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This week we spoke with Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, CEO of Tapoly, about insuring the gig economy, founding an all-digital MGA and the future of platforms in insurance.
Insurance companies, generally risk-averse, are not used to seeing failure — something they need to get used to when they work with insurtechs that are trying to create a better system for them, says one insurtech leader.
Ping An Insurance recently revealed that it has completed the initial close of Ping An Voyager Partners, LP, which is a growth stage venture fund. Approximately $200 million in commitments have now been made toward the planned $475 million target.
Traditional insurers have never faced as much competition for their customers’ attention as they do now.
In our latest webinar we discuss the threat of ransomware and cyber-extortion, how to engage SMEs in cybersecurity insurance and integrating cybersecurity into insurance verticals.
Aon plc and Willis Towers Watson have agreed to sell Willis Re and a set of Willis Towers Watson corporate risk and broking and health and benefits services to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Global reinsurer SCOR is partnering with digital life and health underwriting specialist HealthyHealth to help provide customers with instant underwriting decisions via new data-driven solutions.
Anish Jadav has been appointed Chief Underwriting Officer for AXA XL P&C in the UK, life insurtech Ethos Technologies Inc. has a more than $2bn (£1.4bn) valuation after a $200m funding round, and home insurtech Kin has raised $63.9m in Series C funding.
COVID-19 has forced consumers and businesses to embrace virtual, contactless transaction modes to minimise infection risks. This trend has accelerated the digitalisation of processes, many of which leverage machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).
Paris-based Shift Technology is a startup that provides AI-based fraud detection for the insurance industry. In a recent development, the SaaS provider announced that it has raised $220M (approx €182.58M) in its Series D round of funding.
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