Technology & Analytics
Betting on Breakthrough Innovation: Shoot for the Moon
While it is often easier for P/C insurance and reinsurance executives to rally around incremental innovations, in order to really transform their organizations they need to fund some moonshots, ...
Flyreel Raises $10M for AI Underwriting and Claims Technology
Flyreel, an artificial intelligence startup focused on claims technology for residential and commercial property insurers, raised $10 million in Series A financing from investors including Guidewire ...
Zywave Snatches Up Advisen in Move to Accelerate Global Growth
Insurance technology company Zywave snatched up Advisen, a global insurance data provider, in a deal expected to fuel more rapid international growth. The acquisition includes WCL, a UK-based Advisen ...
Lloyd’s Abandons Plan for Proprietary Electronic Exchanges in Favor of Outside Vendors
Lloyd's of London has dropped ambitious plans to set up its own electronic exchanges and will work with other existing platforms to speed up the underwriting process and cut costs, the commercial ...
CoreLogic Discloses Strategic Review That Includes Possible Sale
Data and analytics firm CoreLogic disclosed that its board is conducting a strategic review of its operations, with a goal of "maximizing shareholder value." That's a nebulous term that can end up ...
How We Did It: Becoming an InsurTech Unicorn
When InsurTech entrepreneurs like Assaf Wand, Max Simkoff and Dan Preston set out on the path of bringing groundbreaking ideas to life in the insurance industry, they heard a lot of negative talk ...
Insurers Make Major Strides in Beefing Up Customer Experience: IBM Survey
Insurers have made significant strides over the last decide in improving customer experience through new technology or other initiatives, a new IBM survey found. Approximately 85 percent of insurers ...
InsurTech Veterans Debut MGA Startup Assurely, Disclose $3.7M Seed Round
Veteran co-founders or executives from Lemonade, CoverWallet and Pie Insurance are behind a new InsurTech that raised $3.7 million in debut financing – money designed to support its focus on ...