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Insurance
TSB selects Iress Lender Connect to boost brokerage
Iress calls the deal the first it has signed with a “top tier” bank
Legal & General outsources more of its investment arm to Charles River
The firm is moving closer to a centralised, cloud-based platform.
Between floppy disk and data highway: Why insurance companies lag behind in digitisation
Digitalisation has reached the insurance industry later than in other sectors and pressure is coming from customers.
Blockchain: next steps towards collaboration, implementation and scalability
What do financial institutions have to know about blockchain, and how do we move from talk to action?
Ecommerce insurtech Cover Genius raises $10m in Series B round
The round will fuel further growth into the UK, the US and Asia.
Speaking both start-up and corporate – where Google translate doesn’t help
Hear from the InsurTech Rising panel of experts on how to get the best of both start-up and corporate worlds.
PRA warns insurers over work culture
Staff must feel able to speak up about their concerns.
The future of distribution: is insurtech a saver or a threat?
What do insurance incumbents think of the new insurtech start-ups on the block – saver or threat?
European regulators conform to EIOPA’s post-Brexit insurance recommendations
NCAs prepared to ensure a smooth transition for UK insurers after Brexit
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 01 November 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
The top trends that impacted the insurance industry in 2019
Top CRO’s in the biggest insurance companies tell us about their challenges in 2019.
Hear it from the experts: the future of insurtech
We speak to the experts of InsurTech Rising International about their take on the future of insurtech.
Luge Capital raises $85m to invest in Canada’s start-ups
Investments will range from $150,000 to $2 million.
The best of InsurTech Rising International 2019
Take a look back on the highlights of InsurTech Rising International 2019.
FCA fines Prudential £23.8m for misselling retirement products
Thousands of customers will receive £6,380.51 each
Sibos 2019: “Blockchain is not a magic wand,” says Euroclear
The panel agrees blockchain is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution.
Insurtech Broker Buddha raises $4.5m in round led by Vertex Ventures
Vertex Ventures says Broker Buddha is “driving significant industry change”.
Ping An Global Voyager Fund and Raisin invest in Joonko
The seed round raised €10 million.
Tel-Aviv based Kovrr raises $5.5m
The new funding will accelerate the company’s global expansion plans.
Banking Technology September 2019 issue out now
Thriving in a hyper-connected world.
AkinovA first insurtech to adopt OpenFin OS
“This is an overhaul in the insurance and risk trading space.”
Insurtech start-up Kin raises $47 million
The company will launch a home insurance carrier in Florida.
Ethos raises $60m led by GV and Goldman Sachs
The insurtech has since raised a more than $100 million to-date.
Insurtech Hedvig raises €10.3m
The funding values the company at SEK342 million ($35.5 million).
CAIS announces new insurance product with Schechter
CAIS connects financial advisors with alternative investments.
Female-led Handdii raises $1.5m led by Scale Investors
Scale Investors focuses on high growth women-led tech companies.
Trov partners with Lloyds and launches white-label insurtech platform
Later this year, Trov and Lloyds Banking Group will release an insurance product on the ‘Powered by Trov’.
Experian closes $20m of Series B1 in CompareAsiaGroup
Making this its fifth major investment in Asia Pacific since 2017.
Insurwave onboards Xceptor to digitise insurance documents
Xceptor uses AI to to extract and transform any type of data from any source.
White paper: The importance of specialised standard software for MAD/MAR compliance
Learn the importance of specialised standard software for MAD/MAR compliance now!
Hokodo awarded €2m by Horizon 2020
Only around 7.5% of the SMEs who enter are successful.
Innovation as a discipline, not a side show
Rob Galbraith explores why innovation should be more than just your team’s side show.
Bsurance to enable Cashpresso’s buyer protection
Ensuring the safety of purchasing by instalments.
Pan-American Life Insurance seeks AML with Fiserv tech
Complying with regulation across each geography.
White paper: The architect’s guide to digital core banking in the cloud
Download the Five Degrees white paper now
European insurtech trends: shift from disruptive to enabling insurtech
What is the outlook for investments in European insurtech’s over the next five years?
Banking Technology July/August 2019 issue out now
Drawing the curtains on a bright tomorrow.
Airfox partners with Mastercard for Brazil’s financial inclusion
It has also partnered with Cielo and Zurich Insurance.
The rise of technology in the insurance field: the case of black boxes
Technology is continuously evolving together with the amount of data generated by a vehicle.
