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

TechCrunch

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

TechCrunch

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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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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Japanese insurance company Tokio Marine launches CVC fund to back early-stage startups 

TechCrunch

Tokio Marine , a Tokyo-headquartered insurance corporation, said Tuesday it has launched its $42 million corporate venture capital (CVC) fund, dubbed Tokio Marine Future Fund, to invest in early-stage startups around the world. . billion assets under management (AUM), to drive the CVC’s investment strategy and process.

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Sprout.ai raises $11M Series A led by Octopus Ventures to apply AI to insurance claims

TechCrunch

It was way back in 2018 that Omni:us appeared to disrupt the insurance market by applying AI to this most legacy of all industries. where the insurance industry is enormous. is an insurtech startup that uses AI to help insurance companies settle claims within 24 hours. to speed up insurance claims. raises $2.5M

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Can the path to equitable healthcare avoid insurers?

TechCrunch

The main point of contention arose around defining what constitutes customer-centric healthcare and Aoun’s stance that, regardless of what else is involved in a company’s approach, starting from a point of working with insurers disqualifies a company from making any consumer-centricity claims. ”

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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