ZestyAI, the leader in AI-driven property risk analytics, announced today a new partnership with California Casualty, a trusted auto and home insurance provider serving educators, peace officers, firefighters, and healthcare workers for over 110 years. The collaboration will enhance California Casualty’s wildfire underwriting and pricing capabilities while reinforcing its long-term commitment to serving California’s community heroes and supporting the California Department of Insurance’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy (SIS).

Leading digital solution platform, Bold Penguin recently announced it has acquired SquareRisk, a purpose-built marketplace that discovers, quotes, and binds specialty MGA products across 45+ carriers through a single interface. Bold Penguin users will now have additional commercial insurance policy coverage options beyond the admitted space to fill the evolving needs of business owners. Additionally, the acquisition positions Bold Penguin to accelerate its integration speed and expansion into specialty and excess and surplus (E&S) markets while building immediate scale into their digital wholesale operations.

Kalepa, the leader in AI-powered underwriting solutions, announced a new partnership with AmRisc, the largest catastrophe-focused Managing General Agent (MGA) in the United States, to enhance core underwriting operations at scale.

Duck Creek Technologies announced that Hardeep Gulati has been named Chief Executive Officer to accelerate transformation into an AI-first enterprise

Nexus Underwriting (“Nexus”), a Brown & Brown group business, is delighted to announce the expansion of its Trade Credit operations into Italy. This strategic move further strengthens Nexus’s global footprint and reinforces its well-established presence across the UK and major international markets.

New research from Aviva has revealed that UK adults are increasingly motivated by personal values when it comes to their financial planning, with providing for their family (44%), financial independence (43%), and security (31%) emerging as the top drivers. Among 25–34-year-olds, these motivators are even more apparent, with more than half (58%) citing family security and 53% financial independence - making them one of the most financially goal-oriented age groups.

Irys announced a $12.5 million seed round to expand engineering, accelerate implementation, and scale distribution partnerships across the U.S and Canada

Gradient AI, a leading enterprise software provider of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in the insurance industry, today announced a partnership with Connexure, a leading provider of quoting, underwriting and administrative software for the self-funded market.

Solvrays, a leader in AI-powered workflow orchestration for insurance operations, today announced a strategic partnership with Penn River, a cloud-native life and annuities policy administration platform. Together, the two companies will help carriers eliminate back-office friction and accelerate key functions such as correspondence generation through intelligent automation.

Kalepa, the leader in AI underwriting software for commercial and specialty insurance, is proud to announce a new partnership with SECURA Insurance, a respected mutual insurer with a 125-year legacy of making insurance genuine and putting people and communities first.

Leading insurtech company Zego has renewed its partnership with Clearspeed, the global leader in voice-based risk assessment. The renewal underscores how two of the most innovative names in insurtech are working together to advance Zego’s award-winning claims management, with expanded applications across the motor insurance landscape.

Jonathan Crystal, a longtime insurance operator turned solo GP, today announced the close of Crystal Venture Partners $33 million Fund I. The firm brings deep domain expertise and high-conviction capital to back founders building the technology that powers insurance, risk, and resilience.

Zurich North America has partnered with Nearmap to integrate AI-powered property intelligence and high-resolution aerial imagery directly into its U.S. Middle Market underwriting systems. The collaboration is designed to help Zurich underwriters assess risk more efficiently and tailor coverage with greater precision.

Quandri, the AI platform modernizing servicing work for insurance agencies, has announced the U.S. launch of its new Requoting capability.

One Inc, the leading payments network for the insurance industry, today announced a partnership with Equisoft, a global provider of advanced digital solutions for the financial services industry. The collaboration brings together One Inc’s PremiumPay® platform and Equisoft’s industry-leading life insurance policy administration solutions to deliver a frictionless, modern premium payment experience for insurers and their policyholders.