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InsurTech weekly - Do you speak innovation?

How familiar are you with innovation best practices? That's the theme of this week's wrap-up...

InsurTech weekly - Sizing the benefits of technology in legacy industries

How much value can insurers gain from innovation? That’s how I would summarize this week’s wrap-up...

Emerging Risks Barometer - France Q2 2024

A new wave of insurance innovation is coming: emerging risks.

Snapshop: AI InsurTech in Europe

The State of AI InsurTech in Europe: Figures, Key Points, and Trends

Snapshot: Embedded InsurTech in Europe

The state of embedded insurance in Europe: figures, key insights, and trends.

InsurTech weekly - Could insurance remain exclusively offline

Change takes time, but it inevitably happens, even in the insurance industry. That’s how I would summarize this week’s wrap-up...

InsurTech Europe Q2 2024 [Spanish] Una dinámica plana con menos dinero recaudado

A medida que el segundo trimestre llega a su fin, reflexionemos sobre el panorama de inversiones dentro del ecosistema InsurTech europeo.

Insurance innovation & technology: H1 2024 in Europe

As the first half of the year comes to a close, it's an opportune moment to reflect on the investment dynamics within European InsurTech...

InsurTech weekly - A new wave is taking shape

While AI dominates the headlines, there are other tech trends revamping Financial Services. That's how I would summarize this week's wrap-u

InsurTech Europe Q2 2024 [English] A flat dynamic with less money raised

As the second quarter draws to a close, let's reflect on the investment landscape within the European InsurTech ecosystem.

InsurTech Europe: June 2024

The month of June experienced rather calm dynamics once again. In fact, 6 deals were announced, one more than the previous month...

InsurTech weekly - From features to value proposition

From insurance products-first to customer-centricity - The state of Vertical SaaS in Europe - The benefits of leveling up automation with...

InsurTech weekly - How much AI might revamp Financial Services

How AI could change industry risk landscapes - How AI could impact Apple's FinTech initiatives - The cloud vs. on-premise debate in the AI..

InsurTech weekly - The path to digital insurance

The state of InsurTech unicorns - A look at Digital Health upgrades on the Apple Watch - Challenges with the new level of scalability ...

InsurTech weekly - Balancing fear of change with value-added opportunities

Adoption of Generative AI impacting insurance skills -Best practices for a brighter future in Banking-as-a-Service -Best practices for a...

InsurTech weekly - Transforming sustainability into a business opportunity

Generative AI revamping the insurance value chain - Google's latest model for climate risks - Will Model-as-a-Service smoothen LLM adoption?

InsurTech Europe: May 2024

In May, the InsurTech ecosystem enjoyed a slight uptick in activity with 5 deals announced in recent weeks. However, only €30 million was...

[Report] InsurTech Europe for SME & freelancers

Why you need to consider that tech trend?

InsurTech weekly 457 - "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked"

Insurance needs surrounding AI adoption - FinTech adoption in vertical SaaS - The future of Responsible AI

Google tackles natural disasters

At the intersection of its unrivaled expertise in mapping and artificial intelligence, Alphabet (Google) is actively developing advanced...

Coadjute coordinates real estate purchases

The startup Coadjute has recently secured a £10 million investment round, with participation from three major British financial institutions

[VivaTech 2024] Startups to meet in insurance & emerging risks

Zelros AfterData Accure Xund Weathermind Prodaft Eoliann Buster Cypher Lab Giskard

InsurTech weekly -What an AI week !?

Challenges & opportunities in insurance underwriting - UX in Financial Services: why banking app lose momentum? - The state of Generative AI

Smart Retirement Planning

NewRetirement has secured a $20 million funding round, a pivotal moment to highlight its comprehensive approach to retirement planning

Bank of America Unifies Its Mobile Apps

Receiving Celent's customer-centric innovation award provides Bank of America an opportunity to showcase the recent unification of its...

