Avante targets rising insurance costs with $30m funding
Seattle-based Avante has raised $30m in Series A funding to expand its AI-powered employee benefits platform internationally, as employers look for ways to manage...
How Vellum is tackling insurance’s AI-ready data problem
The seed of Vellum traces back to challenges Julianna Muir, the company’s founder and CEO, identified consistently throughout her career. She began as a reinsurance...
PolicyMe launches AI copilot to speed up complex underwriting
Canadian InsurTech firm PolicyMe has launched an in-house AI underwriting copilot that has reduced the time underwriters spend processing complex life insurance cases by...
How bolttech is rethinking protection: preventing risk before it happens
Insurance has traditionally been built around paying customers after something goes wrong, sometimes taking months to complete. But as customer expectations evolve, bolttech is...
Contour Underwriting taps KYND for global cyber push
Contour Underwriting has chosen KYND, a provider of cyber risk analytics, to support the worldwide rollout of its new cyber insurance proposition.
KYND was picked...
Ebix expands COI platform with AI financial risk tools
Ebix, a provider of digital platforms for insurance, FinTech and healthcare, has expanded its certificate of insurance (COI) management offering with two tools designed...
World Insurance expands Texas reach with Zoom deal
World Insurance Associates, a US-based insurance brokerage, has acquired Zoom Insurance, a Texas agency specialising in convenience stores and fuel retailers, as it looks...
Guidewire agrees $2.1bn acquisition of hyperexponential
Guidewire, a cloud software provider serving more than 570 property and casualty (P&C) insurers worldwide, has agreed to acquire London-based underwriting technology company hyperexponential,...
How technology is transforming water risk management
Insurance has always been a reactive industry. An incident happens, and the insurers pays out on the claim. However, with advances in technology, is...
Earnix uses AI to close insurers’ execution gap
Earnix, an AI provider specialising in insurance decisioning, has launched its Q4 2026 Release, introducing updates to its pricing, rating and customer engagement tools...













