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Weekly News Roundup Top Headlines from Feb 16–22, 2026 Curated by InsurTech NY • Sources: Coverager Subscribe on LinkedIn 7 Stories $402M Raised 5 Funding Rounds Funding Vestwell Raises $385 Million in Series E Vestwell, a savings and retirement infrastructure platform, raised $385 million in Series E funding led by Blue Owl Capital and Sixth […]

Vote for the 10th Startup in the 2026 Global InsurTech Startup Competition Startup Competition  ·  February 2026 Vote for the 10th Startup in the 2026 Global InsurTech Startup Competition Nine finalists are confirmed. One wildcard spot remains — and it’s decided by you. InsurTech NY  ·  February 2026 Startup Competition The 2026 InsurTech NY Startup […]

InsurTech NY Announces Insurance Carrier CEO Keynote Panel for 2026 Spring Conference Press Release  ·  February 16, 2026 InsurTech NY Announces Insurance Carrier CEO Keynote Panel for 2026 Spring Conference CEOs from Vantage Risk, NYSIF, and Incline to discuss the organizational change required to become AI-first New York, NY  ·  February 16, 2026 Press Release […]

FF News | Fintech Finance Joins as Media Partner for the 2026 Spring Conference | InsurTech NY Media Partnership FF News | Fintech Finance Joins as an Official Media Partner — and They’ll Be on the Ground at Pier 60 Published by Tyrel McAllister  ·  February 2026  ·  3 min read Media Partner Some media […]

✉ Insurance Innovation, Delivered Monthly. Insights from David Gritz and the InsurTech NY community. Events • Partner Programs • Deals & Acquisitions • Job Postings • MD Intro Weekly News Roundup Top Headlines from Feb 9–15, 2026 Curated by InsurTech NY • Sources: Coverager, Financial Times, GlobeNewswire Subscribe on LinkedIn 6 Stories $105M Raised 2 […]

Media Partnership Insurance CIO Outlook Joins as an Official Media Partner for the 2026 Spring Conference Published by Tyrel McAllister  ·  February 2026  ·  3 min read Media Partner We’re excited to announce that Insurance CIO Outlook has joined as an official media partner for the InsurTech NY 2026 Spring Conference — taking place March […]

Weekly News Roundup Top Headlines from Feb 2–8, 2026 Curated by InsurTech NY • Sources: Coverager, Insurance Innovation Reporter Subscribe on LinkedIn 7 Stories $16.2B Raised 3 Funding Rounds Funding Waymo Raises $16 Billion Waymo, the Alphabet-owned autonomous vehicle company, has raised a $16 billion investment round valuing the company at $126 billion post-money. The […]

Weekly News Roundup Top Headlines from Jan 26–Feb 1, 2026 Curated by InsurTech NY • Sources: Coverager, Insurance Innovation Reporter 7 Stories $150M Raised 4 Funding Rounds Funding Gyde Launches with $60 Million in Funding Led by Lightspeed Austin-based brokerage platform Gyde has launched with $60 million in financing led by Lightspeed. Gyde is positioning […]

Top 10 Insurtech Conferences to Attend in 2026 Your 2026 InsurTech Conference Guide – The Must-Attend Events for Innovators, Investors, and Industry Leaders Another year, another packed conference calendar. But not all insurtech events are created equal. Some are genuine community builders. Others feel like expensive networking receptions with name tags. Here are the ten […]

Weekly News Roundup Top Headlines from Jan 19–25, 2026 Curated by InsurTech NY • Sources: Coverager, Insurance Innovation Reporter 6 Stories $41M Raised 2 Funding Rounds Product WTW Launches Health Transparency Optimizer WTW has launched Health Transparency Optimizer, a new analytics platform designed to bring greater clarity to healthcare pricing across employer benefit programs. The […]

Why Early-Stage InsurTech Founders Are Calling the Global InsurTech Startup Competition a Game-Changer Applications Open Why Early-Stage InsurTech Founders Are Calling the Global InsurTech Startup Competition a Game-Changer Deadline: February 3rd, 2026 • Finals: March 31st, 2026 in NYC “The exposure was amazing. Drove quite a bit of inbound and definitely added a healthy share […]

Weekly News Roundup Top Headlines from Jan 12–18, 2026 Curated by InsurTech NY • Sources: Coverager, Insurance Innovation Reporter 6 Stories $63.1M Raised 4 Funding Rounds Product Eleos Life Launches Free AI Assistant for P&C Agents, Brokers Eleos Life, a digital-first InsurTech specializing in embedded life and disability products, has launched a free AI-powered assistant […]

INSURTECH NY – NEW YORK | January 23rd, 2026 Uncovering Uncut Gems: 2026 Startup Competition Launches All diamonds start as uncut gems. The precision, beauty, and symmetry lies inside, but it is not exposed until it is properly cut, shaped and polished. Startups are the same way, tons of potential that is uncertain till they […]

2026 InsurTech Conference Calendar A curated calendar of the year’s key gatherings across insurance, innovation, and risk. InsurTech NYOur flagship events PartnerRecommended partner events OtherIndustry events Small EventFiresides, webinars & virtual All Events InsurTech NY Partner Events Other Firesides & Webinars Our 2026 Spring Conference (March 30-31 at Chelsea Pier 60, NYC) brought together 1,100+ […]

Weekly News Roundup Top Headlines from Jan 6th, 2026 Curated by InsurTech NY • Sources: Coverager, Insurtech Insights 6 Stories $82.5M Raised 2 Funding Rounds M&A Akur8 Acquires Matrisk Insurance pricing and reserving platform Akur8 has acquired Matrisk, a NY-based startup offering an AI platform that extracts insights from insurance regulatory filings. The acquisition of […]