TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

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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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Life insurance has had a new lease on life in the era of insuretech, and today one of the companies building a business out of rethinking everything — from target customers through to how to provision and pay for insurance, and how much coverage to give — is announcing some funding on the back of strong growth.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

That business, an API platform for insurance infrastructure, said on Tuesday it has raised $75 million in new funding. Zopper works with insurance providers and creates byte-sized, personalized products that it then supplies to distribution partners. Zopper’s current porfolio of Insurance coverage (Image credit: Zopper).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

Coverdash , providing small businesses, e-commerce merchants and gig-economy workers with insurance, launched its product in all 50 states after closing over $2.5 Coverdash’s insurance policy dashboard. We view Coverdash as the future of business insurance and embedded distribution.” million in seed capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

“Challenger” startups in banking and insurance have upended their industries, and picked up significant business, by building more customer-friendly tools and services — more personalized, easier to access and usually competitively priced — than those typically provided by their bigger, incumbent rivals.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2023

million equity funding, and $275K grants from various entities such as the Google Black Founders Fund, Africa Business Heroes by Jack Ma Foundation, FbStart, and Lafiya Innovators by Impact Hub. Iortim believes that with suitable and specific data, insurance companies will be better placed to provide tailored products. “One

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

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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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. The platform include custom plug-ins to Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

Curacel , the YC-backed startup that is developing insurance infrastructure for the African market, has launched a new interface that allows digital businesses like those in retail, fintech, e-commerce and logistics to add insurance to their core products. Insurance companies were losing a lot of money to fraud.

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CIO

MARCH 13, 2025

But the difference lies in its accompaniment to innovation. Digital transformation means creating a two-way dialogue between IT and business, and with people, the end users of technologies, says Pablo Fernando Ambrosy Carrera, chief digital and innovation officer at law firm Portolano Cavallo.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Much has been written about the success of fintech and how this wave of technological innovation has changed consumers’ lives. Over the last decade, many once-promising innovations failed and did not live up to expectations. It is important to not just celebrate success but also to learn the lessons from failure.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

CIO ASEAN is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 CIO100 Awards – recognising the top technology leaders and teams across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong who are driving innovation and influencing rapid change. These are in addition to CIO100 awards in the US, UK, and the Middle East. …

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CIO

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Set for Tuesday 19 November, the CIO100 ASEAN Awards event will bring together the top senior technology executives and teams in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong driving innovation and influencing rapid change. Our Next CIO winner will be an individual who exceeds expectations while driving innovation through their organisation.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

One of the world’s largest risk advisors and insurance brokers launched a digital transformation five years ago to better enable its clients to navigate the political, social, and economic waves rising in the digital information age. The platform include custom plug-ins to Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

MARCH 7, 2025

Verisk (Nasdaq: VRSK) is a leading strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, empowering clients to strengthen operating efficiency, improve underwriting and claims outcomes, combat fraud, and make informed decisions about global risks.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

Voyager Innovations , the owner of Philippines’ payment and financial services app PayMaya and neobank Maya Bank, announced today it has raised $210 million, bringing its valuation to $1.4 PayMaya owner Voyager Innovation raises $167M from KKR, Tencent and IFC, to launch digital bank in the Philippines.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Traditionally viewed as rock-solid and steady, the insurance industry is not exactly associated with taking big risks. We’ve broken up a large entity that required people to wait in line and put delivery people working on applications, business process improvement, and fintech innovation back in the hands of the business.”

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Crafting the Future: The Significance of Selecting the Right Insurance Executive In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving business environment, securing the right insurance executive is more than a mere hiring decision —it’s a pivotal investment in the company’s future.

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CIO

JANUARY 5, 2025

Taking a holistic approach to enterprise AI However, when AI is implemented effectively it can dramatically enhance productivity and innovation while keeping costs under control. AI in action The benefits of this approach are clear to see. 4] On their own AI and GenAI can deliver value.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

For us, its about driving growth, innovation and engagement through data and technology while keeping our eyes firmly on the business outcomes. Its impossible to drive meaningful innovation if you dont understand how the business works and what its core purpose is. Being in IT has never been just about technology.

