The National Fintech Awards, taking place on September 14th at The Round Room, Mansion House, Dublin. The Awards will celebrate the remarkable achievements of innovators, leaders, and growth pioneers in this dynamic sector. The 15 categories reflect the breadth and depth of the Irish Fintech industry, recognising those who are making a real impact on the future of an inclusive and better financial system for all.  From promising startups to established companies, we will come together to showcase the best of Irish Fintech.  One of the pinnacle categories is for Best In ..read more

Insurance is evolving. Paper to digital, protection to prevention - these transformations will touch every aspect of the industry. As tech development exceeds innovation capacity, an agile, future-focused strategy has never been more critical. Customers expect a perfectly tailored journey, and the technology behind all of this progress can cause more headaches than it solves. Insurers are now faced with the challenges of going fully digital and the knowledge that if they do not, they will be left behind in the wake of a changing world. But with disruption comes opportunity. Join 350+ of your s ..read more

Together with Dogpatch Labs and the InsurTech Network Centre, the team here at InsurTech Ireland are delivering the first ever InsurTech Pre-Accelerator in Ireland, offering vertical-specific mentors, route-to-market, and access to some of the top insurance leaders in the world. We are calling on all early-stage InsurTech start-ups or start-ups with any potential application to insurance. The Irish start-up ecosystem offers plenty of sophisticated, technology focused propositions in the areas of AI, IoT, FinTech, blockchain, etc. that can be applied to the insurance domain. This programme has ..read more

InsurTech Ireland is delighted to present The Future of Insurance Europe 2021 (4-5th November, Online), the flagship European insurance event from Reuters Events. This is the largest industry event in Europe bringing together the most influential CEOs, C-suite leadership teams and visionary insurance thought-leaders for real business discussions that truly tackle challenges, develop solutions, set benchmarks, and collectively drive momentum for an exciting future of opportunity. With an influx of new technology, emerging risk, and customer demands constantly on the rise, insurers mus ..read more

Our good friends at InsTech London have recently published a fascinating, wide-ranging interview with Debbie O'Hare, MD at Hannover Re's UK Life Branch. If you haven't seen it, it's worth reading. This interview is especially dear to our hearts. Debbie shared the stories of two innovation programmes that Hannover Re had run here in Dublin: the 2016 Journey Re entrepreneurship programme and 2019's intrapreneurship programme at Dogpatch Labs. InsurTech Ireland supported the latter, mentoring and guiding Hannover Re teams to convert ideas into fleshed-out concepts. These low profile but ..read more

RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 15, 2020. Synchrono Group Inc. d/b/a SynchronoSure®, an Insuretech Managing Underwriter specializing in 'Property/Casualty and Workers Compensation for the Gig Economy' and 'Small Commercial Insurance Risks' has partnered with CodeEast and will use their Digital Platform for the administration of Commercial Property/Casualty insurance products across the USA. Steve Hartman, Chairman and CEO of Synchrono Group, says "As an Insuretech Managing Underwriter which leverages data and technology to deliver custom insurance products, we need systems that are fast, flexibl ..read more

We are thrilled to announce a media partnership with Reuters Events. While insurtech startups are trying to define the future of the insurance industry, we know that the most important decisions still take place in the board rooms of the major insurance players. Would you like to know what Stephen Catlin (Convex), Denis Kessler (SCOR) and Andrew Horton (Beazley) have to say about strategy and business resilience in this dynamic new commercial environment? Join the most senior insurance line-up in the world at The Future of Insurance Europe (Nov 24-25, Online). Known for their top-cla ..read more

By Roger Peverelli and Reggy de Feniks, Founders of The DIA Community It already seems like ages ago that we were able to go out at night. In most countries the bars, restaurants and clubs are closed. In the basements of those places there are tanks that preserve up to 1,000 litres of beer. But when time passes, the quality of that beer declines. So, what do you do with all that beer? It’s probably too much for the proprietors to drink it all themselves during this period of social distancing. Royal Swinkels, the brewery of Bavaria beer, has come up with an excellent and sustainable plan to gi ..read more

We are delighted to announce InsurTech Ireland will be joining the DIA Community as a media partner. The Digital Insurance Agenda, DIA, is the largest 'must see' insurtech festival in Europe missioned to connect and inspire insurance pioneers from all continents. On 28-29 October, the DIA will be back in Amsterdam with two inspiring days. You can expect a rollercoaster of all sorts of inspiring masterclasses, workshops, deep dives, meet&greets in multiple streams at the iconic venues of the Westergaspark. The DIA will use their own highly acclaimed format with 50+ insurtech live demos on s ..read more

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Insurtech Insights, the world's largest Insurtech community with conferences in London, New York, and Hong Kong. This collaboration is a part of our ambitious outreach strategy for 2020, aiming at promoting Ireland as a global leader in the insurtech space. InsurTech Ireland invites you to join over 2,500 executives, entrepreneurs and investors from more than 50 countries at Insurtech Insights Europe in London on 17-18 March for two full days of networking, partnerships and dealmaking. Friends of InsurTech Ireland enjoy a 30% discount, the promo ..read more