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Centro Benefits Research Expands Broker-Carrier RFP and Quoting API with Guardian

The real-time API connectivity replaces manual processes that require the exchange of documents by email and re-entering the same data multiple times into disparate systems.

Posted: Nov 14, 2024

New York Life Introduces New Workplace Resource for Financial Wellbeing

Balance Wellbeing is now available to the insurer’s Group Benefit Solutions and Business Solutions customers.

Posted: Nov 13, 2024

Insurity Names Jonathan Victor COO

Victor is tasked with advancing Insurity’s vision to provide best-in-class solutions that enable insurers to modernize, scale, and achieve strategic business objectives.

Posted: Nov 13, 2024

WSIB Migrates Guidewire Solutions to the Cloud

The Canadian workers’ compensation insurer has successfully deployed Guidewire PolicyCenter and Guidewire BillingCenter on Guidewire Cloud.

Posted: Nov 13, 2024

NCCI Names Tracy Ryan President and CEO

Ryan, currently President & CEO of Allianz Commercial, North America & Latin America, will succeed Bill Donnell, who is retiring in February 2025.

Posted: Nov 13, 2024

BellTower Partners Closes Private Investment in Ascot Group

The proceeds from the investment will be used by Ascot to help expand resources and support strategic growth plans.

Posted: Nov 12, 2024

Duck Creek Establishes Center of Excellence in Poland

The second of its offshort CoE’s, after Inida, the Warsaw-based facility will allow a dual-CoE approach to distribute work effectively, manage risks associated with talent shortages or geopolitical events, and bolster customer service worldwide.

Posted: Nov 12, 2024

Insurity Partners with ICEYE to Deliver Real-Time CAT Insights to Insurers

Through the partnership, P&C insurers will have the ability to navigate the challenges of natural catastrophes, reduce loss exposure, and enhance policyholder trust.

Posted: Nov 11, 2024

AIP Awards Winners Revealed at Mexico Insurtech Summit

The awards celebrate the innovation and transformative impact of InsurTechs, technology companies, assistance companies, reinsurers and insurers.

Posted: Nov 11, 2024

Four Key Steps for Seamless Migration to Your New CCM Platform

(Image source: Pixabay/Pexels.) Shifting from a legacy customer communications management (CCM) system to a modern CCM platform makes it possible to take advantage of the many benefits these systems deliver, such as improved efficiency, speed of digi...

Posted: Nov 10, 2024

Crum & Forster Introduces Professional Liability Insurance for CISOs

The policy offers coverage for CISOs who, despite their pivotal role in defending organizations against complex cyber threats, often lack the same protections given other senior executives.

Posted: Nov 10, 2024

Contego Acquires Investigation Specialists, Inc.

The acquisition will offer clients access to a comprehensive suite of investigative solutions, from fraud detection and SIU operations to surveillance and field investigations.

Posted: Nov 07, 2024

WTW Names Karen Grote Division LOB Leader North America Life Practice

Grote will be responsible for driving growth and enhancing client value across WTW’s Life Practice.

Posted: Nov 07, 2024

Embedded Insurance: Major Disruptor Can Bridge the Huge Coverage Gap

Embedded insurance promises to disrupt distribution as well as product, and it will help close the ‘protection gap,’ which is roughly 50 percent of all economic losses not covered by insurance.

Posted: Nov 06, 2024

National Guardian Life Selects Equisoft for Preneed Life Business

Equisoft’s modern SaaS policy administration system, data migration and integration capabilities will enable NGL to enhance its entire Preneed insurance value chain.

Posted: Nov 06, 2024

Windward Risk Managers Selects Akur8 Core Platform

Windward will be able to build predictive models more quickly and efficiently, while providing greater transparency and precision in pricing decisions.

Posted: Nov 06, 2024

Vertafore acquires Surefyre

Vertafore’s MGA customers will benefit from Vertafore’s expanded solutions, accelerating speed to market, boosting revenue, and reducing costs.

Posted: Nov 04, 2024

Shift Technology Announces New Availability of Solutions in Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Microsoft Azure customers worldwide can now access to Shift Subrogation Detection, Underwriting Risk Detection, and Improper Payment Detection.

Posted: Oct 31, 2024

OWIT Global Advances AI Innovation within Insurance Data Management Solution

As part of the second phase of its AI product strategy investment, the vendor will use AI to drive further support of bordereaux and any data transformation.

Posted: Oct 31, 2024

FRISS Expands U.S. Market Presence: Jeroen Morrenhof, CEO, FRISS

The provider of AI-driven solutions to detect fraud and automate mechanisms of trust for the insurance industry, discusses a key hire and a strategic partnership with a major industry vendor.

Posted: Oct 31, 2024

FRISS Expands U.S. Market Presence: CEO Jeroen Morrenhof

The provider of AI-driven solutions to detect fraud and automate mechanisms of trust for the insurance industry, discusses a key hire and a strategic partnership with a major industry vendor.

Posted: Oct 31, 2024

Climate Change Reshapes Insurance Industry’s Approach to Risk

Insurers and InsurTechs Collaborate on innovative solutions in response to more extreme weather events.

Posted: Oct 31, 2024

EIS and AbsenceSoft Partner to Streamline Disability and Absence Management

The new partnership demonstrates the importance of integrating core systems and solutions focused on user experience for business functions such as Human Resources, though bringinging an integrated SaaS solution to the Group Benefits market.

Posted: Oct 31, 2024

Accelerant Announces Public Launch of Digital Platform with Enhanced AI

Insurers and risk capital partners can now harness the same powerful tools used by MGA members and internal teams to optimize risk management and drive superior underwriting results.

Posted: Oct 30, 2024

Delos Insurance Solutions Secures $9M in Series A Funding

The wildfire-focused MGA will use the funding to drive faster expansion to other states and development of new products.

Posted: Oct 30, 2024