Manulife Bank deploys Kasisto’s AI chatbot
Talk with a robot for all your banking needs.
Insurance
Axinan and Sompo Indonesia team up
The acquisition aims to provide a digitised claims management infrastructure.
Digital insurtech Qover welcomes €8m funding
The firm white-labels its solutions and is API-driven.
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Artesian introduces customers to ARCH
The tool has been in development for two years.
Insurtech Zego raises $42m for European expansion
The London-based firm will also double its workforce.
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Sure secures $23.1m Series B funding
The funds will enable the company to scale-up its business.
Getsafe raises €15m for AI-driven insurance
The German mobile insurtech is looking to double its team and expand in the UK.
Pacific Life partners with Salesforce for digital transformation
The NextGen CRM program assists the insurer's sales, service and marketing teams.
InsurTech firm REG closes £2.4m funding round
The additional capital will support the company’s growth trajectory.
Bridging blockchain technology to the real world
Blockchain could radically change the way that the insurance industry works.
Betterview expands team with $4.5 million Series A round
Property risk management platform has raised $10 million to date.
New APP scam protection code comes into force
Victims now more likely to get their money back.
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Appian World 2019: why banks need low-code tech
Revolutionising call centres, and harnessing AI to address challenges such as the demise of Libor.
Certua acquires insurtech Surely Group
It is to bolster Certua’s new insurance platform.
UK renters’ insurer Urban Jungle raises $2.5m
The seed funding will expand the firm’s product portfolio.
Indio Technologies brings digital to insurance with $20m funding
The company has raised over $30 million in total.
Insurtech and the future of financial modelling
The trio of financial, actuarial and management reporting: technology revolution or evolution?
Meed Banking Club launches in the US with member exclusives
Leveraging banking services at Vast Bank, which itself is going through a major tech revamp.
SoFi goes insurtech with Lemonade and Root
Until this month, SoFi’s insurance offering was limited to life insurance.
Cyber, innovation and society
Cyber risk presents an important test case as to the adaptive capability of insurance industry.
Commercial insurance AI firm Cytora raises £25m
It was led by EQT Ventures.
Robotics, bionics and AI: will there be any human underwriting left?!
As technology gets more intrinsically tied into the underwriting process, where does that leave human underwriters?
Credit Karma closes Noddle acquisition for UK expansion
It will make Noddle’s premium services available for all.
Lemonade valued at $2bn following $300m funding round
Insurance start-up is now eyeing the European market.
Bnext launches travel insurance
The Spanish challenger is already expanding its product portfolio.
Neos pairs with US insurer to offer customers smart home tech
American Family Insurance thinks smart home technology will reduce claims.
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Millennial insurtech Kinsu shuts down
The app provided insurance for laptops, bikes and other home contents.
SimplyBiz Group agrees to acquire Defaqto
Defaqto’s management and strategic direction will be unaffected.
UK insurtech gets corporate fit with legal toolkit
Tech Nation and UK Insurtech Board are looking to give firms an easier ride.
StanChart to set up digital SME platform in India
Will offers business loans, invoice/supply chain financing, and commercial insurance.
HSBC backs insurtech CXA Group’s $25m funding
Singapore-based firm looking for expansion across Asia-Pacific region.
