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News/Insurance
Dozens of financial services job roles will see much of their work taken by data analytics and automation in the next few years, according to a new report from Singapore, which is preparing for the radical workforce shift with a new career training programme focused on emerging technology roles.
24 April 2019
News/ai
US startup Lemonade has closed a Series D funding round led by SoftBank, raising $300 million to fuel its AI-powered insurance platform's global expansion.
11 April 2019
Societe Generale Assurances has joined forces with AI insurtech specialist Roadzen to build a "digital and contextual" insurance player.
05 April 2019
Acre Software, a UK startup using blockchain technology to revamp the mortgage and insurance application process for advisers, has raised £5 million from Aviva and Sesame Bankhall Group (SBG).
04 April 2019
News/startups
HSBC has joined a $25 million funding round for CXA Group, a Singapore-based health-focused insurance startup.
13 March 2019
The UK Insurtech Board has unveiled a toolkit of legal documents designed to make it easier for ambitious insurance technology startups to forge commercial relationships with corporate partners.
Allianz X, the digital investment unit of German insurance and asset management giant Allianz, is taking a big bet on the tech-driven future of finance, increasing its fund size to a whopping EUR1 billion.
20 February 2019
News/inclusion
The rise of fintech has the potential to extend the benefits of financial inclusion to millions of people but also poses complex regulatory challenges, says a new UN-backed report which also questions the value of the increasingly popular sandbox approach.
15 February 2019
Intesa Sanpaolo has led a EUR5 million funding round in Italian insurtech startup Yolo.
31 January 2019
PNC Bank and IBM have joined a consortium trialling the use of blockchain technology to boost efficiency and cut costs in the healthcare industry.
28 January 2019
The venture capital arm of insurance and asset management group AXA has raised $150 million for its second early stage fintech and healthtech fund.
22 January 2019
The ongoing shutdown of the US government, sparked by a disagreement over funding for border security, is starting to impinge on the US fintech industry, according to reports.
11 January 2019
A US life insurance provider is to start linking its policies to healthy living, tracking fitness and health data through Fitbits and Apple Watches.
24 September 2018
Money management app Yolt has plugged Anorak into its platform, giving users access to personalised and impartial advice from the life insurance specialist.
13 September 2018
Reinsurer Munich Re has agreed a $300 million deal to buy relayr, a Berlin-based Internet of Things (IoT) startup that helps industrial companies extract valuable data from their machinery.
05 September 2018
Japanese multinational SoftBank, one of the most prolific fintech investors, is set to spend $100m on a joint venture with Chinese digital insurer ZhongAn Online.
28 August 2018
Amazon is reportedly eyeing a foray into the financial comparison market, holding talks with some of Europe's big insurance firms about a possible launch in the UK.
16 August 2018
The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is using blockchain technology from IBM to help to automate regulatory reporting.
15 August 2018
BlackFin Capital Partners is staking a claim to be the largest independent fintech fund in Europe, after completing a €180-million final closing with participation from top-tier banks and insurance houses.
18 July 2018
Nordea is to acquire the online banking arm of Norwegian insurer Gjensidige for EUR578 million in cash.
02 July 2018
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