InsurTech and innovation

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Sompo Intl’s James: 1.1 renewal discussions shaping up to be “rational” and “sensible”

Following a year of “massive” change for the industry, including big shifts in terms and conditions, pricing and risk volatility, both cedants and end clients are seeking stability, according to Julian James, CEO of global markets at Sompo International Commercial P&C Insurance.

With the closure of this transaction, we move into 2024 on a wave of momentum with the capital required to further drive our vision of becoming the independent specialty insurance and reinsurance broker of choice

BMS CEO Nick Cook confirms the closing of Eurazeo’s investment

Latest InsurTech and innovation news

Verisk CEO: Continuing to seek out expansion opportunities

AdvantageGo’s Summers: How insurtechs can survive hard markets

Newfront’s Lipkin: AI is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to reshape an industry

OIP: Tech tailored for the E&S industry

Speaking to The Insurer TV on the sidelines of WSIA Annual Marketplace 2023 recently, OIP’s president and CEO Martina Seferovic explained how clients can utilise technology like artificial intelligence, and OIP Robotics – the firm’s specialty lines insurtech – to boost efficiency.

Supercede’s Rose: Cedants in “firing line” for renewal season turmoil

The Hartford’s Tooker: Insurtechs forcing industry “to think bigger and faster”

AkinovA’s Winand: Diversifying data sets key to attracting more capital

Crawford’s Brogan: Claims process “ripe” for tech transformation

Reinsurers still keen to invest in “good” insurtechs despite chill winds: HSCM’s Jones

PPL’s Gordon: Next Gen is “most complex” change project ever executed in the London market

Close Quarter

Mapfre: Macroeconomic headwinds slowing insurtech VC investment

Venture capital investment in the insurtech space has slowed down in tandem with the broader market as investors look for more traditional ways to generate returns in the current volatile environment, Mapfre’s global head of transformation Joan Cuscó has said.

Thu 14 Jul 2022

Leading Voices

Joyn CEO: MGAs need to have “skin in the game” and deliver underwriting quality

SME-focused US insurtech Joyn recognises the need for alignment of interest with its reinsurers in addition to bringing access to a data-centric, machine-augmented underwriting platform it believes will outperform the market, according to CEO Seraina Macia.

Thu 27 Jan 2022

News

Program

The Insurer TV: Insurtech is an “accelerator” for US program space

The insurtech revolution in the wider P&C sector has proved to be a catalyst for growth in a US MGA market increasingly seen as a home for innovation and flexibility for its speed to market, according to participants in the latest instalment of The Insurer TV’s monthly Prospective series.

Fri 9 Jul 2021

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Capital raising

2021 M&A: Will the momentum continue?

Our latest edition of Prospective focuses on one of the industry’s most talked about topics – mergers and acquisitions (M&A).