Latest news & Press releases

🏢 Tokio Marine HCC Selects Akur8’s Core Platform Solution to Expand Its Pricing Capabilities and Quickly Build Intuitive and Explainable Predictive Models

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March 28, 2024

Event

🗓 Akur8 is Proud to Serve as Platinum Sponsor for the 2024 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Spring Meeting

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March 26, 2024

New customer

🏢 PZU Strengthens Insurance Pricing Models with Akur8's Demand Module

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March 19, 2024

New partner

🤝 Akur8 Accelerator for AI-Powered Pricing Now Available for Cloud Users on Guidewire Marketplace

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March 7, 2024

New customer

🏢 Swedbank Selects Akur8 To Strengthen its Insurance Pricing Process with High Performing Models

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March 1, 2024

New partner

🎬 The Akur8 Accelerator for AI-Powered Pricing

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February 27, 2024

New customer

🏢 Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Selects Akur8‘s Core Platform Solution to Efficiently Build High Performing Explainable Pricing Models

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February 22, 2024

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🗓 Akur8 Announces Platinum Sponsorship of 2024 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Ratemaking, Product, and Modeling (RPM) Seminar

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February 20, 2024

New customer

🏢 MGS Seguros takes its pricing process to the next level with Akur8 for its P&C offering in Spain

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February 15, 2024

Interview

🎙 Brune De Linares Unveils Akur8's Key Milestones of 2023

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February 15, 2024

Interview

🎙 Interview with Franck Zerbib, Akur8’s Chief Technology Officer

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February 15, 2024

Interview

🎙 Akur8's 2024 Product Vision: An Interview with Joanna Chardon, Chief Strategy and Product Officer at Akur8

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January 24, 2024

Life @ Akur8

🇯🇵 Akur8 in Japan - One year later

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January 23, 2024

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Selected by Leading Spanish Insurer MAPFRE to Boost Their Pricing Capabilities

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January 18, 2024

Life @ Akur8

🎉 Akur8 releases Year in Review video highlighting the most memorable moments from 2023!

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January 16, 2024

New customer

🏢 Freeyou Insurance AG fast-tracks pricing with Akur8

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January 11, 2024

New Customer

🏢 Quincy Mutual Group Selects Akur8’s Core Platform Solution to Expand Their Pricing Capabilities Across Personal and Commercial Lines of Business

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January 9, 2024

New customer

🏢 Ohio Mutual Selects Akur8’s Risk and Rate Modeling Solution to Expand Its Pricing Capabilities Across Personal and Commercial Lines of Business

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November 28, 2023

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Expands Presence in Latin American Market

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November 22, 2023

Publication

📄 Pricing Teams in a Changing World: Evolving Backgrounds and Expectations

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November 20, 2023

New partnership

🤝 hyperexponential and Akur8 partner to power data-driven specialty and commercial pricing

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November 8, 2023

Publication

📄 Derivative lasso: Credibility-based signal fitting for GLMs

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October 31, 2023

New partnership

🤝 Akur8 and Guidewire Expand Partnership with New Funding

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October 17, 2023

New customer

🏢 Tokio Marine Seguradora Teams Up with Akur8 in Brazil to Strengthen its Pricing Processes

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October 9, 2023

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Title Sponsorship of InsureTech Connect (ITC) Vegas 2023

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October 4, 2023

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Platinum Sponsorship of 2023 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Annual Meeting

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September 15, 2023

Publication

📄Unlocking the value in insurance pricing: Balancing the Build vs. Buy equation

September 8, 2023

Blog Post

💻 Modelle erstellen mit GDV-Daten - wie können deutsche Versicherer Akur8 einsetzen, um sich von den Wettbewerbern abzusetzen?

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September 5, 2023

New customer

🏢 SGI CANADA and Akur8 Join Forces to Empower Pricing Experts and Boost Their Insurance Pricing Process

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September 4, 2023

Fundraising

📊 Akur8 raised another $25M and introduces new investor FinTLV

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July 26, 2023

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Selected by Cypress Property & Casualty Insurance to Boost Their Pricing Capabilities Across Personal and Commercial Lines of Business

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July 21, 2023

Video

🎬 Akur8 releases "Just Ask an Actuary" Video Series

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July 18, 2023

New customer

🏢 Madison Mutual Insurance Company has Partnered with Akur8 to Boost Their Pricing Capabilities Across Personal Lines of Business

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July 12, 2023

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Selected by Canal Insurance to Boost Their Pricing Capabilities Across Commercial Lines of Business

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June 27, 2023

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Selected by WRG to Boost Their Pricing Capabilities Across Personal and Commercial Lines of Business

