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Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has partnered with eBaoTech, a digital insurance solution provider. The partnership will see the integration of WTW’s Radar Live rating engine with...

OPAL, a Fintech developer, has launched a new protection platform called Pandora Launch for life insurers and banks. The platform is used by HSBC Life, Aviva and Lloyds Banki...

Handdii an InsurTech in Australia which offers customers access to contractors for repairing property claims has recently secured $1.5 million in seed funding. The InsurTech ...

In the UK, Arch Insurance International has invested into MGA InsurTech startup Archipelago Risk Services, which deals with personal lines to serve mid- to high-net-worth cus...

Benefitfocus, a management software provider for the benefits industry, announced the expansion of its proprietary platform to cover personal lines insurance offerings on top...

Prudential Plc and United Overseas Bank (UOB) have renewed their bancassurance agreement for S$1.15bn. The partnership is 15 years old and started when UOB sold its life insu...

In the US, Hanover Insurance Group has launched a new digital platform called Insurago which enables independent agents to easily acquire new customers. The platform is power...

Popsure is an independent online advisory platform in Germany which helps people to understand insurance better and make a well-informed independent decision. The customers b...

In Malaysia, Citi and AIA have collaborated to launch an end-to-end digital channel that allows Citi customers to purchase AIA’s suite of insurance products and solutio...

In the US, a national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA MarketScout has invested in InsurTech platform Wingman via MarketScout’s venture arm.

Wingman’s d...

New York based Verifly is an insurance provider for drone pilots. It has now launched several new policies for workers engaged in the on-demand economy. The first of...

Tapoly is an insurtech that focuses on self-employed freelancers, sole traders, contractors, AirBNB hosts, and small businesses. It has also developed a new online s...

China’s pre-eminent digital insurer, ZhongAn, is partnering with Japanese insurer Sompo Japan Nipponkoa to enhancing its technical strengths. ZhongAn’s IT platform will...

Lemonade the well-known community-based insurtech which offers homeowners and renters insurance powered by A.I and informed by behavioral economics announced the launch of an...

UK based, Homelyfe launched a B2B digital insurance platform called “Aventus” which enables businesses to create a white label buying experience for any insurance line, in an...

Verivox, a joint venture between General Atlantic and Nucom’s price comparison site, has acquired the broker unit of Getsafe, the Germany-based digital insurance wallet.

Although CVS Health and Aetna’s US$69bn merger deal is expected  to transform the nation’s health care industry, the two companies are currently focusing on a mob...

Blue, a HK-based digital life insurance company is a JV owned by Aviva (40% ownership), Hillhouse Capital (40%), and Tencent (20%). The JV is expected to disrupt the Hong Kon...

Found in 2016, Coya is a Berlin-based P&C Insurtech which has been granted a BAFIN license by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. Coya recently raised a f...

AIG is acquiring Ellipse, a group life insurer previously run by  Munich Re.  The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and will be closed in Q1 2019.

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Chongcheng Technology, Hangzhou-based pet insurance operator has several million rmb in strategic funding from Hangzhou-based pet product technology developer Shunchong. The ...

Wrisk is a UK-based InsurTech that offers content insurance for phones, laptops and devices whilst planning to extend its offering to cars, health, home etc. ...

In China, Metlife and Tencent’s digital insurance provider WeSure have joined hands to provide travel insurance to travelers through WeSure’s onli...

Flock is a London-based startup that has launched Europe’s first pay-as-you-fly drone insurance, underwritten by Allianz.

As an o...

Digit plans to disrupt the traditionally run Indian general insurance sector by introducing new products, services and giving a completely new di...

Youse is a Brazilian startup launched in 2015 that offers Caixa Seguradora’s home, auto and life insurance. Caixa Seguradora, as Brazil’s f...

Elon Musk’s Tesla has begun bundling usage-based insurance with its electric vehicles in Asia. Although long expected, Tesla’s entrance into insurance has sen...

