Sapiens and Charlee to leverage AI and ML for insurers
Sapiens, provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, has partnered with cloud-based SaaS provider Charlee to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for property & casualty (P&C) insurers.
Generali in €435m deal as it expands French foothold
Italy’s Generali is to acquire insurance company La Médicale as it looks to expand its health and protection lines and the overall property & casualty (P&C) business in France.
Assurity launches critical illness protection
Assurity Life Insurance Company has launched criticalillness.com, a complete self-service platform for buying critical illness insurance.
Socotra and Spixii join forces for conversational analytics
Socotra, a cloud-native platform for insurers, has partnered with Spixii to enable insurers to integrate Spixii’s conversational automation with Socotra’s core platform, a report by Coverager has revealed.
Canadian FinTech KOHO lands C$210m Series D
Challenger bank KOHO has raised C$210m from a Series D funding round as the company continues on its upward growth trajectory.
Passage arises from stealth with $4m and beta product launch
Cybersecurity company Passage has secured $4m from a funding raise after emerging from a period of stealth.
Climate FinTech raised record $1.2bn in 2021
Investments into Climate FinTech companies raised $1.2bn in 2021, which is three-times higher than all of the previous years combined, a new report from CommerzVentures claims.
CyberTech firm PlexTrac scores $70m Series B
Cybersecurity firm PlexTrac has secured $70m from a Series B funding round headed by Insight Partners.
UK Treasury Committee calls for government action on fraud and scam surge
A new report by the UK’s Treasury Select Committee has called on the government to work harder to tackle the ‘growing fraud epidemic’ in the UK.
Majority of UK credit card holders plan to use BNPL in 2022
Research by Splitit has found that 54% of UK credit card users plan to use buy now, pay later (BNPL) services this year.