SACE SIMEST announces innovative Fintech partnership with Ebury to support Italian SMEs
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Insurtech
SACE SIMEST, the export and internationalisation hub of Cassa Depositie Prestiti Group, and Ebury, one of Europe's leading Fintech companies offering global transaction banking services to businesses, have signed a partnership which will facilitate access, especially for SMEs, to a number of insurance and financial solutions that can improve their international competitiveness.
AkinovA Leads Insurtech Innovation with Adoption of OpenFin, the Ubiquitous Capital Markets OS
- 5 years 8 months ago
- Insurtech
AkinovA, the electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of re/insurance risk, together with OpenFin, the operating syste
Trov Launches White-Label Insurtech Platform and Partners with Lloyds Banking Group
Trov (www.trov.com), a global leader in insurance technology, is launching a portfolio of end-to-end digital, white-labelled insurance products designed to be rapidly deployed by financial organisations and insurers. Lloyds Banking Group, the UK's largest retail financial services provider, with around 26 million customers and a centuries-old history, will partner with Trov. Later in 2019, Trov and Lloyds Banking Group will release an innovative... more
Smart home revolution: 1.36 million households purchased a smart home device in last eight months
A smart home revolution is sweeping the nation, according to digital home insurer Policy Expert1, which has found that the number of households with a connected home device increased by 5% from 71% in October 2018 to 76% in May 2019.
Mactavish research reveals insurers win 68% of commercial cases concerning disputed claims
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Insurtech
New research reveals that companies who take their insurers to court or public arbitration over non-payment of a claim only win in around one in three cases. The findings are from Mactavish, the UK’s leading expert on commercial insurance governance and disputes, which reviewed every UK court case or arbitration appeal relating to payments under primary business insurance policies (excluding consumer and reinsurance cases) between 2013 and 2019... more
Artesian Solutions Risk & Compliance Hub Selected to Join PwC’s Scale | InsurTech Programme
- 6 years 5 days ago
- Insurtech
The Artesian Solutions Risk and Compliance Hub (ARCH), a SaaS solution enabling commercial teams and underwriters to carry out automated risk screening on prospective clients has been accepted onto PwC’s Scale | InsurTech Programme. The 11 week programme aims to support the world’s most exciting InsurTech scale-ups to expand and grow, bringing advanced innovation and disruption to a market that has been traditionally slow to keep ahead of... more
InsurTech startup Urban Jungle raises £2.5 million in seed funding
- 6 years 1 week ago
- Insurtech
Insurance startup, Urban Jungle today announced a £2.5 million seed funding round with participation from a range of new and existing high profile Angel investors, including Rob Devey, ex CEO of Prudential UK, and Simon Rogerson, CEO of Octopus Group.
Portabl Picked for Plug And Play’s Insurtech Accelerator Program
- 6 years 1 month ago
- Insurtech
Portabl, the insurtech startup designed for freelance, gig and self-employed workers around the world, has been picked by the Plug and Play innovation platform to join its Insurtech Batch of innovative companies. The accelerator identifies high-potential startups and supports their growth and success through introductions to mentors, potential business partners and investors. Portabl is designed to provide a new wave of insurance, benefits and... more
Talanx Is Running Its Asset Management Business On Murex’s MX.3 Platform
The Cologne-based business of Talanx AG, Ampega Asset Management, is using Murex’s flexible and open MX.3 platform for portfolio, order and risk management. With more than 130 billion euros under management, the company has implemented the platform MX.3 for a wide range of asset classes including fixed income, equity, funds, FX and derivatives for all business lines.
XPS extends relationship with RiskFirst to leverage market-leading technology
- 6 years 3 months ago
- Insurtech
XPS Pensions Group, the largest purely pension consulting and administration firm in the UK, has signed an agreement with financial technology business RiskFirst to continue to deliver fast, high-quality and transparent reporting and modelling to clients through PFaroe’s comprehensive suite of analytics.
AI-powered InsurTech Concirrus closes £5 million funding to service growth in customer demand
- 6 years 7 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Insurtech, Investment
Concirrus, the London-based InsurTech company leading the Marine and Motor Analytics market change, has raised £5 million in equity funding, bringing the total raised to £12 million. The raise was co-led by Cambridge-based deep tech venture capital firm IQ Capital and specialist InsurTech investor Eos Venture Partners.
BMW Financial Services Announces InsurTech Partnership with Wrisk
- 6 years 8 months ago
- Insurtech
BMW Financial Services (GB) Ltd today announces a partnership with Wrisk that will see the insurtech startup become the sole supplier of BMW and MINI Car Insurance. The partnership follows Wrisk’s time in the first BMW Innovation Lab in 2017, which saw the team win on the final pitch day after developing the platform now being used by BMW.
SSP partners with Pukka Insure for new Commercial Vehicle offering
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Insurtech
SSP has partnered with Gibraltar-based MGA Pukka Insure, to provide brokers with access to its commercial vehicle offering. Designed for commercial vehicles based in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland) the product offers comprehensive cover for vans up to £50,000 in value, with flexible excess options to suit the customer. Cover is available for vans with various modifications such as signwriting or internal racking.
Bank and Insurance Innovators to Benefit from European Oracle Fintech Innovation Program with B-Hive Europe
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Insurtech
European Bank and Insurance Innovators to Benefit from Accelerated Monetization of Fintech Capabilities, Oracle and B-Hive Europe to collaborate on Fintech Innovation Program Oracle has chosen Brussels as a European gateway to roll out its Fintech Innovation Program to Europe. Oracle plans to dedicate additional European staff and resources to set up mutually monetizable relationships with fintechs and digital banking innovators. Oracle plans... more
collab Summit highlights innovation opportunities for insurers
- 6 years 10 months ago
- Insurtech
collab Summit EMEA will hear from industry experts and the eight cutting-edge insurtech finalists. MetLife is highlighting innovation opportunities in the insurance industry at a dedicated summit as its collab 3.0 EMEA progarmme builds to a conclusion.
