All articles by Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

Insurtech company Sure ushers new era in insurance technology 

The company’s MCP solution represents the missing link between AI capability and insurance infrastructure. 

Brown & Brown to buy Accession Risk Management for $9.82bn 

Accession subsidiaries Risk Strategies and One80 Intermediaries will be integrated into Brown & Brown’s Retail and Specialty Distribution segments, respectively.  

Encova selects Sapiens Decision to transform agent experience 

Sapiens Decision fits within the insurer’s broader transformation road map.  

UnitedHealth Group considers bids to divest Latin American unit  

UnitedHealth has received four non-binding bids for Banmedica, estimated at around $1bn.  

Co-operators moves to Guidewire cloud for claims management 

The transition encompasses most of Co-operators’ P&C lines of business across the provinces it operates in. 

RSA appoints new managing director for commercial lines 

Tovah Grosscurth will be responsible for the strategy, profit and loss, and performance of the commercial lines division in the UK. 

Slide Insurance launches IPO to raise up to $340m 

The IPO could value the insurer at up to $2.12bn, according to Bloomberg and Reuters

Howden expands in Peru with Innova Re purchase 

Innova Re, which began operations in 2017, specialises in commercial lines including property, aviation and civil liability insurance. 

Africa Specialty Risks unveils automated underwriting portal  

The platform is designed for authorised brokers, offering instant policy quotes, full binding capabilities and policy management resources. 

Markel Insurance hires ex-Aon executive as new Asia-Pacific MD 

Sucheng Chang was most recently CEO at Aon, Hong Kong, and before that worked at Liberty Mutual.