InsurTech weekly - Yes, startups have successfully revamped Financial Services!

The state of Cyber insurance - FinTech models that did revamped Financial Services - Is this the AI gadget we've been waiting for?

Clearcover Introduces AI-Powered Claims Filing

When most financial institutions dabble in artificial intelligence, especially generative AI in today's climate, they carefully avoid exposi

Behavioral Science in Service of the Climate

Most financial institutions agree on their role in their clients' essential ecological transition, but they usually limit themselves to stat

InsurTech weekly - Will insurance agents be augmented or automated?

The benefits of Generative AI in insurance distribution - Is AI a feature or a product ? - The state of self-driving cars in Europe

Banking Apps Losing Momentum

While digital usage seems to be on a constant rise among our citizens, Guillaume Almeras, in an article for BFM Business, points out

Marsh Launches Affinity-Based Cyber Insurance

At the intersection of the proliferation of connected devices and the relentless rise in various types of deficiencies and malpractices,

InsurTech Europe: April 2024

April saw a mixed activity. Only 4 deals were announced in recent weeks, making it the lowest monthly level since the beginning of the year.

InsurTech weekly - Will insurers successfully address this challenge?

Challenges insurers face to tackle emerging risks - How banks could benefit from Generative AI - Six levels of AI-based work automation

Klarna Bets on Open Banking

Despite the introduction of payment interfaces through bank accounts in the UK in 2018 and mandated across Europe by the Payment Services Di

AXA is Uberizing the insurance agent.

While the news isn't exactly hot off the press, I recently found out about OpenInsur thanks to its selection as the innovation of the month

[Report] Tech startups tackling climate-related risks

Why you need to consider that tech trend?

InsurTech weekly - Will these trends be strong enough to push forward innovation in car insurance?

Could innovation eventually happen in car insurance? - What does BaaS in the UK say about the state & future of FinTech?

Management of Obsolescence by NAB

On International Women's Day, the Australian bank NAB highlighted the career of the CEO of its digital subsidiary

Are banks losing the BNPL battle?

Less than two years after a launch full of promises, NatWest has announced the discontinuation of its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL)

InsurTech weekly - Is 'no insurance' poised to become the future of insurance?

Climate change threatens home insurance - How AI is transforming banking - A new use-case for self-driving cars

Mastercard Simplifies Account Openings

Gradually, project by project, Mastercard's foray into the world of open banking, which began in 2020 with the acquisition of Finicity,

Active Small-Step Budget Management by Ubank

While economic pressures continue to strain the budgets of Australian households, Ubank is rolling out a series of small, useful

InsurTech weekly - Is there a viable route for innovation within the insurance sector?

What to learn from insurance innovation in emerging markets? - The legacy IT challenge for banks - The state of Artificial Intelligence's...

IT at the Heart of Banking Supervision

The European Central Bank (ECB) regularly expresses concern over IT risks in the institutions it oversees.

Intelligence in the Fight Against Fraud

As banks around the world, clearly overwhelmed by the rise of fraud, introduce increasingly intrusive and indiscriminate frictions...

InsurTech Europe T1 2024 [French] une dynamique maintenue qui ouvre de nouvelles opportunités

Alors que le premier trimestre touche à sa fin, réfléchissons au paysage des investissements au sein de l'écosystème européen de l'InsurTech

InsurTech Europa Q1 2024 [German] eine aufrechterhaltene Dynamik, die neue Möglichkeiten eröffnet

Da das erste Quartal zu Ende geht, wollen wir das Investitionsumfeld im europäischen InsurTech-Ökosystem reflektieren.

InsurTech Europa Q1 2024 [Italian] una dinamica mantenuta che apre nuove opportunità.

Mentre il primo trimestre giunge al termine, riflettiamo sul panorama degli investimenti all'interno dell'ecosistema europeo di InsurTech.

