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Insurance IT leaders herald new era for digital customer experience

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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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Superscript, a bespoke insurance provider for SMEs, raises $54 million

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Superscript , an insurance broker and tech platform targeting SMEs and “high-growth” tech firms, has raised £45 million ($54 million) in a Series B round of funding. Founded out of London in 2015, Superscript constitutes two core insurance businesses: an online-only “self-serve” platform that’s available to U.K.

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EvolutionIQ secures $21M to streamline insurance claims processing with AI

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Processing claims at scale presents a challenge for insurers, particularly where the claims entail factors like complex underlying health conditions. A growing cohort of startups including Alan, Tractable and Snapsheet offer tools to help customers navigate through the insurance claims process. ” Accelerating insurance claims.

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FarmSense uses sensors and machine learning to bug-proof crops

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The company creates optical sensors and novel classification systems based on machine learning algorithms to identify and track insects in real time. That data is turned into audio and analyzed by machine learning algorithms in the cloud. The key here: real-time information. Risk can keep people poor.

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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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Planck, the insurance data analytics platform, raises $20M growth round

TechCrunch

Planck , the AI-based data platform for commercial insurance underwriting, announced today it has raised a $20 million growth round. Planck said it currently works with “dozens of commercial insurance companies in the U.S.,” including more than half of the top-30 insurers. It will use its new funding to build its U.S.

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

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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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