, has announced the appointment of Jean-Luc Eckstein as Executive Director. He joins Neptune Flood from CDW, a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider, where he served as International Client Strategy Manager, overseeing a team responsible for cross border technology sales. In his ... Read the full article
New tech unlocks opportunities for SME insurance: Goldman Sachs
16th December 2019
Technological developments are increasingly enabling large re/insurance companies to overcome challenges that had previously prevented them from making more inroads into the small commercial market (SME) space, according to Goldman Sachs. Analysts noted that the SME insurance marketplace is seen as an attractive segment for larger companies due to its more ... Read the full article
AXA XL partners with insurtech Slice, Microsoft on cyber solution
13th December 2019
AXA XL, the property and casualty and specialty risk unit of AXA, is partnering with cloud-based insurtech firm Slice Labs to help improve the cyber resilience of Microsoft 365 Business, Office 365 Business Premium and Office 365 Business customers. The collaboration, aimed at servicing small to medium sized businesses, will give ... Read the full article
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