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Insurance IT leaders herald new era for digital customer experience

CIO

The insurance industry is undergoing a sea change, with IT playing a crucial role in rolling out digital customer experiences for policyholders and agents, as in-person meetings all but vanish in the post-pandemic era. IT as industry differentiator Insurers and financial services firms like MassMutual, of Springfield, Mass.,

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6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech

TechCrunch

If you think embedded insurance is the only hot thing in insurtech these days, we’ve got a surprise in store for you: While it’s true that startups that help sell insurance together with other products and services are enjoying tailwinds, there are plenty of other opportunities in the space, several investors told TechCrunch+.

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Cowbell raises $100M to build out its AI-based cyber insurance platform for SMBs

TechCrunch

Cybercrime is on the rise, and today an insurance startup that’s built an artificial intelligence-based platform to help manage the risks from that is announcing a big round of funding to meet the opportunity. “Underwriting cyber insurance for SMEs is a more dire prospect than for large enterprises,” he said.

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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI

Newgen Software

Artificial intelligence (AI) has made its presence felt across all domains. The latest to jump onto the artificial intelligence (AI) bandwagon is Generative AI (GenAI). For many, GenAI served as their gateway to understanding the expansive and transformative world of artificial intelligence (AI).

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Perficient Interviewed for Forrester: The Future Of Insurance

Perficient

With new risks, shifting market dynamics, and the unstoppable march of technology, the insurance industry finds itself at a crossroads. The imperative for transformation has never been clearer, and this is highlighted in Forrester’s report, The Future Of Insurance.

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Insurify, a ‘virtual insurance agent,’ raises $100M Series B

TechCrunch

How many of us have not switched insurance carriers because we don’t want to deal with the hassle of comparison shopping? Insurify raises $23M Series A to add new coverage varietals, boost its marketing efforts. There are others in the insurtech space, but none that we know of currently tackling home, auto and life insurance.

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AI-powered Jerry raises $28M to help you save money on car insurance

TechCrunch

Over the years, the challenge of helping consumers more easily find car insurance was in the back of his mind. The Palo Alto-based startup launched a car insurance comparison service using artificial intelligence and machine learning in January 2019. Jerry is out to change that.”. Image Credits: Jerry.

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