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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

African countries are yet to catch up with social security and safety programs commonly used in the West, where the government provides health insurance and unemployment benefits to citizens. The general perception of insurance on the continent has been bland for years, and its penetration rate, except South Africa, is subpar.

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OCTOBER 5, 2021

Sure , an insurance infrastructure startup, announced today that it has closed on $100 million in Series C funding at a $550 million valuation. Customers include Farmers Insurance, Chubb, Intuit, Betterment, Revolut, Carvana, several automotive manufacturers and a leading global credit card network. Berkley and Menlo Ventures.

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MAY 6, 2022

Jason Paau is senior director of program management at digital consultancy Publicis Sapient. The demand for more and enhanced automated experiences in our daily lives is growing, and the insurance sector is no exception. Insurance companies are finally responding. Such approaches may become common in more insurance products.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

Why data distilleries are a game-changer: Insights from the insurance industry Traditionally, managing data in sectors like insurance relied on fragmented systems and manual processes. Historically, insurers struggled with fragmented data sources, leading to inefficient data aggregation and analysis.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

The approach that Headway is taking — creating not just a vertical search portal for therapists, but building a back-end system to help those therapists grow their business by making it easier for them to accept insurance coverage — comes directly out of the experiences faced by one of the startup’s co-founders.

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MARCH 13, 2025

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. Thats the mindset we need to bring into every business, whether were selling insurance, financial services, or something else entirely.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2021

Pula , a Kenyan insurtech startup that specialises in digital and agricultural insurance to derisk millions of smallholder farmers across Africa, has closed a Series A investment of $6 million. Agriculture insurance has traditionally relied on farm business. or Europe with typically large farms, an average insurance premium is $1,000.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

How many people have stuck with the same auto insurance provider because the process of finding a new one feels overwhelming and painful? Trellis says it has built an API platform that lets consumers shop for car insurance policies by offering side-by-side comparisons, a way to buy a new plan and cancel their old plan — all at once.

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MARCH 20, 2025

This tool provides a pathway for organizations to modernize their legacy technology stack through modern programming languages. In commercial insurance, most carriers are aware of genAIs transformative potential and are already experimenting with it, said Su Fen Lim, senior vice president at Tokio Marine Kiln.

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JANUARY 5, 2025

One insurance company, for instance, automated its mailroom with SS&C Blue Prism, using pre-programmed templates to quickly identify and reorder forms and extract typed and handwritten data, SS&C Blue Prism helped the company replace manual tasks with up to 98% accuracy. [3] 4] On their own AI and GenAI can deliver value.

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MARCH 27, 2024

When the leadership team at Erie Insurance planned a large-scale transformation, they knew it couldn’t be an IT-only effort. Finally, the way Erie Insurance drives transformation is by leveraging enterprise business agility. Srinivasa also runs an IT Leader program for those who don’t have core IT skills but are strong leaders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Its products currently include motor and travel insurance policies that can be purchased online, and Sunday Health for Business, a healthcare coverage program for employers. The new funding will be used to expand in Indonesia and develop new distribution channels, including insurance agents and SMEs.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Monica Caldas is an award-winning digital executive who leads a team of 5,000 technologists as the global CIO for Liberty Mutual Insurance. As a technology organization supporting a global insurance company, job No. Monica Caldas: I always think of technology as having a defensive and an offensive side. That’s the defensive side.

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MAY 26, 2021

Chicago-based Obie — which also went through the Y Combinator program — says its platform stands out because it offers instant quotes (by instant, they mean in about three to five minutes). The company also claims to save policyholders up to 25-30% compared to other insurance premiums. Image Credits: Obie.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2021

Catalyst Fund , a global accelerator managed by BFA Global , announced the 8th cohort for its Inclusive Fintech Program today. The accelerator, backed by the JP Morgan Chase and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, runs the flagship program annually. Here are the startups in the 8th cohort.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

After benefitting from therapy as an adult, he has focused on building out a teletherapy program offered through schools or directly to families. Mohammed has spent a lot of time thinking about using technology to improve therapy itself, and building tools to connect schools, insurance companies and parents. .

