Akur8 has acquired Matrisk, adding AI-driven analysis of unstructured regulatory filings into its pricing and reserving platform. It’s a nice one, this.

The move strengthens Akur8’s ability to give pricing teams real market and regulatory context alongside their models – a growing requirement as insurers look to move faster without drifting into black-box territory.

Rewriting Commercial Vehicle Underwriting

AI-native commercial insurer Nirvana Insurance has secured a $100m extension to its Series D, pushing its valuation to $1.5bn.

The raise reflects growing confidence in data-led underwriting for complex fleet risks, where traditional rating factors continue to fall short.

At the same time, closer to home, InsureVision has launched two video-based risk intelligence products: TeslaStick, aimed at embedded personal auto, and FleetVision™ for commercial fleets. Both use real-world driving footage to assess risk more accurately at the point of underwriting.

Different business models, same underlying thesis: loss-making vehicle portfolios won’t be fixed with pricing tweaks alone – they need fundamentally better risk signals.

Scaling Property Technology

German startup Enzo has raised a further €4m in a Seed extension, taking total funding to €6.2m.

The capital will support continued development of Enzo’s tech-led approach to property risk, where prevention, climate exposure and real-time insight are becoming central to underwriting. And customer engagement.

A space that’s quietly but steadily heating up. Excuse the pun.

Broker Stack Tech

Xceedance has acquired Marble Box, a move that brings it directly into the agent and broker operating layer of the market.

This pulls them closer to day-to-day broker workflows where automation, data flow and operating efficiency can have the biggest commercial impact. Smart.

Upcoming Events

A few London based events for those more local.

The biggie is ITC London of course. That’s 26/27th January.

There’s a few particularly interesting themes/initiatives jumping out:

●     A spotlight on the London market and specialty lines

●     A Generali “Challenge Lab” focused on a sustainable, low-carbon future

●     Folks from the Nordics sharing what they’re up to on the innovation front

I’ll be there. Em and Matt F too.

If you’re heading down, let me know – maybe we can get a big table organised and a dinner planned 🤷🏻

And finally, one for Feb that I’m speaking at is with the Systems iO folk – part of their round-table event series – “Cutting through the  noise: what really matters in insurance innovation”.

📅 4–7pm | Thursday 26th February

📍 Apex City of London Hotel

Space is limited on this one but if you’d like to come along, drop Dan McNamara a message at [email protected]

Before I disappear, I enjoyed the interview between Emily Peters, Sønr’s Director of Research and Hvild, one of our Beyond Boundaries Signal50.

Em and Nadine chatted through the Beyond Boundaries report, the selection process of the Signal50 and Scale50, and the key trends it revealed. A great watch.

That’s it from me. It’s a weekend of family time + gym time (…for those I haven’t bored to tears with this one yet, I qualified for the Hyrox World Champs in Sweden with my Pro Doubles partner Oliver Conger of British Rototherm Group).

2026 is going to be a B-I-G year.

Have a good weekend. Enjoy.

Matt

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