Data/Intelligence

Why insurance's old playbook is failing emerging risks

Why insurance’s old playbook is failing emerging risks

Insurance has long relied on historical data to understand and price future risk. But a new analysis from Earnix, an insurance technology provider, argues...
Accelerant to go private in $4bn Thoma Bravo deal

Accelerant to go private in $4bn Thoma Bravo deal

Accelerant, a data-driven risk exchange for the specialty insurance market, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in an all-cash...
AI risk exposes gaps in cyber insurance

AI risk exposes gaps in cyber insurance

AI is creating new questions for the cyber insurance market, with industry leaders debating whether emerging risks should be covered under existing policies or...
INTX bets AI needs one data system, not another chatbot

INTX targets fragmented data with new insurance AI

INTX Insurance Software, a US-based provider of enterprise software for the global (re)insurance industry, has launched Tenet, an intelligence layer built into its unified...
Why French insurers are racing to operationalise AI

French insurers move AI from pilots to the front line

French insurers are moving beyond the question of whether to use artificial intelligence and towards a more difficult one: how to make it work...
Why generic AI may not be enough for MGAs

Why generic AI may not be enough for MGAs

The UK MGA sector has built its reputation on agility, with businesses often identifying opportunities early, entering specialist markets, responding to emerging risks and...
Why AI governance is shaping insurance’s next phase

Why AI governance is shaping insurance’s next phase

The insurance sector is moving beyond AI experimentation and towards more structured adoption, with governance, accountability and decision intelligence becoming central themes at MGAA...
Kayna and Willis target subcontractor insurance gaps

Kayna and Willis target subcontractor insurance gaps

Willis, the WTW-owned broking business, has partnered with embedded insurance infrastructure firm Kayna and construction workforce platform Kwant to launch KwantSure, a digital insurance...
WoodStar launches with $220m capital for Accelerant exchange

WoodStar launches with $220m capital for Accelerant exchange

Accelerant, a data-driven risk exchange platform for the specialty insurance market, has partnered with newly formed WoodStar Reciprocal Exchange, an insurer backed by more...
Applied and Travelers explore submissionless insurance quoting

Applied and Travelers explore submissionless insurance quoting

Applied Systems, an insurance software provider, has launched a submissionless commercial insurance quoting capability with The Travelers Companies as its first carrier partner, using...

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Guidewire launches platform for agentic insurance

Guidewire launches platform for agentic insurance

Guidewire, a cloud platform provider for property and casualty (P&C) insurers, has introduced a platform-based approach to agentic insurance, designed to help carriers deploy...

FinTech market roars ahead with over $2.6bn raised this week

As we enter the final stretch of the year, FinTech funding was showing no signs of slowing down as a substantial funding package of...
Why AscentAI makes obligations the unit of RegTech change

Why AscentAI makes obligations the unit of RegTech change

Regulators publish documents, but financial institutions have to manage the individual obligations buried inside them. That mismatch is where a large share of the...
Collective secures $100m to power solopreneur finances

Collective secures $100m to power solopreneur finances

Collective, a financial platform built for self-employed business owners, has secured $100m in new funding to develop what it describes as a financial operating...
Can identity verification survive the age of synthetic identities?

Can identity verification survive the age of synthetic identities?

Identity verification has long relied on the assumption that a person can be distinguished from an impostor through evidence of who they are. But...

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