Infrastructure/Back-end

Can AI fix benefits season? Vertafore says yes with new agent

Can AI fix benefits season? Vertafore says yes with new agent

Vertafore, a Denver-based insurance technology provider, has launched an AI agent designed to reduce the time required to set up employee benefit plans, targeting...
IAG teams up with OpenAI to boost insurance claims

IAG teams up with OpenAI to boost insurance claims

IAG, the Australian general insurer, has unveiled a new partnership with OpenAI aimed at exploring agent-based voice technology to help its Australian workforce provide...
AGI secures $70m to scale AI-native insurance brokerage model

AGI secures $70m to scale AI-native insurance brokerage model

American Growth Insurance (AGI), an insurance brokerage specialising in commercial and personal lines, has launched with nearly $70m in committed equity to build an...
Zinnia and Kuvare grow partnership amid carrier tech demand

Zinnia and Kuvare grow partnership amid carrier tech demand

Zinnia, a technology firm serving the life and annuity industry, has widened its strategic relationship with Kuvare in a move that underpins the insurer's wider technology agenda.
Klaimee lands $5.5m to insure autonomous AI agents

Klaimee lands $5.5m to insure autonomous AI agents

Klaimee, a Y Combinator-backed InsurTech that provides insurance-backed performance warranties for AI agents, has secured $5.5m in seed funding. The round was led by FundersClub's...
Carpe debuts Carpe Claims with three new AI products

Carpe debuts Carpe Claims with three new AI products

Carpe, an AI-powered intelligence provider for the insurance industry, has rolled out Carpe Claims, a unified suite designed for what it calls the agentic...
Genki acquires InsurTech Wave Claims and Claim OS

Genki acquires InsurTech Wave Claims and Claim OS

Genki, a provider of international health insurance for digital nomads and long-term travellers, has purchased Wave Claims, an InsurTech startup headquartered in Cologne, along...
The $bn water risk problem insurers can no longer ignore

The billion dollar water risk problem insurers can no longer ignore

Water damage remains one of the most underestimated risks facing modern buildings, creating significant challenges for insurers, property owners and facilities managers as hidden...
Patra secures US patent for AI value extraction

Patra secures US patent for AI value extraction

Patra, an outcome-focused operating partner for the insurance sector that runs one of the industry's largest production-grade agentic AI platforms, has been granted a...
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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FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

FinTech funding tops $2.8bn as Ramp leads with $1.85bn raise

More than $2.8bn was raised across FinTech funding rounds this week, compared to $1.33bn last week, with 17 deals across artificial intelligence, payments, insurance,...
EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

EXANTE’s Codey hits 75% success, but humans keep control

Investment firm EXANTE has spent six months embedding an autonomous AI developer into its engineering teams. Its experience suggests that the real barrier to...
CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

CUBE: AI provenance and second-layer risk reshape compliance

Compliance and risk teams can no longer rely on simply knowing that a rule exists. According to the latest edition of The CUBE Read...
Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Compliance sprawl: firms juggle nearly 14 systems, MCO finds

Financial services firms are pouring more money into compliance, yet new research from MCO (MyComplianceOffice) suggests that much of this investment is being absorbed...
MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI unveils SignalLab to unify investment signals

MSCI has rolled out SignalLab, a new platform that combines governed, research-based signals from several investment domains with the tools investment teams need to...

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