News

Yulife Wins Financial Services Award for Product Innovation

 YuLife, the the first digital life insurance platform on a mission to inspire life, was today announced as the winner of the 2020 Award for Product Service and Innovation in Insurance at the Financial Services Forum Awards. […]

InsureTech

Parametrix Wins UK Round of Zurich Innovation Comp

Yesterday, insurer Zurich announced Parametrix, as the UK finalist of its World Innovation Championship.  The selection process whittled down 6 UK finalists at a Superday where startups presented their ideas with the potential to help Zurich explore […]

InsureTech

2019 Was a Record Year for Insurtech Investment – Will The Bubble Burst?

How much more money can pour into insurtech start-ups, incubators, innovation centres, apps and software platforms? Hard to say, as there’s no sign of the gravy train ending anytime soon, according to recent data from […]

InsureTech

Zurich Innovation Championships: Final Eight Will Be Chosen June 2020

The Zurich Innovation Championship has cemented its reputation as an attractive global contest for startups, with applications rising three-fold from the level of the inaugural 2018/19 competition. Last year’s winner was Chisel, whose product promises to […]

InsureTech

Axell Insurtech Hub Launches in Israel

A new Insurtech hub has been launched in Israel. Called Axell, the platform will be an innovation builder for insurance and finance. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, Axell accelerates the digital transformation of financial services […]

InsureTech

US news: InsurTechNY Kicks Off Start-Up Comp 2020

InsurTechNY, the largest InsurTech community in the New York metro area, spanning carriers, brokers, startups, and investors, has opened the application window for the 2020 InsurTech Startup Competition (www.insurtechny.com/competition). The competition has two tracks and will award $300,000 in […]

Opinion

Opinion: Do Insurers Need C-Suite Innovation Officers? Yes & No

AXA recently announced that Delphine Maisonneuve, is appointed CEO of AXA Next and Group Chief Innovation Officer, effective January 1, 2020. In her new position, says AXA, Delphine Maisonneuve will design, pilot and implement innovative […]

InsureTech

Setoo Makes the Insurtech Top 100 for 2019

Insurance and protection-as-a-service company, Setoo, has been recognised by Fintech Global as one of the world’s most innovative InsurTech companies and included in its InsurTech100 list for 2019. The annual list names 100 InsurTech companies – shortlisted from over 1,000 […]