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SoftBank-backed Indian insurance platform Policybazaar raises $75 million

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Policybazaar has raised $75 million as the Indian online insurance platform looks to expand its presence in UAE and Middle East. billion people currently have access to insurance and some analysts say that digital firms could prove crucial in bringing these services to the masses. “India has an under-penetrated insurance market.

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African talent recruitment company TalentQL joins Techstars to further global ambition

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African-focused talent recruitment and outsourcing company TalentQL today announced that it has been accepted into Techstars Toronto. Before TalentQL, Yusuf co-founded Nigeria-based tech media publication Techpoint Africa; Awoyemi co-founded online recruitment site Jobberman; and Sultan founded nonprofit tech accelerator DevCareer.

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Why thinking like a tech company is essential for your business’s survival

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For us, that means remembering our core mission: providing risk management and insurance solutions to our customers in a way that helps them protect their businesses and families. And then, they start moving in that direction while staying flexible enough to adapt as the market evolves. They place bets.

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The ‘Great IT Rebrand’: Restructuring IT for business success

CIO

Traditionally viewed as rock-solid and steady, the insurance industry is not exactly associated with taking big risks. Gray Nester, CIO, Brown & Brown Insurance Gray Nester / Brown & Brown Some, like BBNI’s Technology Solutions Group, are being renamed and restructured to orchestrate greater immersion in the business.

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Maritime recruitment platform Seafair gets $5.7M led by General Catalyst

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Maritime recruitment platform Seafair was created to solve these problems. Diakogiannis realized he had the network to address a large market opportunity, but there was another reason for starting Seafair. The startup’s HR software includes tools to manage payments, insurance, schedules and rest hours.

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AgentSync raises $75M for its insurance-focused API business

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insurance world kept proving to be a growth business. According to Sabharwal, AgentSync is going to double its sales org in the next year, quadruple its marketing team, and double its product and engineering efforts. Seeing a new unicorn is akin to waking up in today’s market. million seed round in August 2020.

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Ad Practitioners acquires Knoq to move the startup’s door-to-door marketing approach online

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Knoq (formerly known as Polis) was a startup that recruited representatives to go door-to-door in their neighborhoods, talking up client products and services. The company had already pivoted once, shifting focus from political work to commercial marketing. So for obvious reasons, it faced challenges in 2020.

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