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Cowbell raises $100M to build out its AI-based cyber insurance platform for SMBs

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Cybercrime is on the rise, and today an insurance startup that’s built an artificial intelligence-based platform to help manage the risks from that is announcing a big round of funding to meet the opportunity. “Underwriting cyber insurance for SMEs is a more dire prospect than for large enterprises,” he said.

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

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If you think embedded insurance is the only hot thing in insurtech these days, we’ve got a surprise in store for you: While it’s true that startups that help sell insurance together with other products and services are enjoying tailwinds, there are plenty of other opportunities in the space, several investors told TechCrunch+.

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How strategic partnerships are the key to AI-driven innovation

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Innovate or die,” Peter Drucker’s 1985 exhortation on the importance of constant reinvention, was great business advice for the last 40 or so years. This can be particularly challenging in heavily regulated industries such as healthcare, insurance, and finance. Artificial Intelligence

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FarmSense uses sensors and machine learning to bug-proof crops

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The company creates optical sensors and novel classification systems based on machine learning algorithms to identify and track insects in real time. That data is turned into audio and analyzed by machine learning algorithms in the cloud. The key here: real-time information. Image Credits: FarmSense.

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Why a data-first culture is key to unlocking value from AI in insurance

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Data is the lifeblood of the modern insurance business. Yet, despite the huge role it plays and the massive amount of data that is collected each day, most insurers struggle when it comes to accessing, analyzing, and driving business decisions from that data. There are lots of reasons for this.

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DigiSure, the mobility insurance platform with high-tech screening, comes out of stealth with $13.1M raise

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DigiSure, a digital insurance company that caters to modern mobility form factors like peer-to-peer marketplaces, is officially coming out of stealth to announce a $13.1 DigiSure says it goes beyond credit and driving history to give users a more personalized quote, and in the process helps operators lower their own insurance costs.

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TrustLayer raises $6M seed to become the ‘Carta for insurance’

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TrustLayer , which provides insurance brokers with risk management services via a SaaS platform, has raised $6.6 Twenty of the top 100 insurance agencies in the U.S. (as BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), a group consisting of 13 tech-focused insurance agencies in the U.S. million in a seed round.

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