Insurtech news and trends

One Inc CEO Says Insurance Market Is Ripe for Embedded Payments
Insurance // August 05, 2024

In the connected economy, there are simple business models (think subscriptions), complex business models (think platforms like Uber), and then there’s insurance. The insurance sector is so large and complicated that it’s hard to get a read on how big it is. Some estimates put...

Cover Genius Raises $80 Million to Grow Embedded Protection Offering
Investments // May 15, 2024

InsurTech Cover Genius has raised $80 million in Series E funding to grow its embedded protection offering. The company will use the fresh capital to expedite its growth plans and to invest in new technology like improved digital insurance distribution solutions, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered claims...

InsurTech Firm Cover Genius Taps Adyen for Payments Processing
Partnerships // May 09, 2024

InsurTech firm Cover Genius has formed a new partnership with Adyen, tapping the FinTech as its latest payment processing partner. Through the collaboration, Adyen aims to increase the Cover Genius’s authorization rates of online payments by offering local payment methods in the Americas, Europe and...

Lemonade Sees AI Drive Efficiency as Insurance Goes Digital-First
artificial intelligence // May 01, 2024

Digital insurance platform Lemonade said its AI investments continue to bear fruit. The company’s latest shareholder letter — while reporting a 25% increase in total revenues and a $47 million net loss, an improvement of 28% — also examines the way artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technology has...

Interviews & Exclusives
One Inc CEO Says Insurance Market Is Ripe for Embedded Payments

August 05, 2024
In the connected economy, there are simple business models (think subscriptions), complex business models (think platforms like Uber), and then there’s insurance. The insurance sector is so large and complicated that it’s hard to get a read on how big it is. Some estimates put it at $12 trillion cutting across health ($1.3 trillion), property […]

AI Moves From GPS to Copilot for the Insurance Industry

February 29, 2024
In many ways, the insurance industry helped hone the algorithms behind artificial intelligence technology. From actuarial science, Bayesian statistics and generalized linear models, to cloud computing, telematics and advanced machine...

FinTech IPO Index Slips 2.4% as OneConnect, Lufax Decline After Earnings Reports 

May 25, 2023
The last of the earnings reports are trickling in across the FinTech IPO Index, with more decliners than gainers, which in turn helped send the index down 2.4% for the...

Open Banking Data Shakes Up European Insurance Market

December 06, 2022
Insurers are increasingly turning to open banking to personalize coverage, increase access and streamline applications. In the latest example of the trend, U.K. open banking provider Yapily recently announced that...

Quick Reads
Cover Genius Raises $80 Million to Grow Embedded Protection Offering

May 15, 2024
InsurTech Cover Genius has raised $80 million in Series E funding to grow its embedded protection offering. The company will use the fresh capital to expedite its growth plans and to invest in new technology like improved digital insurance distribution solutions, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered claims handling and additional protection solutions to be made available on […]

InsurTech Firm Cover Genius Taps Adyen for Payments Processing

May 09, 2024
InsurTech firm Cover Genius has formed a new partnership with Adyen, tapping the FinTech as its latest payment processing partner. Through the collaboration, Adyen aims to increase the Cover Genius’s...

Lemonade Sees AI Drive Efficiency as Insurance Goes Digital-First

May 01, 2024
Digital insurance platform Lemonade said its AI investments continue to bear fruit. The company’s latest shareholder letter — while reporting a 25% increase in total revenues and a $47 million net loss, an...

PayPal Ventures Backs $47 Million Fundraise for InsurTech Qoala

March 27, 2024
InsurTech Qoala has raised $47 million in a funding round led by PayPal Ventures and MassMutual Ventures.  The Series C round, announced Wednesday (March 27), will let the Malaysia-based Qoala expand its embedded insurance business across Southeast...