InsurTech
After Countrywide Pause, InsurTech Hippo Slowly Reemerging Next Week
A profitability problem that would have otherwise taken InsurTech Hippo half a year to correct is on the mend after just 30 days, the chief executive officer said at an investor conference Thursday. ...
New Lloyd’s Lab InsurTech Cohort to Focus on Climate, Cyber and Sustainability in Asia Pacific
Lloyd's has announced the 12 teams that will join the 11th cohort of the Lloyd's Lab, the InsurTech accelerator hub for developing innovative insurance products in the Lloyd's market. The accelerator ...
Cyberwrite President Predicts an Avalanche. Are Cyber Underwriters Ready?
Harmut Mai, president of Cyberwrite, believes that in the future, insurance underwriters will see "an avalanche of businesses that are in need of a cybersecurity program." "There's no way the current ...
Grid-by-Grid: How One Tech Firm Dissects California Wildfire Risk to Sell Insurance and Reinsurance
There is general consensus among insurance and reinsurance underwriters about the safest property risks to accept in the California market, according to the co-founder of a company that uses ...
Evacuation Policies and Cat Strips: Wildfire Insurance and Reinsurance Ideas That Failed
Sometimes, it takes a few tries to develop the right insurance or reinsurance product—one that will align well with the needs and wants of customers. Kettle, a company that uses technology to ...
California Wildfires Dwindle as Premiums Surge
In their 1999 paean to California, the Red Hot Chili Peppers sang that "Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation." The rock band was referring to earthquakes and tidal ...
InsurTech Profile: InsurAware CEO Reflects on the Power of Change
At 40 years old, Rajesh Krishnan sat in a Baltimore intensive care unit, recovering from a brain aneurism and a stroke. His solution-oriented mind had driven him to academic and insurance industry ...
More Signs of Life in Florida: New Insurers, More Citizens Takeouts
Florida's property insurance market is showing more signs of life, with another company requesting a large takeout order from Citizens Property Insurance and two new companies entering the ...