The InsTech.ie team has been kept busy this summer. In July we headed over to Munich for the Global Accelerator Programme with Finerty, we've partnered with TechIreland to launch the 2025 National AI Challenge, applications closed for the InsTech.ie Foundry and our AI in Insurance Report was featured today by RTE's Brian O'Donovan.
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New Innovation Partner - Sedgwick Ireland
InsTech.ie is delighted to welcome Sedgwick Ireland as its newest innovation partner. “We are proud to join InsTech.ie as its newest innovation partner,” said Ruth Leggett, CEO of Sedgwick Ireland. “With over four decades of experience in the Irish insurance claims, loss adjusting, and financial services sectors, Sedgwick Ireland has always been committed to delivering forward-thinking, tech-enabled solutions that support our clients’ success. We’re excited to collaborate with InsTech.ie and its partners to help position Ireland as a global hub for insurance innovation.”
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TechIreland AI Challenge
InsTech.ie is a proud partner of the TechIreland National AI Challenge 2025. This is a great opportunity for developers and AI enthusiasts to collaborate with the industry, research community and investors, while solving real-world problems using cutting edge platforms like Vertex AI, ChatGPT-4o, o3 and more!
Inspired by Ireland's AI Strategy - 'AI Here for Good', the Challenge empowers developers to use AI to the benefit of business, public services, people, through a people-centred, ethical approach to AI development, adoption and use. This year the TechIreland National AI Challenge topics include Fintech and Insurtech, amongst others, and we're delighted to be involved. Registrations are now open!
Today RTE covered our AI in Insurance Report, highlighting the surge of insurers and insurtechs exploring AI. You can download our AI in Insurance Report and our AI in Insurance Survey Results now. Discover how insurers are moving from pilot projects to enterprise-wide AI adoption, with a strong focus on data, leadership, and ethical governance to drive innovation and deliver better customer outcomes.
Saol Assurance (trading as AIB life) has won the Best in Innovation award in the InBusiness Recognition Awards 2025 by InBusiness Magazine and Chambers Ireland.
Blink Parametric included in CNBC's World's Top Fintech List
300 companies were included in CNBC's 2025 "World's Top Fintech List," 30 of those are in the insurtech sector, and one of those is Ireland-based Blink Parametric...
Laka, backed by Elkstone, is entering Ireland with a bike brand partnership focused on e-bike cover. Laka insurance is a collective, community-driven insurance model designed primarily for cyclists, offering cover for bicycles, gear, and cycling-related liability...
InsTech.ie is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Southern, Eastern & Midland Regional Programme 2021-2027 and the Northern & Western Regional Programme 2021-2027. This funding will help us to maximise enterprise collaboration and stimulate the growth and development of the insurtech cluster in Ireland.
Thank you to all our members for their continued support.
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