InsurTech Europa Q1 2024 [Spanish] una dinámica mantenida que abre nuevas oportunidades

A medida que el primer trimestre llega a su fin, reflexionemos sobre el panorama de inversión dentro del ecosistema europeo de InsurTech.

InsurTech Europe Q1 2024 [English] a maintained dynamic which opens new opportunities

As the first quarter draws to a close, let's reflect on the investment landscape within the European InsurTech ecosystem.

InsurTech weekly - Opening a new chapter in insurance innovation ?

What technologies will transform insurance? - Apple is opening its... banking data ! - Five trends structuring SaaS PE investments

InsurTech Europe: March 2024

Let's delve into the details of the investment dynamics at play in the European InsurTech scene, as we do every month...

And the Financial Well-being of SMEs?

At the convergence of two major trends—enterprise finance management ("BFM") and the development of new services for SMEs

Apple Opens Up Its Banking Data

Apple is firmly making its mark in the finance world, introducing a new feature in the latest iPhone operating system update that caters...

InsurTech - What a milestone !

Open Insurance: opportunities behind the buzzword - Consumer FinTech that scaled - Apple on track to buy (instead of make) Generative AI ?

Craggle Renegotiates Mortgage Loans

Yesterday, when I envisioned the expansion of Cambio's automated negotiation solution into the mortgage sector...

BlackRock Increases Transparency of Its ETFs

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) have become one of the favorite investment vehicles for savers today, thanks to their simplicity...

[Report]: B2C InsurtTech in Europe

Why you need to consider that tech trend? -What you will get in that study?

InsurTech weekly - Tech is just a means but could help address the future of risk & compliance

Generative AI in risk & compliance - The ClimateTech opportunity in FinTech - Reminder: tech is just a means, even Generative AI

Promoting Financial Well-being Through a Dating App

Financial well-being is a crucial yet often overlooked and neglected aspect of individuals' lives. To bring this issue to the forefront...

Weather2C validates weather-related claims

Qorus's award for innovation to its implementation by Société Générale Assurances provides us with an opportunity to delve ...

InsurTech weekly - How AI can harness the potential of unstructured data in insurance

A roadmap to embrace AI in insurance‍ - Challenges still to tackle in FinTech BaaS - Self-driving cars are still moving forward‍

Customers of Comperia Insurance will be able to add their policies to mobile wallets

Initially, this convenience will be introduced for policies issued by agents in the Comperia Agent system.

There's a green light for the European wallet. The regulations are set to facilitate the use of digital services in the EU.

The European Parliament has given the green light to the project of creating a European digital identity wallet...

The agency-oriented TubaPay is now InslyPay. The application has already undergone rebranding

Insly acquired a business from Bacci at the end of last year that includes card payments for agents.

Grifin, for Investing in Your Favorite Brands

For the millions of Americans who, due to a lack of proper education, hesitate to invest (a portion of) their savings in the financial...

CaixaBank Delivers Cash to Your Door

Contrary to Northern European countries, Spain maintains a high density of bank branches...

Microsoft's Anti-Fraud Phone Spy

Combating fraud is one of the most popular applications of artificial intelligence. With many scams starting with a phone call...

AmEx Yields to BNPL Pressure

Likely driven by the immense popularity of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) schemes, a minor revolution is unfolding in the credit card realm...

InsurTech weekly - Direct or Embedded, the dynamic behind revamping insurance distribution

Best practices for corporates to deliver Embedd Insurance - Are smart rings the future of DigitalHealth -The M&A outlook

InsurTech Europe: February 2024

February has been quite active. Six deals have been announced in recent weeks. While not staggering...

The e-Receipt service in the PKO BP system is coming to an end. The financial sector is working on a new solution

Through the e-Receipt service, it was possible to store digital versions of receipts for purchases made at Orlen stations within PKO BP's...

In the UFG database, there are already over 28.5 million vehicle liability insurance policies. Ergo Hestia, TUW, and Euro Insurances report the most reliably.

