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Top South African Bank Taps Sapiens for Cloud-Hosted Bancassurance Solutions

Sapiens’ IDITSuite enables one of South Africa’s top five banks to align with the latest, market-leading trends and to better serve its digitally empowered consumers.

Posted: Aug 25, 2021

Pie Insurance Approved to Acquire Western Select Insurance

The proposed acquisition represents a step by Pie Carrier Holdings, a subsidiary of Pie, to execute on Pie’s strategy of becoming a full-stack insurance carrier.

Posted: Aug 24, 2021

InShare Raises $7.5M in Seed Round, Announces Leadership Appointments

In addition to the funding from from ManchesterStory, The Hive and Avanta Ventures, InShare names chief underwriting officer and CTO.

Posted: Aug 24, 2021

National Service Bureau Implements Gigaforce Subrogation Platform

Since going live, NSB has been able to improve processes to achieve greater flexibility and to further develop subrogation-specific KPIs which aid in more accurate reporting.

Posted: Aug 24, 2021

Tomorrow’s Insurance is Connected

Technologies are emerging that enable omnipresent, real-time connectivity between the people and businesses being insured and their insurers, and that is fundamentally changing the business of insurance.

Posted: Aug 24, 2021

Socotra and Betterview Partner to Boost P&C Underwriting Experience

The companies will provide insurers with instant access to Betterview’s property intelligence data along with Socotra’s underwriting workflows within the Socotra platform.

Posted: Aug 23, 2021

GuideOne Insurance Announces Alliance with Azuga

GuideOne policyholders will be offered discounted access to Azuga’s Safety Driven Telematics solution.

Posted: Aug 23, 2021

NTT DATA Becomes Duck Creek SI Partner

The partnership lets insurers accelerate their Duck Creek deployments and leverage NTT DATA’s consulting, digital solutions, change management, and implementation capabilities.

Posted: Aug 23, 2021

Metromile Improves Consumer Experience with Verisk Insurance Data

Leading pay-per-mile auto insurer uses robust underwriting data from Verisk’s LightSpeed® Auto platform to accelerate digital growth while lowering acquisition costs.

Posted: Aug 23, 2021

DirectAsia Deploys Sapiens’ Digital Core Upgrade

The new version includes significant enhancements to the underwriting workbench, digital claims process, payment slip management and enhanced digital API library.

Posted: Aug 22, 2021

Collision Sciences Joins Duck Creek’s Partner Ecosystem

The Provider of EDR data for use in claims investigations is now integrated with the Duck Creek Platform.

Posted: Aug 22, 2021

DigiSure Debuts Embedded Insurance Platform, Announces $13M in Funding

The company describes its Protection Suite as the first to screen and underwrite simultaneously, instantly assessing customer risk to offer personalized micro-insurance policies for mobility and shared economy marketplaces.

Posted: Aug 19, 2021

Guidewire Acquires HazardHub

HazardHub’s risk API service, derived from comprehensive U.S. property and hazard data, enhances the power of the Guidewire Platform.

Posted: Aug 18, 2021

IMT Insurance Selects Willis Towers Watson’s Radar Live

IMT’s goal is to implement a new rating engine on all property/casualty lines of business by connecting its proprietary policy administration system.

Posted: Aug 18, 2021

Mosaic Insurance, DXC Technology Launch Technology Platform for Specialty

The platform’s AI underwriting support, blockchain-enabled access to real-time data, and advanced automation aim to significantly increase the speed at which specialty insurance can be sold, underwritten and serviced.

Posted: Aug 18, 2021

Ohio Mutual Partners with SimpliSafe to Offer Policyholders Smart Home System

The system will include components such as the SimpliCam HD camera, a smoke detector, water sensor and entry sensor, which defends doors and windows.

Posted: Aug 17, 2021

Loop Closes $30M Multi-year Reinsurance Deal on AI-Based Auto Product

The deal with a top-3 reinsurer, with fronting support from an A-rated carrier, spans across multiple years and multiple states to support Loop’s expansion plans.

Posted: Aug 17, 2021

Xceedance Expands Claims Division

Claims veteran Marc Rothchild brings carrier-side, customer-centric experience to newly expanded division.

Posted: Aug 16, 2021

Ethos Adds Former Zillow Executives to Scale Agent Partnerships Business

The appointments of the seasoned sales and marketing executives aim to strengthen the company’s leadership team as it scales its agent partnership capabilities.

Posted: Aug 16, 2021

Branch Insurance Selects Snapsheet Claims

Snapsheet’s cloud-native, API-based software enables a differentiated member experience for Branch’s home and auto claims.

Posted: Aug 16, 2021

Haven Life Digital Life Insurance Application Experience Launches on Even Financial

Haven Life’s term life insurance offerings will be available on Even properties and via its wholly owned subsidiary LeapLife.

Posted: Aug 15, 2021

5 Prerequisites for Introducing AI into Life and Annuities

These are the steps that must be taken before artificial intelligence and machine learning can effectively be applied to life and annuities.

Posted: Aug 15, 2021

Swiss Re and Appian Partner on AI Underwriting Solution

The integration partnership combines Swiss Re’s best-of-breed Life Guide and Underwriting Automation Software, Magnum Pure, with the workflow capabilities of the Appian Low-Code Automation Platform.

Posted: Aug 12, 2021

First Consulting Forges Strategic Implementation Partnership with Socotra

The Netherlands-based firm will scope and deploy the Socotra platform in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Posted: Aug 12, 2021

Q&A: The Society of Actuaries’ new Micro-Credentials and Curriculum Changes

CEO Greg Heidrich and President Roy Goldman explain new training that creates new credentials and addresses needs related to the growing importance of data analytics.

Posted: Aug 12, 2021