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Guidewire Names Mohammed Anzy as Managing Director for India

The cloud development executive will spearhead insurance product innovation in the heart of India’s most prominent technology hub.

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

Inigo Limited Selects Phinsys Platform

The technology-driven writer of specialty insurance sees the Phinsys platform playing a crucial role in creating a fully digital insurer with data science at its core.

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

Parento Launches Parental Leave Insurance on Joshu Platform

The provider of paid maternity and paternity leave products went from contract signing to go-live nationwide in under 100 days.

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

Majesco Acquires DRC to Enhance MGA, MGU, Smaller Insurer Offerings

The DRC acquisition expands the breadth and depth of solutions to improve operational optimization, innovation, and speed to market for all parties within the P&C market.

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

CES 2024: Big Themes for Insurance and How They’ve Changed

Among the themes of CES 2024 were the blurring of virtual and real worlds, the struggle between AI for good or evil, and the continued evolution of mobility.

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

Hourly.io Implements Origami Risk Core Solution

Using Origami’s API, Hourly can now provide instant quotes for policies throughout California and in other states as it continues its rapid expansion throughout the U.S.

Posted: Jan 10, 2024

FRISS Partners with FIN-X to Advance Responsible AI in the Insurance Industry

The collaboration with FIN-X helps FRISS leverage the latest research in responsible AI, driving solutions that exceed industry standards for ethical and compliant use of the technology.

Posted: Jan 10, 2024

hyperexponential raises $73M in Series B Round Led by Battery Ventures

The latest round of financing will support its expansion into the United States, as it targets opening its New York office this year.

Posted: Jan 10, 2024

Verisk Names Doug Caccese and Saurabh Khemka Co-Presidents of Underwriting Solutions

Neil Spector, the current president of the Underwriting Solutions division, will take on the role of strategic advisor, effective January 16.

Posted: Jan 09, 2024

Heartland National Life Launches New NYGA Product through FireLight

Because the company’s distribution partners were already using FireLight for electronic business processing, Heartland National can quickly and efficiently deliver easy access to its products.

Posted: Jan 09, 2024

Salient Named to Guidewire Insurtech Vanguards Program

With the changing climate, Salient’s subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) weather forecasting technology is focused on helping property/casualty insurers increase preparedness.

Posted: Jan 09, 2024

Switzerland’s Baloise Rolls Out Blink Parametric Travel Insurance Solutions

Flight Disruption and Delayed Luggage products will serve as add-on options to Baloise single trip travel insurance policies, offering real-time assistance services to travelers.

Posted: Jan 09, 2024

Verisk Acquires Berlin-Based Rocket Enterprise Solutions

The acquisition will further Verisk’s European expansion and give insurers and claims service providers more holistic data and technology tools to enhance the claims experience.

Posted: Jan 09, 2024

Ohio Mutual Selects Akur8’s Risk and Rate Modeling Solution

The solution enables streamlined predictive modeling, improves rate reviews, and fosters a more data-driven approach to sharing actionable insights with internal stakeholders.

Posted: Jan 08, 2024

Securian Canada Enjoys 5-Month Go-Live with FINEOS

The Canadian insurer chose the FINEOS Platform to manage claims administration for its new short-term disability and existing long-term disability benefits programs.

Posted: Jan 08, 2024

AgencyBloc Launches Life & Health Growth Enablement Solution Suite

The company characterizes the launch as the fruit of an internal transformation to create a solution that goes beyond traditional agency management systems.

Posted: Jan 08, 2024

Jeff Wargin Joins Dyad as Chief Product Officer

Wargin will lead Product Management for the global Dyad organization. Wargin will report to Krista Weaver, President and COO.

Posted: Jan 07, 2024

Roadzen Names Jean-Noël Gallardo Global CFO

Gallardo brings extensive experience in InsurTech, brokerage, and claims administration throughout the U.S. and E.U.

Posted: Jan 07, 2024

Unqork Hires Ex-GSA Exec Sonny Hashmi to Head Public Sector Business

Hashmi served as commissioner of the U.S. General Services Administration Federal Acquisition Service.

Posted: Jan 04, 2024

Socotra Client Loggerhead Insurance Brings Capacity to Florida Homeowners Market

The insurer has agrees to a deal offering replacement coverage powered by Socotra solutions to customers issued non-renewals by Progressive Home.

Posted: Jan 04, 2024

Losses from Japan’s New Year’s Day Earthquake to Top $6.4B

The quake was the largest since 2015, the deadliest since the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes, and it led to the first major tsunami warning since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake.

Posted: Jan 04, 2024

Duck Creek Partners with CamCom for AI-powered Visual Inspections in APAC

The collaboration aims to create a more efficient and practical approach to vehicle inspection within the insurance claims ecosystem.

Posted: Jan 03, 2024

Insurance’s AI Revolution Has Already Begun

AI is already more ingrained in the insurance industry’s day-to-day than most people realize, and early adopters of the technology are already starting to reap the benefits—but much more is to come.

Posted: Jan 03, 2024

Quadient Names Petra Wolf Chief Marketing Officer

The appointment comes at a pivotal moment, as the company completes the second phase of its Back to Growth strategic plan, having refocused the company on its most strategic businesses.

Posted: Jan 02, 2024

Dyad Launches to the Property/Casualty Insurance Market

In 2023, XDimensional Technologies acquired I-Engineering; In 2024, the companies are coming together as a new brand, Dyad.

Posted: Jan 02, 2024