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Nauto names Daniel Grimwood-Bird as Head of Insurance
Data Analytics

Nauto names Daniel Grimwood-Bird as Head of Insurance

Nauto appoints Daniel Grimwood-Bird as Head of Insurance to drive insurer adoption of its AI-powered vehicle data for commercial motor risk.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Strong growth for Irish tech imports across Australia and New Zealand
Fintech

Strong growth for Irish tech imports across Australia and New Zealand

Irish tech exports to Australia and New Zealand have surged nearly 60% in five years, with Enterprise Ireland backing rapid sector growth.

By Donovan Jackson • 3 min read • Wed, 18th Mar 2026
Aon pilots stablecoin premium payments with Coinbase, Paxos
Crypto

Aon pilots stablecoin premium payments with Coinbase, Paxos

Aon pilots stablecoin insurance premium payments with Coinbase and Paxos, testing USDC and PYUSD settlement across Ethereum and Solana.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
IAG New Zealand shifts core claims platform to cloud
Disaster Recovery

IAG New Zealand shifts core claims platform to cloud

IAG New Zealand has moved its core Guidewire ClaimCentre system to Guidewire Cloud, aiming to boost claims resilience, scale and updates.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
London tops fintech as Europe urges pension funding
Software-as-a-Service

London tops fintech as Europe urges pension funding

London tops global fintech funding as Europe outperforms in regulated niches but leans on US backers and eyes pensions to plug gaps.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Socotra launches embedded AI assistant for underwriting
Digital Transformation

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant for underwriting

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant in its Operations Workbench, promising faster, auditable underwriting across products and regions.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI
DevOps

Manulife picks Akka to power enterprise agentic AI

Manulife taps Akka's runtime to harden and scale its beta enterprise agentic AI platform for regulated, business-critical workloads.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Enterprises shun plug-and-play AI for tailored builds
Software-as-a-Service

Enterprises shun plug-and-play AI for tailored builds

Enterprises ditch plug-and-play AI as Cognizant research shows buyers now favour bespoke builds and services-led, long-term partnerships.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Fathom deepens AXA Climate tie-up for flood risk data
Supply Chain

Fathom deepens AXA Climate tie-up for flood risk data

Fathom has deepened its partnership with AXA Climate's Altitude platform to embed richer probabilistic flood and terrain data for investors.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Smart Communications names David Hamilton as Chairman
Software-as-a-Service

Smart Communications names David Hamilton as Chairman

Smart Communications appoints veteran fintech executive David Hamilton as Chairman to steer global expansion and AI push in regulated sectors.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Mar 2026
How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales
Digital Transformation

How the universal adoption of AI can help women in insurance balance the scales

As AI reshapes insurance, automation could free women from routine tasks and open faster routes into higher-skilled, better-paid roles.

By Laura Drabik • 4 min read • Mon, 9th Mar 2026
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Fintech

From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like

Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.

By Janthana Kaenprakhamroy • 5 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

Stories from Other Regions

Fintech forecast to add AUD $37 billion to Australia's GDP
Digital Transformation

Fintech forecast to add AUD $37 billion to Australia's GDP

Australia's fintech sector could add AUD $37 billion to GDP and hit AUD $71 billion in revenue by 2035, if capital and policy align.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Mar 2026
Legado nears 500,000 users as fintech digitises paperwork
Software-as-a-Service

Legado nears 500,000 users as fintech digitises paperwork

Edinburgh fintech Legado nears 500,000 users as financial firms pour into digital document controls under rising regulatory scrutiny.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026
Socotra launches embedded AI assistant for underwriters
Digital Transformation

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant for underwriters

Socotra unveils embedded AI assistant for underwriters, promising rapid setup, governance controls and live risk insights across products.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026
Insurers eye AI-led claims as bias & risk fears grow
Data Protection

Insurers eye AI-led claims as bias & risk fears grow

Insurers race toward fully AI-run claims within two years, even as most fear biased outcomes and demand stronger oversight and transparency.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
AI deepfakes trigger 'Great Trust Recession' online
Data Protection

AI deepfakes trigger 'Great Trust Recession' online

Almost half of people now distrust nearly everything they see online as AI deepfakes trigger a 'Great Trust Recession', new research shows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026
Festina urges UK to embed retirement income from outset
Fintech

Festina urges UK to embed retirement income from outset

Festina urges UK pension schemes to embed retirement income choices from day one, warning savings-first systems leave retirees adrift.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Mar 2026