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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

Majesco Launches ClaimVantage Connect Digital Portal

The vendor pitches the new portal as exceeding the capabilities of previous industry offerings by delivering a genuinely next-generation, holistic digital experience.

Posted: Aug 11, 2021

Dentists’ Provident Selects Sapiens to Accelerate Digital Transformation

Sapiens DigitalSuite will refresh Dentists’ Provident digital customer and agent portals, and integrate with Sapiens CoreSuite.

Posted: Aug 11, 2021

InsureLife Announces Seed Funding Round, Distribution Agreements

The developer of a platform connecting financial services products with consumers and agents has secured partnerships with Nassau Financial and an unnamed supplemental health insurer.

Posted: Aug 11, 2021

Glia Partnership Brings Digital Customer Service Platform to Duck Creek Customers

The partnership enables agents and insureds to have more seamless, efficient experiences.

Posted: Aug 11, 2021

Vesttoo Raises $6 Million Series A Round Led By Hanaco Ventures

The round aims to promote the company’s multi-billion security-based investment portfolio, as well as the world’s first fully digital marketplace for insurers, reinsurers, and pension funds.

Posted: Aug 10, 2021

Origami Risk Appoints Joe Cannon VP of Sales

Cannon will help Origami expand the presence of its multi-tenant core system capabilities for policy, billing and claims among U.S. property and casualty insurers.

Posted: Aug 10, 2021

Economical Insurance Selects Shift Technology for Fraud Detection

The Ontario-based P&C insurer sought to automate manual processes, aiming for improved employee productivity while better identifying potentially fraudulent claims.

Posted: Aug 10, 2021

Overhaul Collaborates with CNA to Offer Motor Carriers

The companies will offer motor carriers enhanced insurance-program opportunities utilizing TruckShield, Overhaul’s risk-management app.

Posted: Aug 09, 2021

InsurTech Breeze Raises $10 Million Series A Round

The funding will be used advance Breeze’s mission to protect families in their most financially vulnerable moments.

Posted: Aug 09, 2021

CNA Names Michael Costonis Head of Marketing Strategy and Innovation

Gary Haase will join CNA as Chief Operations Officer from Catalina Holdings in Q4 2021; CNA has also begun a search for a new CFO, following the resignation of Al Miralles.

Posted: Aug 09, 2021

IVANS Acquires Ask Kodiak

Adding Ask Kodiak’s commercial lines market appetite and search capabilities for the independent agency channel lets IVANS to accelerate commercial lines digital distribution.

Posted: Aug 09, 2021

Ian Drysdale Appointed CEO at One Inc

Drysdale, already a member of One Inc’s board with deep payments and operational expertise, succeeds Christopher Ewing, who takes on the new role of Chief Strategy Officer.

Posted: Aug 09, 2021

Wolters Kluwer Launches Defined Benefit Compliance Software within ftwilliam

The solution broadens Wolters Kluwer’s portfolio to serve a wider range of retirement professionals in financial and insurance Institutions, TPAs, and actuaries.

Posted: Aug 08, 2021

Corvus Insurance Acquires Cyber and E&O Platform Wingman Insurance

The acquisition enables Corvus to enter the admitted coverage marketplace and increase digital platform partnerships.

Posted: Aug 05, 2021

The Hartford Global Specialty Executes Total Cloud Migration

The acquisition of Navigator’s Group served as an opportunity to drive a new enterprise cloud operating model, while migrating over 100 applications, 16 services and six databases, retiring three data centers and gaining significant efficiencies.

Posted: Aug 05, 2021

Lloyd’s Lab’s Seventh Cohort Focuses on Claims, Cryptocurrency

The new cohort, working to create insurance products and solutions which can be adapted to the Lloyd’s market, will focus on creating simpler products for customers.

Posted: Aug 05, 2021

Insurity Wildfire Threat Analysis Solution Enables Near Real-Time Management

The offering generates a wildfire perimeter in 15 minutes, decreasing response time by 98 percent from comparable solutions.

Posted: Aug 04, 2021

Everybody LOVES Gelato (Data Science)

It takes savvy scooping to serve customers who have computers in their pockets, data in their edge sensors, and cloud accounts of their own.

Posted: Aug 04, 2021

Openly Selects Majesco Billing for P&C on Majesco CloudInsurer

The insurer sought a solution that would support its business expansion, providing customers a modern insurance experience with direct and installment-based billing options.

Posted: Aug 04, 2021

Arturo Expands Leadership Team with Two New VPs

The vendor recently raised $25 million in Series B funding with the goal of building out its technical team.

Posted: Aug 03, 2021

Cameron Mutual Insurance Streamlines Property Underwriting with Betterview

Using Betterview’s platform the insurer can quickly identify potential property and casualty exposures that may not be readily apparent from the ground level.

Posted: Aug 02, 2021

Hippo Holds IPO, Lists as Public Company on NYSE

Despite the withdrawal of capital by investors to Hippo’s SPAC partner, the homeowners startup—which recently launched a commercial product—went public with a $5B valuation.

Posted: Aug 02, 2021

CCC and Dragoneer Complete Business Combination in $605M Deal

As a result of the business combination of CCC and SPAC Dragoneer Growth Opportuniteis, CCC Intelligent solutions Holdings Inc. will be listed on the NYSE as CCCS.

Posted: Aug 01, 2021