Founded in 2015 in Israel, Otonomo is a cloud-based data exchange platform that effectively enables car manufacturers, drivers and service providers to be a p...

FWD Life Indonesia has launched a comprehensive life insurance product called FWD Loop. The product provides full coverage including critical illness, and hea...

A Boston-based telehealth platform called American Well has received US$59.2m investment from Allianz X, the digital investment unit of Allianz. The partnersh...

Zeeno started out with the idea to use pattern recognition as a means to improve the impact of wellness programs delivered by corporates and insurers for thei...

CVS Health Corp, a major drugstore across the US is merging with Aetna for a total US$69bn in a bid to marry low-cost medical services in pharmacies with an e...

The Warranty Group, a global provider of warranty solutions (extending w...

To meet the changing needs of today’s consumers, State Farm is moving to...

Google’s Alphabet has entered into a partnership with Silicon Vall...

Since the Zhong An IPO, Tencent has been diluting its position in Zhong An and adding additional positions within insurance to further bolster its ability to capitalise on th...

Although aggregators have been around for decades, Jerry is eliminating the painstaking data entry element of aggregation with a new take on online personal lines di...

FutureMove is a Beijing based startup that provides telematics and advanced analytics to a wide range of transportation entities including car manufacturers and public transp...

Swiss health insurer Sanagate AG and Dacadoo, a digital healthcare startup, have launched an app called SanaHealth. Although there are several similar health apps already ava...

Coverfox, India’s fastest growing online insurance aggregator, has struck a new partnetrship with Vizury, a front end development agency, to offer ‘Quote Level Personal...

With a population of 80m and the highest number of insurance policies per capita in the world, Germany is ripe for InsurTech. Getsurance is one of these and the first digital...

Pineapple (formerly Amyti) is a Johannesburg-based P2P insurer, and South Africa’s first P2P insurer. Last month, Pineapple received R5.2 mn in seed funding from Lireas...

Carpool is Thailand’s first P2P insurance broker. Like many startups, CarPool has set ambitious growth plans, targeting $3m USD in gross written premiums during its first yea...

John Hancock is the first US life insurance company to offer an integrated health/wellness programme bundled with life insurance component. The wellness program, offered in c...

Revamped Zenefits is currently putting its regulatory woes behind it and offering an all-in-one digital, cloud-based HR platform for small and medium businesses, with a parti...

Founded in Germany in 2012, Simplesurance offers a unique platform with transparent and efficient insurance services to connect people and business, anywhere and anytime. It ...

AXA, Alibaba and Ant Financial Services have agreed a global partnership to jointly explore opportunities to distribute AXA’s products via Alibaba’s global ecommerce ecosyste...

Alibaba-backed digital payments and e-commerce platform Paytm has recently launched a new e-wallet insurance product  to cover users of the Paytm Wallet in the event of theft...

LifeSmart is a Hanzhou based smart home appliance manufacturer that is using advanced sensors to hasten the onset of the ‘connected home’, where everyday household appliances...

In a bid to increase its market share in China’s burgeoning personal insurance industry, Alipay has launched a reward points based free health insurance service in collaborat...

Aviva has become the first UK insurer to launch an Alexa Skill on Amazon’s Echo. Specifically, the Aviva assistant gives users voice-controlled access to a glossary of over 3...

Riskeys is a Shanghai based aggregator that is targeting the health and life segment with a new approach to customer acquisition. Specifically, the intensity of competition i...

Worry+Peace is a UK based insurance broker re-imagining the entire insurance process by building tools to deliver an all encompassing insurance experience rather than mere po...

Aegon Life, a joint venture between global insurer Aegon and Bennett Coleman & Co of India, is diminishing the role the agency and Bancassurance channels to focus exclusi...

Youse is a Brazilian based insurance platform that is planning to sell policies directly to consumers. Youse, owned by Brazil’s Caixa Seguradora, is inspired by interna...