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The debate between Generalised Linear Models (GLMs) and Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs) has been a long-running fixture in actuarial pricing discussions. While it is often framed as a competition between “old” and “new” modelling approaches, practitioners increasingly recognise that the real issue is not superiority, but suitability.

Comparing the benefits of GLM and GBM for insurance pricing

The debate between Generalised Linear Models (GLMs) and Gradient Boosting Machines (GBMs) has been a long-running fixture in actuarial pricing discussions. While it is...
The modern pharmacy has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, evolving from a simple dispensary into one of the most accessible frontline healthcare providers. Today, pharmacies in the United States deliver flu vaccinations, blood pressure checks, medication therapy management, and a growing range of preventative health services, placing them at the heart of community healthcare delivery.

Why pharmacies must evolve into continuous digital health platforms

The modern pharmacy has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, evolving from a simple dispensary into one of the most accessible frontline healthcare...
Pace, an AI operations company focused on insurance workflows, has raised $46m in Series B funding as it accelerates the rollout of its agentic automation platform across global insurance markets.

Pace lands $46m funding round to automate insurance workflows

Pace, an AI operations company focused on insurance workflows, has raised $46m in Series B funding as it accelerates the rollout of its agentic...
Newrez, a US homeownership company, has expanded its partnership with digital insurance marketplace Matic to embed real-time homeowners insurance comparison and quoting directly into its HomeHub customer portal.

Newrez expands Matic partnership for real-time insurance comparison

Newrez, a US homeownership company, has expanded its partnership with digital insurance marketplace Matic to embed real-time homeowners insurance comparison and quoting directly into...
VIPR Solutions and WCL, a Zywave organisation, have launched an integrated digital workflow for non-bureau delegated underwriting, aiming to eliminate one of the insurance market’s most persistent operational bottlenecks.

VIPR and WCL digitise delegated underwriting workflow

VIPR Solutions and WCL, a Zywave organisation, have launched an integrated digital workflow for non-bureau delegated underwriting, aiming to eliminate one of the insurance...

Weecover unveils API-first insurance payments tool

Weecover, an InsurTech platform specialising in technology solutions for insurance management and distribution, has officially launched its Insurance Payment Orchestration Module, a purpose-built tool...
IBM and Quant AI transform contact centres with Ava

IBM and Quant AI transform contact centres with Ava

Quant AI, an agentic AI systems developer, has unveiled AI agent Ava at the IBM Think Conference. Ava is an AI-powered contact centre solution developed...
Burns & Wilcox Global Solutions goes live on Novidea platform

Burns & Wilcox Global Solutions goes live on Novidea platform

Burns & Wilcox Global Solutions, the London-based specialist wholesale broking arm of H.W. Kaufman Group, has gone live on the insurance management platform developed...

InsureVision’s VisionScore™ goes live on 150k cameras

InsureVision, an AI-powered fleet risk intelligence company, has signed Waylens, a provider of AI video telematics technology, as the first licensee of its VisionScore™...
Adnovum to bring Sixfold's AI underwriting to DACH insurers

Adnovum to bring Sixfold’s AI underwriting to DACH insurers

Sixfold, an underwriting AI solution provider serving global insurers, has formed a strategic partnership with Adnovum, a Swiss technology and consulting firm focused on...

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Kayna secures spot in Guidewire's InsurTech Vanguards programme

Kayna secures spot in Guidewire’s InsurTech Vanguards programme

Kayna, an award-winning embedded insurance distribution platform headquartered in Cork, Ireland, has been accepted into the Guidewire InsurTech Vanguards programme, an initiative run by...
Adaptive Insurance taps ZestyAI for storm risk underwriting

AI storm risk tool integrated into Adaptive Insurance platform

Adaptive Insurance, a specialist provider of climate-focused insurance products, has selected ZestyAI, an AI-powered risk and decision intelligence platform, to integrate property-level storm risk scoring into its wind and hail underwriting and pricing programmes.
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Has the traditional financial crime model reached its limit?

The traditional financial crime operating model was built for a different era. For decades, financial institutions have relied on separate functions, technologies and processes...
Reset raises $6m seed round led by credit union customers

Reset raises $6m seed round led by credit union customers

Reset, an embedded earned wage access (EWA) platform designed for credit unions and community banks, has closed a $6m seed funding round, bringing its...
Revolut launches 5% savings rate for new UK customers

Revolut launches 5% savings rate for new UK customers

Revolut, the licensed UK bank, has unveiled a market-leading 5% AER (variable) savings rate for new customers in the UK, available until 4th December...

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