Technology tools, including web portals and exposure mitigation techniques, have become critical parts of modern risk managers’ arsenals, helping to inform and automate a range of functions.

London-based insurtech with high profile backers including one of the world's largest reinsurer SCOR has become Britain's next unicorn with its latest funding round. The company is looking to "disrupt" the insurance market worth $5 trillion globally.

Israeli insurtech startup Vesttoo announced on Sunday that it has completed a $6 million funding round led by Hanaco venture capital fund, just four months after raising $2 million.