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“Many organizations are at an inflection point where they see the value in AI and realize it may have the potential to radically improve their business, but they need an experienced partner to guide them to modernize the systems that effective AI programs require,” adds Orsini. For more information on 11:11 Systems visit here.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

Likely use cases for agentic AI In practical applications, agentic AI is emerging in various fields such as autonomous vehicles, automated trading systems, and healthcare and natural sciences, where they will be programmed to perform tasks, make choices and interact with their environment in a way that mimics human agency.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2021

“We work with mutuals, insurers, microfinance institutions, research institutions, farmers and breeders associations and governments,” its site explains. But there are also several reasons for them not to have agricultural insurance – most of them don’t, according to IBISA. ” What changed?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

While managing third-party cyber risk is essential to maintaining customer trust, it’s also increasingly important for organizations looking to purchase cyber insurance policies. Add the various state and federal data laws and costs associated with remediation, and it becomes clear why every organization could benefit from cyber insurance.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2021

Employers typically offer three options for healthcare insurance. The seed and Series A rounds also saw participation by AbstractVentures, Dynamic Loop Capital, Arkitekt Ventures, as well as a group of angel investors, including Hippo Insurance CEO Assaf Wand and Flatiron Health founders Zach Weinberg and Nat Turner.

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DECEMBER 26, 2024

In addition, consultants with program management skills are valuable for supporting technology projects, assessing technology strategies, and helping organizations compare and make informed decisions about their technology investments, Farnsworth says. Indeed lists various salaries for IT consultants.

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APRIL 6, 2022

With the fresh capital, SmartHop aims to focus more on its fintech products, like the company’s fuel card program that offers fuel discounts and other perks, or SmartHop’s insurance offerings.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

All said, Assured Allies joins with insurtech companies around the world that did manage to secure some decent funding recently, including Equisoft , Naked Insurance , Turaco and Acko. It has been proven to reduce the cost of long-term insurance claims by roughly 20%, Nahir told TechCrunch. Akilia Partners and Samsung Next.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2022

By combining clinical services with software and design, Mantra Health aims to improve the mental health of more than 20 million university and college students through partnerships with higher education institutions and health insurance plans. The program is designed to work with students’ insurance as the payer instead of the school.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

A clutch of the world’s largest consumer products and food companies are joining Budweiser’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev in backing an investment program to support early-stage companies focused on making supply chains more sustainable. Those startups have gone on to raise more than $200 million in follow-on financing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Covid has also taught us that building a program that is remote and more software based makes YC more accessible to founders around the globe,” the firm said in a statement to TechCrunch. billion people currently have access to insurance and some analysts say that digital firms could prove crucial in bringing these services to the masses.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

While the seemingly unending debate around Substack has focused on well-known writers with a national profile, the newsletter platform just announced that it will be supporting local (presumably non-famous) journalists through a new program. Facebook and Google have also announced programs to support local news.)

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2023

startup that connects users with a registered dietitian (RD) via telehealth and helps them get their consultations covered by health insurance. Unless you seek an RD or RDN (registered dietitian nutritionist), you won’t be sure that your nutritionist is properly qualified for the job — and your insurance will not cover it.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

A company spokesperson told me via email: “Program admins will be able to ask Ava for reporting across the travel and spend programs, whether that is via text, graph, PDF, etc. Pie also expanded into commercial auto insurance as the MGA for Ford Motor Credit Company through the launch of Ford Pro Insure.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Unlike YC, 500 Global has geographic-specific accelerator programs, similar to Techstars, with focus on areas like Aichi, Japan, Cambodia, and Alberta, Canada. That said, today’s debut from 500 Global is from its first and flagship program, hailing back from 2010 and, fittingly, including companies from all around the globe.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

The startup tackles challenges like fragmented mental healthcare systems and the lack of coverage in insurance policies, which makes it difficult for employers to include mental well-being programs in their benefits packages.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Kannry led the cyber insurance team for several years at Aon, while Dave came from Carnegie Mellon and spent the bulk of his career architecting cybersecurity frameworks, including a model — C2M2 (Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model) — adopted by the U.S. . Image Credits: Axio.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

Aidaly verifies their identity, validates their insurance and runs a background check in under five minutes. Then Aidaly scans a database of hundreds of programs and benefits to maximize caregivers’ payouts. Competitive Medicare Advantage plans turn to Aidaly to offer innovative family caregiver compensation programs.

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OCTOBER 27, 2020

What can we do around stability of pay whether from employment or maybe programs like universal basic income to give people a sense of ownership over their destinies? While America deservedly receives huge criticism for its overpriced and under-insured system, health systems worldwide face incredible pressures to improve efficiency.

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JULY 11, 2021

million USD) fund that will be used for seed, Series A and Series B rounds in 15 of the most promising companies that have gone through its venture studio program. Dovetail is currently raising a $10 million AUD (about $7.5 As an investor, Dovetail has written check sizes ranging from $150,000 to $1 million AUD.

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