InsurTech

Singapore’s Igloo expands beyond Asia Pacific with Turkey’s Sigortayeri partnership

The partnership marks Igloo’s first foray outside Asia Pacific, and makes it among the first in the Turkish market to cover cyber bullying. Mitsubishi Corporation, which has a long-standing relationship with Çalık Group including Aktif Bank, facilitated the partnership.

Malaysia’s insurer Tune Protect expands embedded travel protection to Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand

Malaysia's Tune Protect, through its reinsurance arm Tune Protect Re, will offer embedded travel insurance solutions across Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Driven by fundamentals, not valuations: Khazanah-backed PolicyStreet CEO outlines strategy after $26M Series C

Following a total of $26 million-Series C funding round—backed by investors including sovereign wealth funds Khazanah Nasional and Japan’s Cool Japan Fund— Malaysia-based insurtech firm PolicyStreet is doubling down on its Asian expansion, leveraging its newly achieved profitability to scale embedded insurance across digital platforms.

Malaysia’s PolicyStreet raises additional $5M investment from BlueOrchard

PolicyStreet, a Malaysia-based insurtech company, announced Tuesday an additional $5 million investment from BlueOrchard, a global impact investment manager and member of the Schroders Group, through its InsuResilience Investment strategy.

Singapore’s Igloo acquires insurtech firm Eazy Digital

Igloo, Singapore-based insurtech company, has acquired Eazy Digital, a Singapore-headquartered insurtech company with operations across Thailand and Asia.

Singapore’s Pints AI raises $5.6 million to deploy auditable AI in regulated financial institutions

Singapore-based enterprise AI startup Pints AI has raised $5.6 million in a pre-Series A round led by Tin Men Capital, with SBI Ven Capital co-leading and participation from SEEDS, NTUitive, SUTD Venture Fund, and Tenity,

Singapore’s insurtech Igloo launches AI travel insurance assistant in Indonesia, boosting purchase decision 44%

Singapore-based insurtech company Igloo has launched Igi, an AI travel insurance assistant in Indonesia that guides customers through the full purchase journey within a single conversational interface.

Igloo partners with Chubb Life to distribute insurance solutions across Vietnam and Indonesia

Igloo, Singapore-based insurtech company, today announced Tuesday a strategic partnership with Chubb Life Insurance Vietnam Company Limited and PT Chubb Life Insurance Indonesia (Chubb Life), to distribute insurance solutions across Vietnam and Indonesia through Ignite by Igloo, its insurance sales intermediary platform and network.

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The algorithm setting your settlement: How AI quietly decides insurance payouts, and what ASEAN regulators should do about it

Insurance is, in every developed market, a quasi-public good. It is regulated, subsidized at the edges, and central to economic resilience. When the adjudication layer of that public good is privatized into opaque software, the social contract underneath insurance erodes regardless of whether any specific outcome is "wrong."

Insurtech Igloo expands Philippines strategy as insurance market hits $8.4B

Singapore-headquartered insurtech firm Igloo has appointed Ramjit Lahiri as its Philippines Country Head, as the country’s insurance premiums reached PHP502.6 billion ($8.37 billion) in 2025 amid ongoing gaps in coverage and penetration.