Insurance

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LeapFrog adds $50 million to bolttech's record-breaking series B round

International insurtech bolttech welcomed leading impact investment firm LeapFrog Investments as a new strategic investor in an extension of its Series B round. LeapFrog’s US$50 million investment adds to bolttech’s recent Series B funding round, now totalling US$246 million, the largest ever Series B round for an insurtech.

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Qover secures FCA authorisation licence

Qover, leader in embedded insurance orchestration, proudly announces the successful granting of a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) full authorisation.

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Fintechs team up to support nine million at-risk workers, with better sick pay

Wagestream, the UK’s fastest-growing fintech-for-good, has teamed up with French insurtech Wakam to launch Enhanced Sick Pay – a new product providing workers with affordable sick pay cover.

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Third consecutive year for weather-event insurance claims to top $100 billion

A new insurance sector report from Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that insured losses from natural catastrophes in H1 2023 point to 2023 being the third straight year of weather-event claims topping $100 billion, with much of these coming from secondary perils such as floods, hail and wildfires. All of the latter are becoming more frequent as global temperatures rise, notes BI.

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Insurtech Inzmo names ex-Skype COO Michael Jackson chairman

Inzmo, the Berlin insurtech transforming the rental sector with its financial services products that help tenants and landlords protect their rental property, income and belongings, has officially appointed Michael Jackson as its first Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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InsurTech SureIn seals €4 million seed round

Berlin-based InsurTech startup SureIn has closed a €4M Seed round for its mission to provide end-to-end insurance solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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Relationship-based lending app Zirtue partners TruStage for loan insurance

Zirtue, the world’s leading relationship-based lending app with a mission to drive financial inclusion, announces today its partnership with TruStage, a financially strong insurance, investment, and technology provider, built on the philosophy of people helping people.

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Worldsource selects Broadridge for digital marketing

Worldsource Wealth Management and IDC Worldsource Insurance Network Inc. are pleased to announce they have partnered with global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE: BR), to help their advisors provide relevant, timely communications to their clients using Broadridge’s automated digital marketing platform AdvisorStream.

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AXA Hong Kong and Macau teams up with CoverGo

AXA Hong Kong and Macau (“AXA”), today announced its collaboration with CoverGo, the leading global no-code insurance SaaS core platform for health, life, and P&C, to improve AXA’s general insurance ecosystem in Hong Kong.

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Insurtech Qover secures $30M in Series C funding round

Qover, a leading insurtech specialising in embedded insurance orchestration, has successfully closed a $30 million Series C up-round funding.

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InsurTech Qover embeds with Monzo

Qover partners with Monzo to offer Premium users in the UK a new way to track and submit insurance claims within the Monzo app, making the insurance experience for its embedded travel protection seamless and user-friendly.

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Wallife to launch digital identity theft insurance to UK consumers

UK consumers may soon obtain digital identity theft insurance to protect themselves from online threats and risks, thanks to new solutions from the insurance company Wallife.

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SME InsurTech Insify raises €10 million Series A extension

Insify, the modern insurtech for SMEs, has raised an additional €10 million, bringing its total Series A funding to €25 million.

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Ohio Mutual Insurance Group partners bolt to embed smartphone coverage

bolt, the insurtech with the country's largest technology-enabled insurance exchange and a global leader in device protection programs, today announced a partnership with Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (Ohio Mutual), the award-winning insurance company that has worked with independent agents to distribute property and casualty insurance for more than 100 years.

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Digital asset-denominated life insurer Meanwhile snags $19 million funding round

Meanwhile, the first and only life insurer entirely denominated in a cryptocurrency, has announced ~$19 million in financing across two seed rounds, the first co-led by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Lachy Groom, previous head of Stripe issuing, and with Gradient Ventures (Google) in the top spot during the second round.

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Reale Group takes minority stake in Fabrick

Reale Group, a renowned player in the insurance industry which operates in Italy, Spain, and Chile, has selected Fabrick, a pioneer in the Open Finance sector, as its preferred partner to digitise its offerings and enhance the customer experience.

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Simplifai debuts generative AI tool for insurance

Simplifai, an AI automation solutions provider, today launches Simplifai InsuranceGPT – a world-first custom-built GPT tool, fuelled by the company’s revolutionary no-code AI-powered platform.

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Insly launches global, no code, sales software for brokers

Insly, the no code software provider, has launched BrokerFlow, a tool enabling brokers to digitise their sales workflow, including application forms, risk surveys and customer proposals.

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International insurtech bolttech valued at $1.6 billion in Series B up-round

bolttech today announced it raised US$196 million in connection with its Series B with an up-round valuation of US$1.6 billion.

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Nexi helps Itas Group to launch Itas Pay

ITAS Assicurazioni, Italy’s oldest insurance company, continues its strategic path of digital transformation and launches ITAS Pay with the support of Nexi Group, the leading European PayTech.