Andres Lehtmets

Plaid Hits $8B Valuation. Insurance Is Part of the Story.

February 28, 2026

Plaid just raised new capital at an $8 billion valuation, up from $6.1 billion in April 2025. The round was structured as a tender offer to provide liquidity...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #36, 2026

February 22, 2026

The InsurTech4Good newsletter just passed 4,600 subscribers. When I started writing it, I had no audience and no plan, just a belief that the intersection of...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #35, 2026

February 9, 2026

Welcome to all new readers. There are now around 4,500 of you! This is a super-packed issue. A lot has been happening recently in finance and insurance...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter #34, 2026

January 11, 2026

I’m back with the first newsletter episode of the year after a short pause over the holidays. That doesn’t mean I paused my monitoring. Quite the opposite....

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #33, 2025

December 16, 2025

This week’s edition offers a sweeping global view, covering everything from the evolution of SupTech to the practicalities of embedded insurance, as well as...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #32, 2025

November 28, 2025

A lot is happening again in insurance and financial innovation. See for yourself. But before that, I would like to personally invite you to participate in a...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #31, 2025

November 9, 2025

First things first. I’m pleased to share that I have joined the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #30, 2025

October 20, 2025

Personal update. I’m excited to share that I have joined Striga, a Lightspark company, as a Supervisory Board Member. This has been in the works for some...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #29, 2025

October 6, 2025

I’m back from Istanbul after one of my client engagements and very happy about how it went. My company may be small (for now it’s a one-person show), but...

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SupTech in insurance supervision

October 6, 2025

The State of SupTech The State of SupTech Report 2024 is out – the global benchmark on how financial authorities are adopting and scaling supervisory...

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InsurTech4Good.com Weekly Newsletter – #28, 2025

September 22, 2025

Exactly a year ago, I announced here that I was leaving EIOPA. How has it been since then? I wrote a bit about it, including what I’m up to these days. If I...

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Synthetic Data: Opportunities and Risks for Financial, Insurance, and Supervisory Innovation

September 22, 2025

Synthetic data is becoming increasingly important for financial and insurance innovators, as well as supervisors. A recent World Economic Forum report...

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How InsurTech Enables Financial Inclusion

September 22, 2025

Financial inclusion increasingly depends on the ability of financial services to reach underserved individuals and communities. Insurance plays a critical...

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What the EU Data Act and Vehicle Data Guidance Mean for Insurers, OEMs, and Insurance Innovators

September 22, 2025

EU Data Act is now applicable, improving access to data in the EU market for individuals and businesses. What does it mean for the insurance industry?...

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Estonia’s Savings and Investments Account (Investeerimiskonto): A Blueprint for the EU’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU)

September 20, 2025

The European Commission’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy, published in March 2025, aims to mobilise household savings into productive...

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Different Perspectives on FiDA and Open Finance from the Latest EUROFI Magazine

September 19, 2025

The latest EUROFI magazine, published after the recent EUROFI Copenhagen meeting, gathered a wide range of views on Financial Data Access Framework Proposal...

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A Digital-First Approach Is Key to Scalable Pensions and to the PEPP Regulation / IORP II Directive Review

September 19, 2025

The need to create viable and scalable supplementary pensions is clear and urgent, but it cannot be achieved without a digital-first approach. EIOPA recently...

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Public consultation on Digital Fairness Act

September 19, 2025

The public consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act has just been launched. At first glance, it might not seem directly relevant to your area but...

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Digital Fairness Act: Why It Matters for Financial and Insurance Services

September 19, 2025

A major new piece of EU consumer legislation is on the horizon.The Digital Fairness Act could reshape how digital services interact with consumers, and its...

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State of the Union 2025: What It Means for Insurance, Finance and Innovation

September 10, 2025

President von der Leyen just delivered the 2025 State of the Union. The speech was heavy on geopolitics, but there are important signals for financial...

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