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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...
compliance

Who is the owner of compliance decisions in automated systems?

Automation is steadily moving from the margins of financial services into its operational core. Surveillance systems flag misconduct, onboarding platforms assess risk, and AI...
eIDAS

How can financial institutions leverage eIDAS 2.0 for strong growth?

For decades, financial institutions have wrestled with a fundamental paradox: the more rigorous the identity verification process, the greater the friction imposed on the...
governance

The state of digitial communications governance: Bridging the gap between AI innovation and regulatory...

AI is rapidly transforming how financial institutions communicate — with clients, internally, and increasingly with machines themselves. Generative AI can draft client communications in...
RegTech

Is RegTech consolidation creating new platform risks?

RegTech was built to solve fragmentation in compliance. But as the sector consolidates and platforms expand across surveillance, reporting, identity and risk, a new...

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...
video

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...

News Stories

Energy shock hits Europe: Prometeia

Energy shock hits Europe: Prometeia

Italy's economic outlook has deteriorated following a sharp rise in energy prices, triggered by disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and escalating...

CLO market 2026: How investor strategies are shifting

The collateralised loan obligation (CLO) market is undergoing a significant transformation in 2026, with investors moving away from broad macroeconomic indicators and towards more...
Wtp shifts pension accountability to insurers

Wtp shifts pension accountability to insurers

WealthTech company Kidbrooke has outlined why the Netherlands' transition to the Wet toekomst pensioenen (Wtp) has redrawn the lines of accountability in pension communication.   In...

Insurteam raises $1.3m to expand MGA ops in Europe

Switzerland-based InsurTech firm Insurteam, a travel insurance automation specialist, has closed a $1.3m funding round to accelerate its European expansion, according to VentureLab. The capital...
PeakMetrics raises $6m Series A for AI narrative intel

PeakMetrics raises $6m Series A for AI narrative intel

PeakMetrics, an AI-driven narrative intelligence platform serving enterprises, government agencies and public sector teams, has closed a $6m Series A funding round, bringing its...

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