InsurTech
A Different View of Insurance: What Tech Talent Is Saying
According to a former Microsoft engineer, young job candidates with technology backgrounds are not enamored with the idea of joining the insurance industry. Tammarrian Rogers, a software engineering ...
Global InsurTech Venture Funding Hits Record Again During Q2 2021: Forrester
Global InsurTech funding reached record levels once again in the 2021 second quarter, even as financings declined from the first three months of the year, according to Forrester's new sector roundup. ...
Pie Insurance to Acquire Regional Insurer as it Evolves Into Full-Stack Carrier
Pie Insurance will acquire a regional insurer as it moves forward with a bid of becoming a full-stack insurance carrier. Pie purchased Western Select Insurance Company, a property casualty insurance ...
What It’s Like to Work for an InsurTech
Personal levels of risk tolerance and potential development opportunities are among the factors that job seekers weigh as they consider whether to work at traditional property/casualty carriers or ...
Urbint Raises $60M to Scale Up Incident Prevention Software Tech
Urbint, a software startup that can benefit insurers and risk managers, raised a $60 million venture capital round that will help the company scale its technology and develop new products. Energize ...
Sayata Raises $17M; Broker Platform to Expand Beyond Cyber
Sayata has raised $17 million in new venture capital and has a broad growth strategy in mind. The Massachusetts-based InsurTech startup has a platform designed to help wholesale brokers and carriers ...
Guidewire Acquires HazardHub, an API Property Risks Insight Tech Firm
Guidewire Software recently acquired HazardHub, an InsurTech focused on API-driven property risk insights for the P/C insurance industry. Neither side would disclose financial details. Guidewire CEO ...
Are InsurTechs Losing the Talent War? It’s Debatable
A group of actuaries recently polled about whether people working for InsurTech startups were more talented than those working at incumbent carriers assessed them as just about the same. The true ...