Insurers need to start using newer technologies: insurtech report

According to a new insurtech report, policyholders have become more cautious when taking out insurance, resulting in the need for insurers to empower their distribution ...

Q1 2021 Quarterly InsurTech Briefing

Q1’21 was a record quarter for insurtech investment activity. Startups raised over $2.5B across 146 deals.

This record level of funding reflects a 180% increase ...

Insurtechs lift global insurance sector’s IPO total to $3.83B in FY’20

Initial public offerings of insurers and InsurTechs brought in $3.83 billion last year, reaching the highest total in at least five years, according to S&P Global ...

Insurtechs Still Attracting Investors as Sector Evolves

Funding for technology companies focused on the insurance industry will likely be robust this year and into 2022 as so-called insurtech companies mature.

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Insurance Technology Market Update Q4 2020

Despite COVID-19's effects on the market earlier in the year, 2020 proved to be a record year for insurtech capital raising and M&A activity. In a recent report ...

US Insurtech Report Predicts More M&A, Robust Investor Interest

The creation of US insurtech companies that both sell and underwrite policies (a.k.a. full-stack) accelerated in 2020, aided by an abundance of venture capital, ...

Global Insurance Industry 2020 Year in Review

Our Global Insurance Industry Year in Review is now in its ninth year. In this report, we discuss developments and trends in insurance industry transactions over ...

Insurance Technology and Innovation: Invest, Buy or Build

2020 marked the Mayer Brown Insurance Industry Forum’s seventh year bringing together industry leaders, insurance regulators and leading bankers and advisors to the ...

IRUA Insurtech Innovation and its Effects on Insurance/Reinsurance

Mayer Brown partner Stephanie Duchene served as a panelist on the “Insurtech Innovation and its Effects on Insurance/Reinsurance” webinar on November 10, 2020 ...

Legal Focus: Insurers Must Prepare for Virtual Trials in the Wake of the Pandemic

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual court hearings pose new issues for legal teams and there are steps that insurers should take to prepare for online ...

COVID-19 Impact on Insurtech: Considerations for Insurtech Companies, Their Investors and Traditional Insurers

While the COVID-19 crisis has many insurtech players reconsidering their short-term needs and long-term strategies, what has not changed is the insurance industry’s ...

Brexit: The Way Forward

After three and a half years of negotiations and uncertainty, the United Kingdom left the European Union at 11 p.m. on 31 January 2020. But when will Brexit actually be ...

Insuretech Connect 2020

7th Annual Mayer Brown Insurance Industry Virtual Forum: What’s Ahead for Insurance M&A and Corporate Finance – Day 2

7th Annual Mayer Brown Insurance Industry Virtual Forum: What’s Ahead for Insurance M&A and Corporate Finance – Day 1

Third Annual AIRROC & Mayer Brown Runoff Deal Forum—New York

The Association of Insurance & Reinsurance Run-Off Companies (AIRROC) and Mayer Brown are pleased to continue the tradition of our annual Deal Forum in a virtual ...

NAIC Innovation Summit

DigIn: The Digital Future of Insurance