Global insurance trends

FirstVet Raises $18.5m Series B Funding; Expands Virtual Vet Offer Globally

7 November 2019 // 0 Comments

Two trends are pushing the pet insurance market along in many countries. The first is technology, which allows vets to save, or extend the lives of cats, dogs, rabbits and [...]

India: AIR Worldwide Launches Crop Risk Modelling Software

4 November 2019 // 0 Comments

Catastrophe risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) today announced that it has released a Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) Model for India to help support probabilistic [...]

Asia Market: Inzura Opens Offices in Thailand and Singapore

30 October 2019 // 0 Comments

Inzura, the UK based InsurTech, has today announced that it is expanding its footprint in Asia, opening new offices in Thailand and Singapore. Inzura has already [...]

Gulf News: Sensely Partners With NAS on Virtual Health Assistant Project

29 October 2019 // 0 Comments

At HLTH 2018, Sensely announced a partnership agreement with NAS, a Third Party Administrator based in the United Arab Emirates. The companies will be working in close [...]

Market Focus: India is The Perfect Place for Partnerships & New Ideas

24 October 2019 // 0 Comments

For many years India had a very traditional insurance marketplace, with Life cover being central to the operations of most of the big players there. Government regualtion was [...]

Gulf Tensions Set to Increase Insurance Costs in Marine Sector

14 October 2019 // 0 Comments

Amidst heightened tensions in the Middle East, an Iranian oil tanker ‘Sinopa’ has been damaged by what Iranian media said was a rocket attack. Whilst the [...]

Liberty Reshuffle Following Nationale Borg Acquisition

7 October 2019 // 0 Comments

Further to Liberty Mutual Insurance Group completing the acquisition of Nationale Borg Reinsurance (NB Re) on 2 October, Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re) announced that it will [...]

Munich Re Makes Mahoosive $250m Investment in Next Insurance

7 October 2019 // 0 Comments

Next Insurance, the leading digital Insurtech company transforming small business insurance, today announced that it has raised $250 million in a Series C funding round from [...]