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After a tough first half of 2020, insurtech companies saw a strong resurgence in activity in Q3’20. This quarter, insurtechs raised $2.5B across 104 deals — ...
Highlights from the insurance technology market update report for Q3 2020 include: Insurtech continues to see explosive activity, with ~$6 billion in financing volume ...
Usage-based insurance (UBI) continues to attract funding despite the fall in insurtech investment due to COVID-19. According to a one survey of UK consumers conducted by ...
Pie Insurance, a Washington, D.C.-based startup offering workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, announced this morning that it has closed on a $127 ...
Globally, InsurTech companies managed to raise US$912 million across 96 deals in Q1, but most of this was captured and completed at the beginning of the quarter. The ...
What does this global pandemic mean for the insurtechs? Potential consequences are that some of the insurtechs in a very early stage, might struggle because of less ...
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While InsurTech venture capital financings already in the pipeline appear to be going forward, the likelihood of future deals could be uncertain in light of the ...
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