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CIO

MARCH 25, 2025

and India drive the most AI/ML traffic: The United States and India recorded the highest volume of AI/ML transactions in the Zscaler cloud, reflecting strong enterprise adoption and a growing focus on AI-driven innovation.

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The insurance company decided to migrate from on-premises BMC Remedy to cloud-based BMC Helix ITSM and Discovery. The companys more recent adoption of BMC ServiceOps has transformed change management processes and IT services management (ITSM) success for his organization.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 27, 2021

Voyager Innovations , the Manila-based owner of PayMaya , one of the Philippines’ most popular payment and financial services apps, announced today it has raised $167 million in new funding to launch more financial services, including a digital bank. Viva Republica, developer of Korean financial super app Toss, raises $410M at a $7.4B

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

Wefox is a digital insurer focused on personal insurance products, such as household insurance, motor insurance and personal liability insurance. But what makes Wefox different from legacy insurance companies? Wefox isn’t a direct-to-consumer insurance company. We’re tackling that $5.2

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CIO

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Global professional services firm Marsh McLennan has roughly 40 gen AI applications in production , and CIO Paul Beswick expects the number to soar as demonstrated efficiencies and profit-making innovations sell the C-suite. In fact, the two technological advancements are fully symbiotic, McCarthy points out.

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Perficient

JANUARY 17, 2025

As private health insurers weather industry headwinds, strategic transformation priorities remain firmly centered on operations and patient-centric experiences that accelerate efficiencies. health insurers as industry leaders work to improve operations, efficiency, and effectiveness. Leading Digital Transformation for U.S.

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CIO

MARCH 4, 2025

CEOs, CIOs and CFOs are finding that deep tech is actively driving business innovation and profitability. Satellite technology: Rapid growth in satellite constellations benefits telecom (remote connectivity), insurance and agriculture (high-resolution crop monitoring and disaster assessment).

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2022

Like many legacy markets poised for change, the insurance industry has already seen its first wave of innovation. brought a centuries-old product into the digital era by giving customers a way to apply for insurance online. That’s because insurance, fundamentally, is about risk.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Most people in Africa wish to utilize various insurance products but are often deterred by the associated high premiums. It is, therefore, not surprising that insurance penetration across the continent remains marginal, with reported premiums per capita being 11 times lower than the world average, according to a McKinsey study.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

“Ensuring you have a deep understanding of your partners’ business, taking extreme ownership of challenges, and being vulnerable are all tenants of building tight partnerships,” observes Andrew Palmer, CIO for global retail markets at Liberty Mutual Insurance. Failing to align IT and business interests gradually erodes hard-earned trust. “It

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CIO

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Agentic AI shifts the dial NTT DATAs report finds that 95% of organisations agree that the technology is driving a new level of creativity and innovation and agentic AI is a major leap forward in the evolution of GenAI. [2] In insurance, we can soon expect to see agentic agents manage the end-to-end workflow for customer engagements.

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CIO

JANUARY 9, 2025

A savvy CIO must go beyond traditional expectations, driving innovation and aligning technology with business strategy to deliver measurable business value. The next step is to blend this understanding with technology-driven innovation to create new revenue streams, strengthen the companys competitive position, and leapfrog the competition.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The first tranche of $19 million was announced in March, and led by Cathay innovation with participation from ACA and returning investors OpenSpace. Other lead investors were the Women’s World Banking Asset Management (WAM), FinnFund, La Maison and returning investors Cathay Innovation.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

The funding was led by Tokio Marine, Japan’s first insurance company, and life insurance leader MetLife through its subsidiary MetLife Next Gen Ventures. Embedded means insurance or protection products that are embedded into the customer experience as they buy a product or sign up for a service.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

“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.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The reason for this shift is simple: While CIOs can often call on talented teams of internal IT professionals to deliver business solutions, no technology department can be expected to generate every innovation necessary to compete in a fast-moving digital age. White says being an enabler isn’t a straightforward role, either.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

The now-infamous ARK Innovation ETF is off 6.5% Lost on the TechCrunch editing floor from late yesterday is a post we wrote noting the sharp declines in the value of insurtech stocks ahead of the impending public debut of Hippo, another neo-insurance company. Root Insurance 52-week high: $29.48. today after previous declines.

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