Corvus Insurance and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group team up on expanded offering

Corvus Insurance, a provider of smart commercial insurance products powered by AI-driven risk data, and specialty property and casualty insurer Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, have partnered to expand Corvus’s data-driven offering. The announcement comes on the heels of Corvus’s $100M Series C fundraising round which brought the company to a $750 million valuation.

The partnerships will expand Corvus’ Smart Cargo + Cyber offering, a data-driven Ocean Cargo policy featuring a comprehensive cyber liability endorsement. The cyber endorsement was designed to cover risks (such as business interruption) that occur when a cyber-attack halts or diverts goods in transit. The Skyward Specialty - Corvus partnership will expand Corvus’ AI-powered, data-driven strategy for ocean cargo by bringing its coverage to new industries and analysing larger risks while also capitalising on Skyward Specialty underwriting, risk analytics and technology expertise as the partnership seeks to expand the addressable market of this offering.

“Our new partnership with Skyward Specialty Insurance will be integral in our efforts to further expand Smart Cargo + Cyber, enabling us to leverage additional forms of unique and proprietary data sets that will provide ground breaking insights,” said Phil Edmundson, founder and CEO of Corvus Insurance. “We look forward to providing our brokers and policyholders with our enhanced solutions and services as we partner with Skyward Specialty.”

Andrew Robinson, CEO of Skyward Specialty, added: “Skyward Specialty is leading the market in incorporating new types of risk data, advanced analytics and emerging technologies to better address the needs of complex specialty property and casualty categories. Our DNA is unique amongst our peers in combining this capability with the traditional disciplines of a world-class specialty insurance company. Our partnership with Corvus on Smart Cargo + Cyber is another excellent example of our strategy to own those niches we seek to serve. We are excited to take this first step in our partnership with Corvus.”

Corvus and Skyward Specialty will also work to pursue new areas of coverage, using data science to provide value to brokers and policyholders. To date, the Corvus Cyber, Tech E&O and Cargo lines of business have generated over $120 million in annual premium run rate due to its differentiated underwriting, risk mitigation and digital experiences.

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