All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2018 // Reinsurance companies increasingly are funding insurtech startups in order to structure more innovative products and improve their business efficiencies, but how much impact on the industry will these investments...
Jul 17 2018 // It might be the definitive sign that cryptocurrencies have arrived on Wall Street.CFA Institute, whose grueling three-level program has helped train more than 150,000 financial professionals, is adding topics on...
Jul 16 2018 // Recently, insurtech start-up Lemonade announced a product initiative called Policy 2.0.According to Lemonade, it will simplify the language within a standard insurance policy so insureds can easily understand what is and...
Jul 12 2018 // There has never been a better time for the insurance profession to begin deepening the conversation around diversity and inclusion (D&I).In fact, there has never been a better time to capitalize on the fact that the...
Jul 11 2018 // Next Insurance has raised $83 million in new financing, money it said will fuel its continued U.S. expansion as a full-service digital insurance carrier focused on the small business market.Nationwide Insurance and Munich...
Jul 11 2018 // Blockchain technology is moving out of the lab and into the insurance business. It’s moving past the hype phase and is edging closer to providing real-life efficiency improvements for the industry.It’s been a...
Jul 11 2018 // Fineqia International Inc., a Vancouver-based technology company, announced it is taking an equity allocation in Black Insurance, a blockchain insurance startup.Terms of the investment were not disclosed, but Fineqia said...
Jul 6 2018 // Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and one of the pioneers of the world wide web, once declared:“The spread of computers and the internet will put jobs in two categories. People who tell computers what to do, and...
Jul 6 2018 // Planck Re, a commercial insurance data platform startup, nailed down $12 million for its first formal financing.Arbor Ventures led the round, which also included Viola FinTech and Eight Roads. Plans call for the company to...
Jul 5 2018 // Some of the world’s largest technology companies might be breaking the European Union’s new data privacy law, according to an analysis of their policies conducted by artificial intelligence software.Researchers...
Jul 2 2018 // Auto insurance shoppers are placing greater importance on having more services provided to them today versus five years ago, underscoring the fact that shoppers are increasingly demanding more product options and more and...
Jul 2 2018 // The insurance industry is experiencing a convergence with technology that is transforming the way it develops products, underwrites, prices and sells policies, and services its customers. This change can seem disruptive,...
Jul 2 2018 // One wouldn’t normally associate blockchain with workers’ compensation, two completely different industries that seem worlds apart.But as it turns out, the technology is of value to at least one very important...
Jun 29 2018 // Talage Inc. is an insurtech to its core – both in function and name.The Reno, Nev.-based software platform designed to help small business owners compare and quickly purchase a range of commercial insurance policies...
Jun 29 2018 // Artificial intelligence is coming for the service economy, according to Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson.“It’s going to rip through this economy like a tsunami,” Wilson said Thursday in...
Jun 29 2018 // Great American Insurance Group has hired Christopher M. Banocy as divisional vice president for Innovation Strategy within its Property & Casualty Group. In this role, Banocy will provide leadership, strategy, and...
Jun 29 2018 // In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, an ambulance speeds through traffic on a wave of green lights, helped along by an artificial intelligence (AI) system and big data.The system, which involves sending information to...
Jun 28 2018 // Amazon.com Inc. agreed to buy the online pharmacy startup PillPack, jumping into the health care business with a deal that will give the retail giant an immediate nationwide drug network.The move represents a formidable...
Jun 28 2018 // German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH is teaming with Canadian startup Mojio to get more vehicles connected wirelessly to a wide range of digital services, from insurance companies to emergency responders, the companies...
Jun 27 2018 // Digital small business insurance agency CoverWallet, which is partly owned by insurers Zurich Insurance and Starr Companies, is expanding its distribution by letting other small businesses such as accountants and lenders...