Impact 25 Member update – April 2020

April 30, 2020 Eden Grusd

Our monthly update with news from our 75 InsurTech Impact 25 Members. To download previous reports, click here.

Company news

• Tremor’s marketplace completed the world’s first fully programmatic trade of an ILW contract. Link
• Hokodo has partnered with Futrli to reduce risk for SMEs with Invoice Protection (Link) and with Tide to help SMEs through uncertain times (Link)
• Shepherd have secured Series A Follow on funding. Link
• Akur8 have been selected for Plug&Play Insurtech batches both in the US (Insurtech batch 8) and in Europe (Insurtech batch 4)
• Artificial have been selected for the fourth cohort of Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator. Link
• INSTANDA is now available in the Microsoft Azure marketplace. Link
• battleface have been issuing $25 loans through Kiva, an international nonprofit that facilitates crowdfunded loans for people underserved by financial institutions. Link
• Konsileo have been named Insurance Post Magazine’s ‘Best Insurance Employer 2020’. Link

Content

• Oxbow Partners published a Bitesize InsurTech profile on RiskGenius, explaining how it can help identify Covid-19 exposure. Link
• battleface have written an article called ‘Obed’s tale: Why local tour providers deserve your support’ (Link) and another called ‘Self-Isolation Cyber Security: Spring Cleaning’ (Link)
• Concirrus have written a blog post called ‘Timescale to achieve London’s digital future has dramatically shortened.’ Link
• DQPro have written an article called ‘The Future at Lloyd’s is bright, but only if good data is allowed to shine’. Link
• FRISS have written an article called ‘Insurance fraud in times of crisis’.Link
• Hokodo have written a blog post called ‘The impact of Covid-19 for small businesses’. Link
• KASKO have published a joint blog post with Digitalscouting called ‘The world is different, how can insurance agents and brokers adapt and grow?’ (Link) and another on the topic of digital transformation (Link)
• Kovrr have published a paper called ‘Cyber Risk: From peril to product’.Link
• Socotra have written a blog post called ‘Socotra’s four principles of product development’ (Link) and another called ‘Socotra’s ISO 27001 Certification: our commitment to data security’ (Link)

Make sure to catch up on our March update.