Innovation
InsurTech Fund Opens Applications for Digital MGA Lab
InsurTech Fund, a venture capital fund associated with InsurTech NY, announced that it will be accepting applications for its first Digital MGA Lab. Applications will be accepted July 7-27 and are ...
InsurTech NY Accepting Applications for Third Accelerator Cohort
InsurTech NY announced that it is now accepting applications for its third annual growth-stage accelerator. The application window will run from July 6-29, and applications can be submitted through ...
Don’t Count Out InsurTech Disrupters, Carrier CEOs Say
InsurTechs bent on disrupting the insurance industry haven't succeeded so far, but a future wave of InsurTechs might emerge to accomplish a similar goal, carrier executives said recently. Speaking at ...
Cyber InsurTechs and Insurers ‘In This Together,’ Not in Competition
InsurTechs and insurance companies are "breaking down the wall" that stood between them as competitors in favor of working together to tackle dynamic cyber risk. "We're all trying to solve the same ...
Preparing for InsurTech’s Second Act: Embedded Insurance
The InsurTech industry has been around for about a decade, and experts say that while it has succeeded in bringing new entrants into the industry, it has struggled at times with distribution and ...
Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards Excel in Customer Focus, AI, Sustainability
The winners of the seventh annual Innovation in Insurance Awards excelled in customer focus, creative applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation as well as sustainability, according ...
Understanding the Role of Data Scientists in Risk Modeling
Risk models are an increasingly critical component to the modern insurance carrier. They are relied upon for all phases of insurance, from marketing and sales to pricing, claims, and operations. ...
Innovating to Control Costs: Carriers Seeking Top-Line Growth Amid Bottom-Line Pressures
Given the highly competitive non-life market, and the depressed pricing that accompanies excess capacity, leaders in the global property/casualty insurance and reinsurance markets have found ...