InsurTech in India is not slowing down one bit and powerful US tech players are entering the market! While WhatsApp is currently piloting its insurance offerings, Amazon Pay has launched auto insurance in partnership with licensed InsurTech Acko...
July started with major investment news coming out of India. SoftBank made another investment of USD 150 million into PolicyBazaar and holds now a 15% stake while CEO and co-founder Yashish Dahiya calls the investment a ‘mistake’. (Listen to...
The second half of June had some exciting news coming out of Malaysia with the largest investment yet into a Malaysian fintech. Axiata Group announced a strategic investment of US$ 70 Million by Great Eastern into Boost Holdings Sdn Bhd. Boost...
June started with lots of InsurTech news from familiar faces. Go! Insurance announced pre-seed funding and the launch of Thailand’s first insurance platform that allows purchasing health insurance online with automated underwriting. DocDoc has...
In this episode of the AIP News Roundup, the team talks about MicroInsurance, InsurTech in Singapore, and APIs. Riskcovry, an Indian based Insurtech startup focusing on API and distribution, has secured an undisclosed amount in Pre-Series A funding...
The beginning of May saw lots of InsurTech news and familiar faces. ZA Technology in a JV with Fubon Life acquired a digital insurance license for ZA Life in Hong Kong. Online aggregator and FWD-owned Frank.co.th partnered with Rabbit LINE Pay, the...
The end of April saw some impressive funds raised in InsurTech. Singaporean Axinan has raised USD 8.2 million and rebranded into Igloo. The Company has used the Igloo brand previously only for their consumer-facing protection plans. End of 2019 we...
In this episode of the AIP news roundup we are taking a break from all the COVID-19 related news. And despite the global pandemic, we have lots of exciting InsurTech news coming out of Asia. The biggest news for this month so far is the first...