Turaco’s Policy Sprint Reframes Microinsurance as Priceable Credit Risk
Microinsurance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Turaco ASA LifeCare enrolls 500,000 policies in four months; insured borrowers 60% less likely to default on loans.
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Sixfold’s AI Underwriter Tests the Limits of Point-Solution Automation
Sixfold's AI Underwriter — the autonomous underwriting agent its $30M Series B was raised to build — is now in production at Skyward Specialty,…
Descartes & Nextpower Launch $80M Parametric Wind Cover for Solar Farms
Descartes Underwriting and Nextpower launch the first parametric straight-line wind solution for solar farms, with limits up to $100M and on-site sensor triggers.
HCI Group Brings $12M in Tokenized Reinsurance to Solana via SurancePlus
Tokenized reinsurance reaches the live market: SurancePlus issues three Solana-native HCI Re 2026 securities with a $5,000 minimum, targeting up to $12M in capital…
ICEYE’s €1bn+ Series F Bets on Satellite Data to Close the Global Nat-Cat Protection Gap
ICEYE closes €450M primary Series F led by General Atlantic at €10bn+ valuation, funding scale to 100 SAR satellites/year by 2028 to close nat-cat…
3IF Ventures Closes $12m First Round to Back Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Infrastructure Layer
3IF Ventures closes $12m first round — anchored by FSD Africa ($6m), Swiss Re Foundation ($5m) and Zep Re — to fund embedded insurance…
Admiral Group Closes £80m Flock Acquisition, Betting Telematics Data Will Crack Commercial Fleet Underwriting
Admiral Group acquires Flock for £80m on June 1, 2026 — a telematics-first commercial fleet insurtech that cut crash frequency 10% — with less…
Nigeria’s NAICOM Issues First Insurtech Licence, Opening Africa’s Largest Insurance Market to Digital Operators
Nigeria's NAICOM grants first insurtech licence, confirming NIIRA 2025 operational and opening Africa's largest market at 0.5% GDP penetration to digital operators.
AI-Labeled Insurtechs Claim Record 95% of $1.63B Global Q1 2026 Funding
AI insurtech funding Q1 2026: 95.2% of $1.63B went to AI platforms across 68 deals, with AI liability insurance emerging as a $444M standalone…
Sixfold’s AI Underwriting Platform Reaches Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Sixfold on Azure Marketplace turns cloud procurement into a shortcut for mid-market carriers, compressing AI underwriting deployment from months to weeks.