Latest InsurTech Headlines

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Indian Insurtech Policybazaar Plans Mumbai IPO

Apr 7 2021 // Indian online insurance platform Policybazaar is planning to file a draft prospectus as soon as next month for its Mumbai initial public offering that could raise about $500 million, according to people familiar with the...

UK Insurtech Zego Launches Flexible Cover for Food, Grocery Delivery Businesses

Apr 5 2021 // Zego, the London-based insurtech and commercial motor insurance provider, has launched two new flexible insurance products for moped and e-bike fleets in the UK.The new products, developed in partnership with Wakam, enable...

BI Innovation Coming Soon: Low-Limit Policies from Insurtech Thimble

Apr 5 2021 // See a need and then fill it. That’s the secret of most successful businesses — and that was the driving motivator of insurtech Thimble, which is currently working on coverage for small business customers during...

Tech Firms Under More Scrutiny and Unhappy with Their D&O Insurance

Mar 31 2021 // With premiums rising and carriers narrowing their terms and conditions, technology companies’ satisfaction with their directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance has plummeted in 2021.Insurance broker Marsh...

Insurance Technology: Marble Opens Up Wallet; AXA Funds Idelic’s Analytics; Markel Backs Counterpart Platform

Mar 30 2021 // Insurtechs focused on consumer management of insurance policies and commercial fleet analytics are expanding their reach following funding rounds.Also, a new platform for offering management liability insurance to small...

Insurtech Funding News: $118M for Pie; $30M for Snapsheet

Mar 26 2021 // There have been two notable funding rounds by insurtechs this week.Workers’ compensation provider Pie Insurance has raised $118 million in new funding, including financing from Allianz and others. Snapsheet, a claims...

Insurtech Root Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Negligence, Omissions in IPO Filing

Mar 24 2021 // With shares of Root Inc. trading at less than 50 percent of the late October 2020 IPO price of $27 per share, the insurtech carrier has been named in a shareholders class action complaint, Carrier Management has...

California County Adding Artificial Intelligence for Wildfires

Mar 23 2021 // Sonoma County officials say they will add artificial intelligence technology to help fight wildfires with a 24-7 monitor to track fire outbreaks.The technology will be added to the county’s network of wildfire...

Insurance Technology: InsurTech NY Winners; $3M in GloveBox; Hippo’s Claims Partners; AXIS-Elpha Cyber Service

Mar 22 2021 // The Winners AreInsurTech NY announced the winners of its 2021 Early-Stage InsurTech Competition at the InsurTech Spring Conference on March 10. The winners received prizes worth $200K in total.Winners were selected by...

A New Kind of Startup

Mar 22 2021 // It is estimated that entrepreneurs created between 6,000 and 8,000 new independent insurance agencies over the last decade. Each of these entrepreneurs sought to create their own unique vision of the future. But their...

Insurtech Blink Expands into Central, Latin America; Partners with Travel Assistance Firm

Mar 15 2021 // Blink Parametric, the Cork, Ireland-based insurtech, has announced a major expansion of its flight disruption insurance platform in Central & Latin America, scheduled for launch this month.The partnership between Blink...

$245M Insurtech Funding Wrap-Up: Corvus, AgentSync, Cowbell Cyber, WeLab, Hi Marley

Mar 12 2021 // Some serious money has been sent the way of various insurance startups over the past week. Investors backed cutting-edge commercial lines and cyber insurance products as well as advances in texting communications, producer...

German Insurtech Wefox Plans to Launch Product that Warns of Looming Danger

Mar 11 2021 // BERLIN – German insurance tech startup Wefox plans to launch a risk prevention product that will use data from smartphones and other connected devices to warn users of impending danger, its founder and CEO Julian Teicke...

BI Innovation Coming Soon: Low-Limit Policies from Insurtech Thimble

Mar 11 2021 // See a need and then fill it. That’s the secret of most successful businesses—and that was the driving motivator of insurtech Thimble, which is currently working on coverage for small business customers during...

Insurance Sales Prospecting Insurtech, Agency MVP, Raises $3.5M, Adds Execs

Mar 10 2021 // AgencyMVP, an online platform that identifies prospects for property/casualty insurance agencies, has received $3.5 million in seed funding from Silverton Partners.The firm has also added to its leadership team. With this...

Zego Becomes UK’s 1st Insurtech Unicorn After Fundraising Values Company at $1.1B

Mar 10 2021 // Commercial mobility insurer Zego has become the UK’s first insurtech unicorn after raising $150 million, valuing the company at $1.1 billion. The London-based business will now accelerate the expansion of its product...

Allianz Commits $75M to Hong Kong Fintech WeLab, While Forming Partnership

Mar 9 2021 // Allianz’s technology investment arm is committing $75 million to WeLab, a Hong Kong-based fintech focused on virtual banking, consumer financing and other related digital services. The deal also includes a strategic...

3 Ways Insurtech Can Help Agents Thrive in 2021 and Beyond

Mar 8 2021 // What if the COVID-19 pandemic had struck in 1980 instead of 2020? Without widespread internet connectivity, cloud software and video conferencing, the insurance industry may have been up a creek without a paddle (and...

Startup Auto Insurer Root Reports $363M Loss in 2020; Will Spend to Grow in 2021

Mar 4 2021 // Root Inc.’s second earnings report as a public company reveals that the digital auto insurance startup continues to lose substantial amounts of money but it is generating substantial premium and customer growth...

Alphabet-Backed Startup Insurer Oscar Health Raises $1.2 Billion in IPO

Mar 3 2021 // Oscar Health Inc., a health insurance startup backed by Google parent Alphabet Inc., sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday at $39 apiece, above its target range, to raise $1.2 billion.The IPO gives...