Singapore-based insurtech firm bolttech has teamed up with Japanese buying and selling home Sumitomo Company to type a three way partnership (JV) for gadget safety in Asia.
The JV will ship technology-enabled embedded options to distribution companions all through Asia, with a concentrate on gadget life cycle administration companies together with gadget upgrades.
The partnership will begin with a tool improve programme in South East Asia utilizing bolttech’s distribution community and Sumitomo’s financing experience.
Sumitomo Company Media & Digital Group CEO Shinichi Kato stated: “We’re thrilled to hitch forces with bolttech, a associate with confirmed monitor report in providing technology-enabled options to handle client wants.
“We’re assured that this partnership will allow us to leverage our mixed experience and sources to ship industry-leading gadget life cycle administration companies, driving development and innovation throughout the Asia area.”
This initiative goals to reinforce the choices of distribution companions, enabling them to offer “complete options” to their prospects.
bolttech CEO Rob Schimek acknowledged: “We’re delighted to welcome Sumitomo Company as our strategic associate. We’re assured that Sumitomo Company’s experience in gadgets and huge community, mixed with our distribution capabilities, will drive us ahead in creating a greater safety expertise for shoppers in Asia.
“We’re excited to proceed our journey in shaping the way forward for insurance coverage, working in direction of our imaginative and prescient of connecting individuals with extra methods to guard the issues they worth.”
Working in 37 markets, bolttech brings a collection of digital and data-driven capabilities that join insurers, distributors and prospects.
In December 2024, the corporate launched its Sequence C funding spherical, led by Dragon Fund, by Liquidity and MUFG, valuing bolttech at $2.1bn (S$2.72bn).