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May 30, 2023

New customer

🏢 HDI Seguros Colombia joins forces with Akur8 to strengthen its pricing process

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May 24, 2023

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Silver Sponsorship of 2023 Insurtech Insights USA

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May 23, 2023

New customer

🏢 Promutuel Assurance chooses Akur8 to boost their risk modeling and pricing process

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May 22, 2023

Publication

📄 Pricing in an Age of High Inflation

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May 17, 2023

New customer

🏢 Bradesco Seguros partners with Akur8 to accelerate its advanced risk model development and rate modeling

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May 12, 2023

About Akur8

✅ SOC 2 Type II certified: Akur8’s constant commitment to security

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May 11, 2023

New Customer

🏢 Zego partners with Akur8 to price its commercial motor insurance products

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May 4, 2023

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Selected by NEXT Insurance to Help Scale Pricing Capability Framework

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April 18, 2023

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Platinum Sponsorship of 2023 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Spring Meeting

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April 11, 2023

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Selected by IMT Insurance to Boost Pricing Capabilities Across Personal and Business Lines of Business

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April 5, 2023

New Customer

🏢 Helvetia Italy takes pricing excellence to the next level with Akur8

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March 15, 2023

New Customer

🏢 SANTALUCÍA strengthens its pricing process with Akur8

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February 28, 2023

Life at Akur8

👩‍🦰🧔Akur8's announces a Professional Equality Index of 96/100 in 2023!

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February 21, 2023

Video

🎬 Akur8 releases new End-to-end Pricing Solution Video!

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February 21, 2023

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Platinum Sponsorship of 2023 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) RPM Seminar

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February 21, 2023

Video

🎬 Akur8 releases new RATE Video!

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February 9, 2023

Interview

🎙 Akur8 gives insights into the evolution of its insurance pricing platform in 2023

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February 6, 2023

Interview

🎙 How will the actuarial profession and practices evolve in the coming years?

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February 1, 2023

Interview

🎙 Akur8 expands its global footprint in 2022

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January 25, 2023

Life @ Akur8

🎉 Akur8 releases Year in Review video highlighting the most memorable moments from 2022!

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January 2, 2023

We ❤️ actuaries

🎬 How does your insurer calculate your home or car insurance premium?

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December 13, 2022

Publication

📄 Applying Machine Learning to Actuarial Pricing Workflows

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December 8, 2022

We ❤️ actuaries

🎉 Akur8 announces actuaries Ashley Bybee and Jan Küthe have qualified for the quarter finals of the Young Actuary World Cup

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November 25, 2022

Publication

📃 Bancassurance: is pricing sophistication the key to continued growth?

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November 22, 2022

New Customer

🗓 Akur8 Platform Selected by HDVI to Support Development of Telematics-Based Insurance Models

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November 15, 2022

New Customer

🗓 Tokio Marine Highland announces new collaboration with Akur8 to strengthen their pricing process

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November 2, 2022

New Customer

🗓 Akur8 Teams Up with FCCI Insurance Group to Enhance and Streamline their Underwriting Process and Pricing Capabilities Across Business Lines

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October 31, 2022

We ❤️ actuaries

🎬 What is Machine Learning?

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October 26, 2022

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Platinum Sponsorship of 2022 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Annual Meeting

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October 19, 2022

Award

🗓 Akur8 Named to Sønr’s 2022 Insurtech 100 Global List

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October 13, 2022

New customer

📃 Ornikar fait confiance à Akur8 pour la tarification de ses produits d’assurance

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October 12, 2022

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Gold Sponsorship of Guidewire Connections 2022

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September 20, 2022

Event

🗓 Akur8 and Milliman announce global expansion of strategic alliance, joint workshop and panel at this year’s ITC Vegas 2022

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September 15, 2022

Publication

📃 Akur8 releases its first Global Insurance Pricing Survey

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September 13, 2022

New customer

🏢 AllClear Travel Insurance deploys Akur8 to empower its pricing team

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September 7, 2022

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Title Sponsorship of InsureTech Connect (ITC) Vegas 2022

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September 1, 2022

New partnership

🤝 Akur8 partners with Sapiens to empower insurers with next generation pricing capabilities

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August 29, 2022

We ❤️ actuaries

🎬 What is an actuary, and what do they do?

