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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.
AXA XL and Assurely partner on crowdfunding investor protection
7th March 2019
AXA XL has partnered with insurtech firm Assurely on an insurance product for issuers and investors that safeguards new online capital formation strategies, including equity crowdfunding and security token offerings (STOs). The product, called CrowdProtector, provides issuers protection against investor complaints and lawsuits, and communicates to investors that they may have ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD partners with AI platform Planck
7th March 2019
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies, a U.S subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s global re/insurance company, is partnering with Artificial Intelligence (AI) data platform Planck in an effort to optimise underwriting processes for its small and medium business segment. It’s hoped the insights provided by Planck will allow GUARD’s underwriters to focus on ... Read the full article
Machine learning tech can enhance wildfire modelling, says Swiss Re
6th March 2019
There is significant potential for machine learning technologies to enhance the re/insurance industry’s approach to modelling wildfire risk, which has failed to adequately predict the growing frequency of large losses in recent years, according to Swiss Re. The reinsurer stressed the possible advantages in utilising real-time data to complement probabilistic wildfire ... Read the full article
WTW partners with InsurTech massUP
6th March 2019
Global re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has partnered with German InsurTech massUP with the aim of developing new insurance products and solutions. The strategic partnership, which is hoped will also enable the integration of technological processes and includes joint international distribution, follows existing collaboration efforts between massUp and Willis Re, ... Read the full article
Aon partners with software firm Skytek on marine risk accumulations
5th March 2019
Insurance and reinsurance broker Aon plc has partnered with software firm Skytek to provide real-time monitoring of re/insurers’ marine risks and to identify accumulations for enhanced underwriting and reinsurance programs. As part of the collaboration, Aon has established a new consultancy based on the Skytek system that uses real-time satellite tracking ... Read the full article
ChainThat to launch blockchain-powered risk, capital exchange
5th March 2019
A blockchain-powered risk and capital exchange for the re/insurance industry is set to be introduced in Bermuda later this year by ChainThat. The specialist blockchain solutions firm says this exchange will allow the transfer of risk and capital between direct insureds, brokers, cedants and captive insurers and insurance, reinsurance, industry loss ... Read the full article
Zurich acquires U.S insurtech firm Sea Pine Technologies
26th February 2019
Zurich North America has acquired 100% ownership of Sea Pine Technologies, a U.S insurtech firm that specialises in developing digital applications for the marketing of vehicle protection products. The insurer said the move would enable it to further expand its automotive Finance & Insurance (F&I) products and services for auto dealers ... Read the full article
Value of InsurTech deals up by 155% in Q4: Willis Towers Watson
25th February 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance broker, Willis Towers Watson, has said that the number of InsurTech deals announced globally in Q4 2018 increased by 24% to 63, with a total value of $1.59 billion, which is growth of 155% on the same period in 2017. This is according to the broker's Quarterly ... Read the full article
Swiss Re pilots satellite imaging for use in crop claim settlements
22nd February 2019
Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re has piloted the use of satellite imaging in the claim settlement process of its crop insurance scheme, according to a report by The Hindu Business Line. The use of satellite imaging can reportedly be used to quickly estimate the drought level or soil moisture content level ... Read the full article
SCOR Life & Health invests in startup HumanAPI
21st February 2019
SCOR Life & Health Ventures, a division of the France-headquartered reinsurer, has invested in health data consolidation platform HumanAPI as SCOR Global Life looks for ways to streamline the life insurance underwriting process. HumanAPI is a San Francisco-based company that allows a consumer to centralise and share their health data (from sources ... Read the full article
Eurobase’s synergy2 platform delivered in step with London Market TOM
21st February 2019
Eurobase International Group, an international software and service provider to financial institutions, has announced that its Synergy2 platform is the first to go into production with integrated Structured Data Capture (SDC), allowing for the delivery of straight-through processing for risk creation via the Global Placement Message (GPM). SDC is an online ... Read the full article
InsurTech incubator Nassau Re/Imagine launches
21st February 2019
Nassau Re has announced the establishment of an InsurTech incubator, Nassau Re/Imagine, launched to assist selected start-ups focused in life insurance, annuity and reinsurance industries. The reinsurer's new InsurTech incubator is to be based in its Boat Building headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut, and will provide complimentary office space as well as business ... Read the full article
Allianz X gets €1bn funding for global tech investments
20th February 2019
The success of Allianz Group’s digital investment unit Allianz X has resulted in it receiving an increased funding allocation of €1 billion. The investment from Allianz SE is designed to facilitate investments into companies globally that represent a strategic relevance to the Group. Allianz X is now one of the largest European ... Read the full article
Prima Solutions-Effisoft enhances WebXL reinsurance software
18th February 2019
Prima Solutions-Effisoft Group, an insurtech firm that designs software for insurance and reinsurance professionals, has released an updated version of its WebXL solution, which optimises ceded property-casualty and life reinsurance management. WebXL 4.3 includes several new features to help reinsurers deal with increased natural disaster occurrence, including improved management of the ... Read the full article
RLI to leverage machine learning with InsurTech partnership
18th February 2019
Specialty re/insurer RLI Corporation is partnering with InsurTech startup DataCubes as it explores ways to automate intake forms and intelligence gathering and move beyond the manual, time-consuming processes currently in place. DataCubes’ computer vision and machine learning platform is able to automatically digitise lengthy and complex insurance submission documents - including ... Read the full article
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