Embri, the embedded insurance platform helping retailers offer seamless protection at the point of sale, has launched its latest funding round on Crowdcube. The capital raise – currently in early access – opens to the public at the end of April, supporting Embri’s next phase of growth as it scales its presence across the UK retail market and beyond.

Luxury Escapes, a leading Australian exclusive travel provider, and Cover Genius, a leader in embedded protection, have expanded their longstanding partnership with the launch of Cancellation Protection, a new protection product available for Australian and New Zealand customers booking domestic travel, as well as for international travellers worldwide.

Global AI and digital transformation company GFT is deepening its footprint in the insurance sector with the appointment of Frédéric Therrien to the newly created role, Global Head of Guidewire. Central to GFT’s work with Guidewire is transforming Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers’ legacy systems through migration to Guidewire Cloud. He will lead the business unit responsible from GFT’s Canadian headquarters in Quebec, where insurance projects currently make up 35% of GFT’s business with Canadian clients.

INSHUR, the global insurance provider to the on-demand economy, has announced the launch of an on-demand insurance product tailored for Uber Eats 2-wheel couriers in the Netherlands. This new offering addresses additional coverage, not typically included in traditional insurance policies, ensuring vital protection for those delivering food through the Uber Eats platform.

CLARA Analytics (“CLARA”), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology for insurance claims optimization, today announced that the successful launch of the Guidewire and CLARA integration has yielded exceptional results for insurers. This partnership demonstrates the significant value of AI in transforming claims processing workflows and improving outcomes across the insurance industry.

Cytora, the leading digital risk processing platform, has partnered with Vāyuh, a AI-driven weather forecast and climate change analytics company.

Broker Insights, the leading provider of insurance data analytics and market insights, has announced a pivotal evolution of its award-winning insurance decision intelligence platform, Broker Insights VISION™.

Pro Global (“Pro”), a leading trusted advisor for the specialist insurance sector, is pleased to announce the appointments of experienced (re)insurance professionals Roman Hannig as Head of Client Engagement, Germany, and Oliver Schippa as Head of Product, Germany. These key hires reflect Pro Global’s ongoing commitment to expansion and client service excellence in the German market.

UnderwriteMe, the Insurtech company of Pacific Life Re, has announced the appointment of Andrew Doran as its new chief executive officer, effective immediately. Doran joins from Pacific Life Re where he was the global chief underwriting officer.

CelsiusPro Group expands its Climate Resilience Solutions offerings through the hiring of a team with top-tier expertise in Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) for public sector, multilateral, humanitarian, and conservation organisations.

EIS is proud to announce that EIS OneSuite™, our cloud-native, event-driven, SaaS core platform has been awarded certification by the MACH Alliance who EIS joins today as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV).

finova Broker, a leading mortgage and protection CRM provider, has announced its latest integration with UnderwriteMe’s Protection Platform, further expanding the choice of protection sourcing solutions available to brokers. This collaboration is set to provide brokers with a more comprehensive set of tools to support their clients and drive business growth.

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FurtherAI, the tech company behind AI Assistants that handle complex insurance tasks, has raised $5 million in new funding. Its innovative technology is already trusted by top insurers and carriers around the world, with customers writing more than $15 billion in premiums.

bolt, the insurtech with the world’s largest technology-enabled insurance exchange, today announced the launch of bolt Prevention Technology, a solution designed to help insurance carriers and Managing General Agents (MGAs) reduce water-related losses for their customers through real-time monitoring, automated policyholder engagement, and seamless integration with carrier systems.