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1ST CENTRAL Selects Shift Technogy’s Force Fraud Detection Solution

The U.K.-based auto insurer will use Shift Force to identify fraud in the claims and application process, as a means of benefiting honest policyholders.

Posted: Jun 09, 2020

Duck Creek Technologies Receives $230 Million from New Investors

Kayne Anderson Rudnick and Whale Rock Capital Management have joined existing investors to invest in the core/platform vendor’s growth and to repurchase equity from certain investors.

Posted: Jun 09, 2020

Optio Selects Guidewire Cyence for Risk Management and Small Business Growth

Specialist provider of insurance products will use Cyence to enhance data warehouse capability and risk selection.

Posted: Jun 09, 2020

Amica Turns to Sollers Consulting to Integrate New Rating Engine

The Warsaw-based business and IT consultancy will help Amica Mutual integrate a new rating engine as a latter step in a digital transformation.

Posted: Jun 08, 2020

Haven Life Launches Salary Protection Term Life Product

Sold through worksite benefit providers and employers the new Salary Protection products provides coverage amounts of up to $10,000 per month.

Posted: Jun 08, 2020

Majesco Digital1st EcoExchange Expands with New partner Apps, Self-Serve Capabilities

The enhancements, including 40 apps from 14 partners, exemplify trends of growing solution sets, easier integration with core systems, and simplified processes for vendors.

Posted: Jun 08, 2020

The New Era of Geocoding: The Key to Advantage in Property Underwriting

The precision offered by building-based geocoding that leverages new, transformational technologies can produce variations in results that are dramatic.

Posted: Jun 07, 2020

Pacific Life to Optimize Market Penetration with iPipeline/Atidot Analytics

The predictive analytics models provide real-time analysis of impact from product and pricing changes based on prior sales.

Posted: Jun 07, 2020

Sapiens Completes Raising of $60M in Non-Convertible Debenture

Following the transaction, Sapiens has a total net debt of 0 and is profitable and generating positive free cash flow quarter-over-quarter.

Posted: Jun 07, 2020

Q&A: MassMutual Ventures Six Years In, with Doug Russell

Founded in 2014, MMV now has raised three $100 million funds for North American and two totaling $150 million in Asia. Doug Russell talks about the firm’s approach and successes.

Posted: Jun 04, 2020

Powerlytics Raises $4M in Round Led by Brewer Lane Ventures

The Series B capital will be used to grow all aspects of the business, and increase its sales, data science, and product management teams.

Posted: Jun 04, 2020

Sapiens Partners with CLARA analytics to Transform Workers’ Comp Claims with AI

The vendors are integrating CLARA analytics’ predictive analytics and AI tools with Sapiens’ core workers’ comp offering to achieve faster and better decisions for injured workers.

Posted: Jun 03, 2020

MassMutual Ventures announces third Boston-based $100 million fund

The new fund, which will extend the firm’s ability to invest in early- and growth-stage companies, brings its global investment capital to $450 million.

Posted: Jun 03, 2020

FBAlliance Insurance Selects Sapiens for Core P&C Platform, Advanced Analytics

The insurer expects the CoreSuite and Sapiens IntelligencePro to accelerate growth and help the it meet new product demands.

Posted: Jun 02, 2020

Guidewire Joins in Betterview $7.5 Million Funding Round

The current round, which brings total capital raised to $17,000, was led by ManchesterStory, with participation from EMC Insurance Companies, MaidenRe and other original investors.

Posted: Jun 02, 2020

Hippo Acquires Spinnaker Insurance Company

Hippo will continue to operate as an MGA, with a portion of its premiums to be underwritten by its Spinnaker, the balance by other carrier partners.

Posted: Jun 02, 2020

RightSure insureBot Proves Worth During COVID-19

After satisfactory initial adoption of the mostly internally developed solution, the independent agency saw a huge spike as a result of the pandemic.

Posted: Jun 01, 2020

Lloyd’s appoints new President in Canada

Marc Lipman joins Lloyd’s from AIG Insurance Company of Canada, where he held a series of senior leadership roles.

Posted: Jun 01, 2020

American National Insurance Company Adopts Roost Sensors

Policyholders with specific risk characteristics will be offered Roost Smart Water Leak and Freeze Detector to encourage customer engagement.

Posted: Jun 01, 2020

Messagepoint Launches Connector for Sefas’ CCM Solution

The Connector for Sefas Designer makes it possible for Messagepoint customers to take advantage of Sefas’ high-performance composition and post-composition capabilities.

Posted: May 31, 2020

InsurTech Distribution, The New Frontier—Again

Given these outcomes, one might assume that distribution may no longer be the focus of the top InsurTechs, but that is not the case.

Posted: May 31, 2020

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network selects iPipeline’s AlphaTrust e-Sign Software

The West Midlands-based advisor network will use the e-Sign software to automate the registration process.

Posted: May 28, 2020

BrokerTech Ventures and InsureTech Connect Announce Strategic Alliance

BrokerTech Ventures will collaborate with ITC on Agency Connect: Virtual for 2020, an InsurTech event for the broker community, on July 16, 2020.

Posted: May 28, 2020

Pie Insurance Raises $127 Million in Latest Financing Round

The round includes a $100 million equity capital commitment to support Pie’s strategic initiative to form and purchase licensed insurance companies.

Posted: May 28, 2020

Broker INSURICA Joins Bold Penguin Exchange

Through the partnership, INSURICA will be able to write more small business insurance and accelerate small commercial growth.

Posted: May 28, 2020