InsurTech

Thai Paiboon Insurance Public Company Limited (TPB), a Thailand-based non-life insurance company, has on last Thursday entered into a strategic partnership with Mpire Mobility Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Greentronics Technology Berhad, to offer innovation digital solutions and services for Malaysian motorists travelling into Thailand.

Japanese multinational electronics conglomerate, Sony, has partnered with Singapore-based insurtech bolttech, to launch My Sony Care+, an embedded protection program designed to give customers extended coverage for their devices.

Orange Poland, a telco provider in Poland, announced Monday the launch of “Insure with Orange”, a new digital insurance comparison platform in Poland developed in partnership with bolttech, the Singapore-based insurtech.

Vietnamese insurtech startup Saladin has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding round led by SBI Ven Capital through its joint fund with Kyobo Securities from South Korea and NTUitive from Singapore.

South Korea’s digital life insurer Kyobo Lifeplanet Life Insurance and Singapore's insurtech bolttech have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate on building innovative digital insurance distribution solutions for Korea and beyond.

Bolttech, the Singapore-based insurtech, announced Wednesday that it has acquired mTek, a digital insurance platform based in Kenya.

Apis Partners Group (UK) Limited, a global private equity firm focused on investments at the intersection of financial services and technology, and Asia Partners, an investor in high-growth companies across Asia, have announced a joint investment in the $60 million Series C fundraise by Roojai, Thailand’s direct-to-consumer (D2C) digital insurer.

Hong Kong insurance firm FWD Group Holdings Limited announced Wednesday the inauguration of the FWD AI Lab in Singapore, a strategic move to accelerate innovation in insurance through artificial intelligence (AI) and data science.

Singapore-based regional insurtech Igloo has partnered with Telkomsel, Indonesia's biggest telecommunications service provider, to introduce a series of innovative insurance services.

China-based Huize Holding Limited, through its international brand Poni Insurtech, announced that Poni Financial Advisory Pte. Ltd. has been licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Financial Adviser and Exempt Insurance Broker.