InsurTech stories

Aon pilots stablecoin insurance premium payments with Coinbase and Paxos, testing USDC and PYUSD settlement across Ethereum and Solana.

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant in its Operations Workbench, promising faster, auditable underwriting across products and regions.

Manulife taps Akka's runtime to harden and scale its beta enterprise agentic AI platform for regulated, business-critical workloads.

Enterprises ditch plug-and-play AI as Cognizant research shows buyers now favour bespoke builds and services-led, long-term partnerships.

Fathom has deepened its partnership with AXA Climate's Altitude platform to embed richer probabilistic flood and terrain data for investors.

As AI reshapes insurance, automation could free women from routine tasks and open faster routes into higher-skilled, better-paid roles.

Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.

Agentic AI promises autonomy but raises urgent questions over whose values guide its decisions and how equity is safeguarded in practice.

OpenID Foundation warns that fragmented rules for managing digital estates after death demand global standards before AI deepfakes escalate risks.

Smart Communications secures CSA STAR Level 2 in Singapore for its AWS-hosted SmartCOMM and SmartIQ, boosting cloud security assurance.

Insurers race to clean and connect sprawling customer records into a single AI‑ready view, paving the way for hyper‑personalised cover.

Lockton India launches LocktonThrive, an AI-powered platform unifying physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing into one interface.

Potpie AI secures USD $2.2m pre-seed to build an ontology-first context layer helping AI agents navigate massive enterprise codebases.

Aviva has named Chris Cochrane as its next group Chief Information Officer, with his appointment due to take effect in summer 2026.

Most households leave router admin passwords unchanged, prompting insurer Everywhen to issue a 10‑step guide to secure home Wi‑Fi.

Nium strengthens global payments push with new chiefs for risk, technology and marketing as AI, stablecoins and regulation reshape the sector.

Guidewire has appointed Phil Joel as VP of Solution Advisory for APAC, strengthening support for insurers' core modernisation and data projects.

AutoGrab secures AUD $80m Series B at AUD $230m valuation to fuel AI-powered automotive data expansion across the UK and Europe.

Synechron has launched an Agentic AI suite to automate mission-critical workflows in heavily regulated financial and insurance sectors.

Instabase appoints Omkar Pendse to spearhead product and technology as it doubles down on AI workflow automation after $100 million raise.