InsurTech

Rosella, an AI-native commercial insurance brokerage, has raised A$3.7 million ($2.56 million) in pre-seed funding led by Southeast Asia-focused Peak XV Partners and Intact Private Capital.

Malaysia-founded PolicyStreet has secured RM84 million (US$21 million) in the first close of its Series C funding round, the insurtech firm said in a press release on Wednesday.

FWD Group Holdings Limited has announced several senior leadership appointments, including David Junius as Managing Director & Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from July 1, 2026; Alex Wong as Group Chief Actuary; and Khun Knattapisit Krutkrongchai as Chief Executive Officer for Thailand effective May 11, 2026.

We talked to Yen Ming Lee, Co-Founder and Group Chief Executive Officer of PolicyStreet to learn more about the firm’s achievements in 2025 and its plans and aspirations for 2026. He also shared his views on the outlook of tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia in 2026.

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.