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July 18, 2022

Life at Akur8

📭📌Akur8 opens new office in Cologne/Germany

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July 6, 2022

Charity

🥾 Akur8 team walks 100KM for Oxfam Trailwalker 2022

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June 30, 2022

New customer

🏢 Europ Assistance Group chooses Akur8 to strengthen its pricing process

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June 21, 2022

New customer

🏢 Mutua Madrileña chooses Akur8 for its insurance pricing process

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June 8, 2022

New customer

🏢 Tokio Marine North America Services (TMNAS) announces new collaboration with Akur8 to strengthen their pricing process

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June 7, 2022

New customer

🏢 Akur8 and MS&AD Insurance Group Announce Strategic Partnership

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June 6, 2022

Life at Akur8

👩‍🦰 👨 Akur8 commits to gender parity with La French Tech

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June 2, 2022

New customer

🏢 Seguros Sura adopts Akur8 to boost its insurance pricing process across Latin America

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May 31, 2022

New customer

🏢 AXA Tianping Partners with Akur8 to Strengthen Pricing Process

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May 31, 2022

New partner

🤝 Akur8 Partners with Duck Creek Technologies to Offer Fully Integrated, Best-in-Class Pricing Software Solutions to P&C Carriers

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May 30, 2022

Charity

🚴🏻‍♂️ Akur8 participates in charity bike ride in London to fight diabetes!

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May 24, 2022

Life at Akur8

👩‍🦰🧔Akur8's 2022 Professional Equality Index (French Egapro)

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May 24, 2022

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Silver Sponsorship of InsureTech Connect Asia 2022

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April 26, 2022

New customer

🏢 Hellas Direct partners with Akur8 to enhance their best-in-class pricing process

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April 12, 2022

Akur8 Academy

🎓 Akur8 launches Akur8 Academy

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March 29, 2022

Publication

📃 Akur8 Releases New Research Paper “Credibility and Penalized Regression”

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March 22, 2022

New customer

🏢 Akur8 Teams Up with Bass Underwriters to Boost Their Pricing Capabilities

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March 9, 2022

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Gold Sponsorship of 2022 Casualty Actuarial Society RPM Virtual Seminar

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February 28, 2022

Event

🗓 Akur8 Announces Gold Sponsorship of Duck Creek Formation ‘22

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February 15, 2022

New customer

🏢 Akur8 teams up with pet health unicorn Bought By Many / ManyPets

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February 8, 2022

New Customer

🏢 HDI Seguros chooses Akur8 to strengthen its pricing process in Chile

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February 1, 2022

New customer

🏢 Luko strengthens its pricing process with Akur8

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December 7, 2021

New customer

🏢 AXA Luxembourg joins forces with Akur8 to empower its pricing team

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November 9, 2021

New partner

🤝 Milliman and Akur8 form strategic alliance to bring next generation pricing capabilities to P&C insurers, MGAs, and start-ups

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October 21, 2021

Partenariat

🏢 Télécom Paris et Akur8 s’allient pour former et accompagner les étudiants ingénieurs

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September 7, 2021

New customer

🏢 PZU Group adopts Akur8 to boost its insurance pricing process in the Baltics

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July 27, 2021

New customer

🏢 Beesafe and Compensa, part of VIG Poland, collaborate with Akur8 to transform their pricing process

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🇺🇸 Enterprise Viewpoint

January 2024

Applying Machine Learning to Actuarial and Pricing Workflows

🇬🇧 The Actuary UK

December 2023

Not going anywhere: Actuaries vs. Data Scientists in an evolving insurance industry

🇬🇧 Fintech Global

November 2023

Pricing Teams in a Changing World: evolving backgrounds and expectations

🇬🇧 Insurtech Insights

November 2023

Hyperexponential and Akur8 Announce Partnership to boost Commercial Pricing in the Insurance Sector

🇬🇧 Fintech Global

September 2023

InsurTech disruptor Akur8 scores $25m investment

🇺🇸 Insurtech Insights

September 2023

Insurtech Innovator Akur8 Secures $25M Funding, Welcomes FinTLV as New Investor

🇺🇸 FinTech Global

May 2023

Rising inflation and its impact on insurance pricing: coping strategies for actuaries

🇦🇺 Actuaries Institute Australia

March 2023

Applying machine learning to insurance pricing

🇬🇧 Fintech Global

February 2023

How can bancassurance meet the challenges of today?

🇺🇸 The Money Outlook

January 2023

Data Transformation in Insurance Pricing: A Strategic Imperative for Insurers

🇺🇸 The Money Outlook

January 2023

Data Transformation in Insurance Pricing; A Strategic Imperative for Insurers

🇬🇧 The Actuary Magazine

November 2022

Convergence between actuarial and data science is coming (page 22-23)

🇬🇧 The Actuary Magazine

November 2022

Choosing a pricing architecture

🌏 Asia Insurance Review

November 2022

Actuarial and data science in the future of insurance pricing

🌎 InsurTech Magazine

July 2022

Five insurtechs leading global disruption in insurance

🌎 Global Fintech

May 2022

What does the insurance industry really think of AI?

🌎 FinTecBuzz

April 2022