On the heels of announcing $7 million in Series A funding, bringing its capital raise to $13 million, REACH, the developer of a leading virtual workplace platform built for real-time customer transactions, continues to build market momentum with the appointment of two experienced leaders to its executive team. Tom Hipp has joined REACH as Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Operations, and Susan Beyer as Senior Vice President, Global Marketing. In these roles, Hipp and Beyer will focus on growing the company’s presence in the U.S. and internationally. “Given the move to remote work that has spurred the next level of digital transformation,…
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This will be the first time in Israel that a company will be able to provide its customers with a technology that can assess car damage directly from their mobile phones without any human participation Ravin AI, a leader in the development of AI-based vehicle testing tools, announced today the signing of a cooperation agreement with Menora Mivtachim Insurance Company. The collaboration will examine the use of Ravin’s technology to analyze vehicle damage based on images. Using Ravin’s new technology, car insurance policyholders can submit car (tort) claims and get damage estimates instantly and automatically. In this phase, the technology…
The FinTLV global fund has mapped the 2022 Israeli eco-system. According to the fund, the map includes any start-up with potential for bringing about change in the insurance sector – new products, an improved customer experience, improved work processes and smarter and more efficient marketing The global FinTLV fund has mapped the Israeli eco-system in the area of insurtech in 2022 and it presents its conclusions regarding the industry and its trends. “The insurtech sector is continuing to grow and develop. Like the insurance companies, insurtech comprises a wide range of solutions, ideas, products and companies influencing all aspects of…
The BrokerTech Ventures leadership team of Dan Keough, Co-CEO/Co-Founder of BrokerTech Ventures; Susan Hatten, COO of BrokerTech Ventures; Ellen Willadsen, Executive Sponsor of BrokerTech Ventures; and Tom Stewart, President of Innovative Captive Strategies; recently visited Israel to expand and deepen the relationship with the flourishing insurtech ecosystem in Israel. BrokerTech Ventures (BTV) is the leading figure in the US broker insurtech ecosystem and represents a combined 29 premiere insurance brands, as well as multi-billions of dollars in premiums and overall distribution. BTV has partnered with “The Israeli Insurtech Accelerator” and “InsurTech Israel” as part of their strategies to expand to the…
By virtue of its successful deployment in the US, INSHUR selects Five Sigma’s SaaS-based solution to build its in-house UK claims operations. Five Sigma, an emerging leader in cloud-native Claims Management Solutions (CMS), today announced that INSHUR has chosen Five Sigma’s CMS for its UK in-house claims operations. INSHUR is a leading global Insurtech firm in the embedded insurance space that has made a name for itself by providing an innovative, data-driven approach that sets a new benchmark for the development and distribution of commercial insurance products. This new implementation will allow INSHUR to extend that same quality, speed, and…
Wesure says that receipt of the permits completes the additional pre-conditions of the Ayalon agreement, the completion date for the Ayalon acquisition is set for June 30 2022 The Wesure Globaltech technology and insurance company has announced that it is advancing towards completion of the deal for the acquisition of Ayalon. The company has reported that additional approvals have been received forming pre-conditions for execution of the deal. Amongst other things, the Capital Market Commissioner has granted control permits to Wesure’s controlling shareholders (Wesure founders Emil Weischel and Nitzan Tzair Harim and Tzvi and Anat Barak, the owners of Caesarea…
Medical care and travel startup Air Doctor has secured $20M in funding for scaling the company globally. This second round of investment capitalizes on the worldwide influx in travelers after the Covid-19 pandemic and will enable the company to enter its next phase of growth. Air Doctor, raised $20 million, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Joining this round are Vintage Investment Partners and Munich Re Ventures, alongside The Phoenix, one of Israel’s leading insurance providers, as well as Kamet Ventures, which led the company’s previous round. Founded by Jenny Cohen Derfler, Efrat Sagi Ofir, Yam Derfler and Yegor Kurbachev, Air…
Travel and health insurtech leader, PassportCard has been granted a US patent for its real-time claims payout through debit card which gives customers access to a global, 100% cashless insurance service. The patented technology, driven by AI, predictive analytics and a vast medical services database allows customers to facilitate automated, instant processing of insurance claims – without having to pay via their own funds and wait to be reimbursed. The system pre-emptively processes a claim, activating the dedicated debit card issued to the customer when they purchased the policy. Following treatment, the customer pays with their card or digital wallet,…
PureSight build tools for parents that could get indications of what was happening to their children on the digital platforms to allow parents to be involved in their children’s digital world Royi Cohen is the founder and CEO of PureSight. he founded PureSight back in 1998, right after graduating with honors from the Technion. According to Cohen, The technological base on which the company was based was an engine based on AI algorithms when their initial application was an engine for website classification. At this stage, the company focused on building products for enterprises that enable content filtering in the…
Coverage, care & claim filing made seamless with a 100% digital, person-first product LOS ANGELES, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Whole-trip travel insurance startup Faye today announced it has raised $8M in seed funding, led by Viola Ventures and F2 Venture Capital, with participation from Portage Ventures, Global Founders Capital (GFC) and former NBA player Omri Casspi. The news comes on the heels of the company exiting stealth mode last month to introduce a more tech-driven, quick, person-first travel coverage and care offering to American consumers. Get your upcoming trips covered in 60 seconds and travel worry-free with Faye, the…