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InsureTech Connect Goes Digital: Q&A with Jay Weintraub and Mee-Jung Jang

The pandemic hasn’t slowed the pace of insurance innovation, but the insurance technology community’s largest in-person event has adapted to serve its global participants during a time of restricted travel.

Posted: Jul 16, 2020

Brolly to Be Acquired by Direct Line Group

The combination of technological edge of Brolly integrated with the insurance prowess of Direct Line Group to accelerate the next generation of insurance products, the companies say.

Posted: Jul 15, 2020

Flo by Moen, Yonomi Partner to Notify Insurers of Smart Home Device Installation

Yonomi will automatically notify participating insurance carriers if a device within the Flo by Moen Smart Water Security System is installed and active in a consumer’s home.

Posted: Jul 15, 2020

Cryptoasset Insurer Evertas Raises $2.8M in Equity Funding

The former BlockRe will use the funding round, led by Morgan Creek, to support aggressive growth plans.

Posted: Jul 14, 2020

United Educators Implements RPA with Majesco

UE has automated pre-renewal underwriting processes during their busiest season, resulting in an improvement of 75 percent over the manual process.

Posted: Jul 14, 2020

How to Rethink Insurance from the Consumer’s Perspective

Reorienting insurance to the consumer’s perspective requires rethinking processes in light of their needs.

Posted: Jul 14, 2020

How to Rethink Insurance from the Consumer’s Perspective, Part 1: The Private Consumer

Reorienting insurance to the consumer’s perspective requires rethinking processes in light of their needs.

Posted: Jul 14, 2020

Rethinking Insurance from the Consumer’s Perspective, Part 1: The Private Consumer

Reorienting insurance to the consumer’s perspective requires rethinking processes in light of their needs.

Posted: Jul 14, 2020

Goodville Mutual Selects DXC Technology to Optimize Claims

The P&C insurer seeks to make it easier and faster for its agents and customers to submit their claims and for its claims department to manage them.

Posted: Jul 13, 2020

AIR Worldwide Releases Updated U.S. Hurricane and Inland Flood Models

The models help insurers and reinsurers enhance their risk management and have a unified and comprehensive view of flood risk across the U.S. for all property lines of business.

Posted: Jul 13, 2020

CNA Selects AIR Worldwide’s Touchstone as Primary Catastrophe Risk Management Platform

CNA is accessing Touchstone in the AIR Cloud as a secure and cost-efficient alternative to on-premise deployment.

Posted: Jul 12, 2020

Northern Neck Insurance Deploys Cloverleaf Analytics

The insurer sought help from Cloverleaf to create a common data warehouse and to provide insights as the company consolidated business onto one system of record.

Posted: Jul 12, 2020

MākuSafe Passes $10 Million Mark through Latest Funding Round

EMC Insurance and Next Level Ventures contributed $2.5 million, with other existing and new investors contributing the remaining $1.5 million.

Posted: Jul 12, 2020

Thimble Launches Partner API to Quote Insurance on Any Platform

The API lets SMB-facing marketplaces, SaaS companies and others can now deliver liability insurance quotes immediately to small business customers, delivering value to users while generating a new revenue stream.

Posted: Jul 09, 2020

Insuritas Partners with Haven Life to Drive Insurance Sales through Financial Institutions

Through the partnership, banks and credit unions on the Insuritas platform will be able to connect their depositors to an entirely digital life insurance solution.

Posted: Jul 09, 2020

Insurity Expands Focus on MGA Market with Acquisition of Virtual MGA

By offering both the Virtual MGA and Epic-Premier solutions within a single portfolio, Insurity seeks to address all aspects of an MGA’s front-office and back-office.

Posted: Jul 09, 2020

Hyland, Duck Creek Release OnBase Accelerator for Duck Creek Policy and Billing

The vendor now offers accelerators for Duck Creek Policy, Billing and Claims, certified through Duck Creek’s partner program.

Posted: Jul 09, 2020

Driving Accelerated Change: Q&A with Sapiens CEO

Roni Al Dor talks to IIR about Sapiens evolution to cloud-native technology, and how the core systems vendor is helping insurers accelerate change during the COVID-19 era.

Posted: Jul 09, 2020

Sompo Himawari Life Insurance Adopts Omniscience AI Technology

The insurer’s Linkx Health Tri service provides the ability to retrieve Japanese language health screening data from images.

Posted: Jul 08, 2020

BrokerTech Ventures Announces Four More Carrier and Wholesale Partnerships

Cincinnati Insurance, RT Specialty, Amerisure Mutual, and AmWINS join BrokerTech Ventures as partners.

Posted: Jul 08, 2020

MS Amlin Selects Socotra for Digital SME Insurance Initiative

The new platform employs a digital-first distribution approach and emphasizes the (re)insurer’s commitment to small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe.

Posted: Jul 07, 2020

Veruna Engages with HipTen as Implementation Partner

HipTen has extensive expertise implementing solutions for insurance organizations which leverage the Salesforce platform for integration with existing legacy data sources.

Posted: Jul 07, 2020

Sapiens Partners with Quadient to Enhance Digital Experience Across Products

Sapiens customers will be able to easily design, modify, manage and deliver insurance documents without the need for technical expertise, to drive efficiency, reduce errors and enhance communication across all channels.

Posted: Jul 06, 2020

Builders Mutual Insurance Selects Duck Creek Distribution Management, Reinsurance Management

The construction industry-focused carrier seeks to increase efficiency and productivity through automation and modern SaaS solutions.

Posted: Jul 06, 2020

Aclaimant Raises $10M in Series A Financing

The provider of an insight-driven workflow platform for safety and risk management plans aggressive growth in partnerships and product development.

Posted: Jul 06, 2020