MS&AD Ventures

80% of the world’s catastrophic flood losses aren’t insured. That’s $58bn of uncovered damage, and it’s getting bigger each year because of climate change, population growth and urbanisation. FloodFlash is an insurance technology company that combines computer models, cloud software and internet-of-things sensors into flood cover that protects those the insurance industry has left behind. FloodFlash is the first parametric flood insurance available to the mass market. Each customer chooses a depth of flooding and how much they’d receive when floods reach that depth. When the smart sensor installed at their property detects flood water at the chosen depth, the claim is paid in full. Since the 2019 launch FloodFlash has been at the forefront of the global parametric movement. Their smart cover has set new standards for simple, transparent insurance, protecting thousands that can’t get cover anywhere else and winning over 30 industry awards. Founded by catastrophe risk experts Adam Rimmer and Dr Ian Bartholomew, FloodFlash has raised £2.1m in investment to date. FloodFlash is headquartered in London, is a registered coverholder at Lloyd’s of London and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Redkik is a global Insurtech company with the mission to transform and improve the insurance industry for all parties within logistics and transportation. Redkik’s platform eliminates the need for annual and complex insurance policies. Through Redkik’s embedded integration with licensed cargo insurance providers, transport intermediaries can offer their customers on-demand per-shipment, customized cargo insurance when their freight is booked. The team of Redkik has a big passion for innovation and technology, together with great experience and deep knowledge from logistics and transportation, risk management, cargo insurance, machine learning, and software development. Join Redkiks rapidly growing network of global transport intermediaries offering instant per shipment insurance. Redkik brings intelligence to insurance and peace of mind for you and your customers.

Accelerant is a data-driven, technology-fueled insurtech that empowers underwriters with superior risk exchange, advanced data analytics, and long-term capacity commitments. Our full-service risk exchange supports our carefully selected, best-in-class network of underwriting teams. We leverage granular information on each policy to deliver unprecedented insight into insurance pools, and our specialty portfolio is fully diversified with very low catastrophe, aggregation, or systemic risk. We’re proud to have been awarded an AM Best A- (Excellent) rating.

Vesttoo is the world’s first marketplace for non-catastrophe insurance-based risk transfer and investments. Our proprietary AI-based technology facilitates risk transfer between insurance companies and institutional investors, providing insurance-linked investments to asset managers of all types, while enhancing risk transfer and liquidity in the Life and P&C insurance markets. Our platform facilitates risk transfer to the capital markets with a faster time to market, providing insurers with an affordable, accurate alternative or supplement to traditional reinsurance with unlimited capacity from the capital markets, while we offer asset managers a variety of risk remote, uncorrelated investment options that generate sustainable alpha from a catered variety of insurance and reinsurance premiums. We collaborate with leaders in the field to build alternative reinsurance transactions covering a variety of Life and P&C insurance risks in transparent, data-driven alternative reinsurance and retrocession deals - run-off or treaty, parametric or portfolio-specific, standalone or on top of existing reinsurance towers. Our proprietary AI-based Machine Learning models have been developed independently, accepted by regulators, and externally audited by leaders in the field. Vesttoo was selected to participate in IBM Alpha Zone, Citigroup Accelerator, Plug and Play and Fintech Innovation Lab – all prestigious fintech accelerators, and most recently NVIDIA's inception program. Our management team has a diversified professional experience in global business development, investments, technology/systems/algorithms, financial engineering, reinsurance, credit rating and management Additional team members include: data scientists, financial engineers, actuaries, product managers, project managers, business development, strategy and marketing professionals.

Energetic Capital was created to catalyze deployment of renewable energy with a focus on sub-investment grade and unrated credit risks. Our process is faster and more scalable than any existing financing options, allowing more organizations to access and procure clean energy and efficiency solutions. We provide a comprehensive financing package that unlocks the benefits of efficient and affordable financing for renewable energy.

Next Insurance is an online-based insurance company for entrepreneurs and small businesses. The company's services feature claims investigation as soon as possible, with many being made within 48 hours that help its clients to get transparency. They use technology to eliminate agents and other expensive extras and give prices that are incredibly affordable. It also offers policies to a range of small businesses, from general contractors to personal trainers. Next Insurance was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Hippo Insurance Services offers a different kind of home insurance, built from the ground up to provide a new standard of care and protection for homeowners. Our goal is to make homes safer and better protected so customers spend less time worrying about the burdens of homeownership and more time enjoying their homes and the life within. Harnessing real-time data, smart home technology, and a growing suite of home services, we are creating the first integrated home protection platform. Hippo is headquartered in Palo Alto, California with offices in Austin and Dallas, Texas, and insurance products available to more than 80 percent of U.S. homeowners in 37 states. Hippo Insurance Services is a licensed property casualty insurance agent with products underwritten by various insurance companies.

Nimbla provides B2B invoice insurance to small and medium-sized businesses in the United Kingdom. The London fintech company, through their unique technology, allows them to instantly review the credit rating of their invoices and insure them individually, paying out in the event of insolvency.

WorldCover protects farmers around the world from droughts, by offering satellite-enabled insurance delivered with mobile money. Founded by MIT computer science and finance professionals, WorldCover is building an insurance platform to address the $100 billion in climate risks facing the world today. WorldCover's platform improves food and income security for smallholder farmers in developing countries. More than 70% of the 2.5 billion people living at the “base of the pyramid” throughout the world rely on agriculture for income and sustenance.

AkinovA has built an independent electronic marketplace for the transfer and trading of (re)insurance risks. Founded by experts from Insurance, Technology and Capital Markets, AkinovA is working with the existing (re)insurance value chain to help grow the overall market. AkinovA is backed by an accomplished Advisory Board with a wealth of experience in Insurance, Capital Markets and Technology. Whilst remaining an independent marketplace, AkinovA is working with leading insurance industry participants, including Hiscox and MS&AD Insurance Group, as well as Plug and Play Insurtech, NYC based marketplace venture capitalist FJ Labs, Israel based InsurTech/FinTech venture capitalist FinTLV and other undisclosed investors. For more information, please go to: www.AkinovA.com

ELEMENT Insurance is a white-label product factory for insurance and a leader in insurance digitalization. It is licensed by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzaufsicht) as a direct insurer for non-life insurance, which enables ELEMENT to act as a risk carrier, including claims settlement, in 28 countries across Europe. Founded in March 2017, ELEMENT offers a unique technology platform (‘Insurance as a Platform’) with a focus on the B2B2X value chain: ELEMENT develops for its partners from various industries – from e-commerce to established insurers – custom-made, innovative white-label insurance products at record speed. These products are then marketed by the partners under their own brand. ELEMENT has its headquarters in Berlin and operates across Europe.