
The Funding Streak in Insurtech Continues
Although private market funding for insurtechs hit a new high in 2021, valuations of public firms have underperformed vis-à-vis the general stock market.
Traditional carriers and innovative startups are embracing insurance technology to operate more efficiently and to offer a stellar customer journey. We help clients make the most of insurtech trends, using platforms such as our Fintech Control Tower.
What are insurtechs? They are digital challengers and enablers, whose primary objective is transforming segments of the insurance value chain by leveraging the latest technologies, adopting new business models, and having customers at the forefront of their strategic and operational thinking.
FinTech Control Tower by BCG is a joint venture with Expand Research that is aimed at offering a data-driven view of the global fintech ecosystem, exploring emerging trends, highlighting top players, and analyzing winning business models and the technologies that matter most in today’s insurance industry.
It provides market intelligence to facilitate the digital transformation of the insurance industry, leveraging three key assets:
BCG’s insurtech consulting experts help prominent global insurers tackle some of their most pressing innovation challenges. Our insurtech consulting clients include top global and regional banks and insurers, regulators, investors, and corporate giants, which choose us for our expertise and ability to drive informed decisions regarding innovation management, ecosystem engagement, IT investments, and M&A activities.
New Ventures
We helped a leading European insurance group launch an insurtech venture, including creating scalable digital business models, identifying IT requirements and AI use cases, and outlining a go-live roadmap. We also supported ramp-up activities, including recruiting employees and acquiring business partners.
M&A
We conducted due diligence on an insurtech acquisition target for a European auto insurance technology company, including analyzing the target’s market, competitive dynamics, and potential for growth and integration with the acquirer’s business.
Although private market funding for insurtechs hit a new high in 2021, valuations of public firms have underperformed vis-à-vis the general stock market.
2020 saw a rush to digitization throughout the industry. For insurtechs, a record amount of equity funding followed.
A look at the record-breaking year in Insurtech (emerging trends, innovative business models, and the most disruptive technologies) using a data-driven view of Insurtech globally through products, investments, and geographies.
With a focus on robust equity funding, the latest roundup from the BCG FinTech Control Tower (FCT) provides an update on insurtech investments made during the first half of 2021.