The quality of data provided to the UFG (Insurance Guarantee Fund) is crucial because it impacts the calculation of premiums ...

Bank of America Breaks Down Its Silos

Large organizations are typically structured in silos, and within financial institutions, those housing corporate clients and individual...

A Bank-Telecom Partnership That Makes Sense

While attempts by banks to venture into the telecommunications realm "above ground" have gradually vanished in France...

InsurTech weekly - The secret sauce for Cyber InsurTech

Best practices from the US Cyber InsurTech space - The token opportunity in FinTech - The state of Quantum Computing in Finland‍

The Polish HDI Embedded will provide protection for the clients of the Italian telecom. The project is backed by Europa Insurance

HDI Embedded will offer Italian clients insurance for home appliances and electronics.

Boleron successfully raised 3.1 million leva from the Bulgarian Stock Exchange at a company valuation of 16.4 million leva

The first successful IPO on the BEAM market for 2024 has been realized by the company Boleron...

InsurTech weekly - How much untapped value lies within your data?

Major risks insurers should get ready to face - Four area of change in the banking space - How to get the most of data?

Cambio's AI negotiates debts

A year ago, Gartner discussed the emergence of the robot client, referring to an agent capable of managing consumer disputes...

Klarna rides the wave of New Year's resolutions.

Firmly established in its somewhat ambiguous position at the crossroads between its historical activity of split payments...

InsurTech weekly - The climate game-changer in insurance

Opportunities at the crossroads of InsurTech & ClimateTech - Is there still room for B2C FinTech - The state of Quantum Computing

Parametric Cyber Insurance at Descartes

After pioneering parametric insurance in the realm of climate risks, for which it is particularly well-suited, Descartes is now expanding...

Citi at the Crossroads of Banking and Commerce

While banks worldwide are exploring opportunities to venture into peripheral businesses, particularly through the creation of marketplaces

Vouch insures AI risks

The promises of artificial intelligence have sparked a massive wave of creativity among entrepreneurs worldwide

Revolut connects to wallets worldwide

As it has now become a mainstream neo-bank, Revolut is revisiting its original promise of making life easier for borderless citizens

InsurTech weekly 441 - Will GAFAM ever succeed in insurance?

The benefits of Embedded Insurance - Challenges Banking-as-a-Service still needs to tackle - What could we expect next in self-driving car

YU! is introducing an offer for owners of low-mileage cars, enticing them with significant discounts

Insurtech YU! has launched a new automotive insurance offering called YU!Kilometry

Trasti has trained bots for sales and insurance services. Customers will be able to purchase insurance policies through chat

In the coming weeks, Trasti plans to launch a conversational bot that will allow customers to purchase insurtech...

Simplea is entering the Polish market. The Czech life insurer is supported in our market by insurtech Unext.

Another insurer is showing interest in the Polish market. Czech-based Simplea notified the Polish Financial Supervision Authority

InsurTech Europe: January 2024

Overall €71m were invested through 4 deals.

Santander: A Successful Heart Transplant?

The modernization of core banking systems is a contentious topic in the banking sector (as well as in insurance)

Three French Banks Collaborate on Their ATMs

Following a slowly spreading trend in Europe, in response to societal shifts regarding cash usage and banking services

A loan secured by intellectual property

It's clear that businesses in the 21st century are very different from those in past times, but unfortunately, banks

InsurTech weekly - The benefits of innovation, measured

Major trends structuring the future of insurance innovation - How Financial Services already benefit from AI - How innovative companies...

Revolutionizing Car Maintenance in Chile: The Carvuk Story

Introduction: A New Era of Car Servicing

Jooycar: Pioneering Insurtech Innovation in Latin America

Introduction: Revolutionizing Auto Insurance with Smart Technology

Wiipo: Revolutionizing Financial Services with Senior Sistemas' Cutting-Edge Fintech Platform

Wiipo is a digital platform launched by Senior Sistemas, a company with over 30 years of experience in driving business through innovative