InsurTech

Submissions included ideas for speeding up disaster claims processing and identifying whether a person or a robot is in control of a self-driving car.

The collaboration with the incubator will expand the reinsurer's exposure to start-ups.

Axa XL, MS Amlin and Miller are among the companies trialling the PPL rival.

There seems to be consensus among reinsurers and their broker partners that the industry must be leaner if it is to survive. Technology can certainly play a major part in that ambition.

The group also said it expects to almost double HDI Specialty size by 2022.

Azur’s technology platform is also being used to underwrite commercial insurance in the US.

The multi-year agreement will see the two companies work together to drive the use of Concirrus' Quest Marine platform.

The investment from a Luxembourg-based VC fund brings total funds raised to $41.9mn.

The current deputy CEO will lead the specialty broker after Rugge-Price steps down.

RKH CEO Rugge-Price will move to lead the business as CEO.

Click2Sure is a digital platform for distributing, managing and purchasing insurance at point-of-sale.

Flock now writes 25 percent of the UK commercial drone market.