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Crop Insurance: PlanetWatchers Raises $3.5 in Funding Round

PlanetWatchers (‘the Company’), a revolutionary crop monitoring company that can provide detailed insurance claims assessment in just one hour, has closed a Pre-A series funding round, raising $3.5m to support the Company’s growth plans. PlanetWatchers […]

Technology

Imburse Launches Micro-Savings Tool For Insurers

Global payment marketplace Imburse has announced the launch of MicroSavings, an integrated savings feature which will allow insurance companies and financial institutions to automate incremental consumer savings. This new digital offering will allow organizations to […]

Global insurance trends

Microinsurance That Covers Your Daily Commute? Say YAS & Go

YAS Digital Limited (YAS) has unveiled Hong Kong’s first passenger microinsurance “RYDE with YAS” by partnership with Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. Hong Kong Branch (Generali), as the first Year of the Ox delight to customers. With […]

InsureTech

Deals: Zego Partners Up With Brite on e-Bike/Scooter Cover

Irish mobility start-up Brite has partnered with new mobility insurance provider Zego to expand its fleet offering of e-mopeds, e-scooters and e-bikes across Ireland. The partnership between Brite and Zego means that businesses, university campuses […]

Global insurance trends

IDF Publishes Report on Benefits of Micro-Insurance

The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public/private partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by the UN. World Bank and other leading international organisations, is calling on the insurance sector and its stakeholders to […]

InsureTech

YAS Launches On-Demand, Micro-Insurance Platform

Some interesting news from Hong Kong, as YAS launch parametric insurance that kicks in automatically when you’re out hiking, at a theme park, playing golf and more activities. On-demand cover just got slicker. YAS Digital […]

InsureTech

India: Jio and Qualcomm Team Up on Huge 5G Rollout for SMEs

Insurers who want to do business in India will be interested to learn that the largest mobile network in the country, Jio Platforms, has formed a partnership with Qualcomm Ventures. The aim? Reliable 5G connectivity […]