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Artificial intelligence may dominate the current conversation around insurance technology, but the story of InsurTech itself has followed a different trajectory. A decade ago, the sector was defined by the promise of disruption. Venture capital flowed into startups promising to rebuild insurance from the ground up. This swell of momentum saw surged to record levels, peaking at more than $15bn globally in 2021, according to CB Insights.

The next phase of InsurTech: From disruption to durability

Artificial intelligence may dominate the current conversation around insurance technology, but the story of InsurTech itself has followed a different trajectory. A decade ago,...
The headlines arrive faster than anyone can process them. Missile strikes. Warnings of retaliation. Oil markets jolt as tensions rise around the Strait of Hormuz. Governments scramble to evacuate citizens. Across television studios and diplomatic corridors, the same uneasy question returns: when will this conflict stop?

What the US-Iran conflict reveals about global insurance risk

The headlines arrive faster than anyone can process them. Missile strikes. Warnings of retaliation. Oil markets jolt as tensions rise around the Strait of...

How purpose-built AI is transforming compliance from detective controls into preventive controls

As AI rewrites the playbook for financial crime and conduct risk, Behavox founder and CEO Erkin Adylov explains how purpose-built models are shifting compliance...
In the first half of 2025, natural disasters caused around $131bn in potential insurance losses globally. Only about $80bn of that was insured. What remains is an uninsured black hole larger than the GDP of Bahrain.

How extreme weather is widening insurance protection gaps

In the first half of 2025, natural disasters caused around $131bn in potential insurance losses globally. Only about $80bn of that was insured. What...
For years, artificial intelligence has quietly tiptoed in the background of insurance claims, surfacing information, flagging risks and helping humans make decisions, but rarely taking action itself. That is beginning to change. Those stealthy steps are now becoming bashful plods, as AI's impact on the decision-making process surges.

Insurance claims rewired: The rise of agentic AI

For years, artificial intelligence has quietly tiptoed in the background of insurance claims, surfacing information, flagging risks and helping humans make decisions, but rarely...
The state of regulatory change management

The state of regulatory change management

Compliance change management is a major challenge for financial institutions as they attempt to analyse hundreds of new regulations and updates every year. Alison...

The ESG data inconsistency problem wealth firms face

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has become an increasingly important area within the wealth management sector. However, ESG data consistency is still far from...
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dacadoo’s role in the health and finance revolution

The connection between health and financial wellbeing might not be obvious, but they are deeply intertwined. FinTech Global recently sat down with Thomas Dijohn, senior...
For decades, underwriting portfolio management has largely been a retrospective exercise. Insurers reviewed performance through monthly management reports or quarterly portfolio reviews, identifying trends only after risks had already been written and exposures had begun to develop.

Inside the modern underwriting strategy

For decades, underwriting portfolio management has been guided largely by hindsight. Insurers reviewed performance through monthly management reports or quarterly portfolio reviews, identifying trends...
The hidden cost of manual processes in wealth management

The hidden cost of manual processes in wealth management

The digitalization of the wealth management industry has been in full swing for many years, with firms looking to replace outdated and manual workflows...

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From pilot to scale: insurance’s IoT challenge

From pilot to scale: insurance’s IoT challenge

Insurance firms have spent the past several years experimenting with and piloting Internet of Things (IoT) technology to see how the technology could improve...
Five lessons from Norm AI's forum on the agentic economy

Five lessons from Norm AI’s forum on the agentic economy

A year is a long time in artificial intelligence, according to Norm Ai, which hosted its annual Central Park AI Forum on 24 September...
Exante: Big Tech masks a fragile September equity market

Exante: Big Tech masks a fragile September equity market

September put the equity rally under real strain, according to the latest monthly equity review from trading platform Exante. Rising sovereign yields, firmer inflation expectations...
Why cloud adoption no longer gives banks an edge

Why cloud adoption no longer gives banks an edge

Cloud computing has become a fixture of the financial markets operating model, but according to LSEG Data & Analytics, simply being in the cloud...
finmid bags €17m as it moves into vehicle financing

finmid bags €17m as it moves into vehicle financing

finmid, a Berlin-headquartered embedded lending firm that powers financing for platforms including Wolt and Delivery Hero, has secured €17m in fresh capital as it...

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