All the headlines from our Startups 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 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 // 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...
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 11 2018 // Zurich Insurance Group has acquired a minority stake in CoverWallet, a digital business insurance agency startup.CoverWallet, which launched in 2016, said the investment builds on commercial partnership between the two...
May 30 2018 // The small business market is big. The U.S. small commercial market represents about one-third of the total commercial lines market and generates between $99 billion and $103 billion in direct written premium, according to...
May 17 2018 // Boost Insurance has nailed down a dedicated reinsurance facility to help support its B2B insurtech development platform.Nephila is leading the facility with participation from Markel Digital, the insurtech group within...
May 9 2018 // California-based At-Bay, a digital cyber risk monitoring and insurance firm, reports it raised $13 million in Series A funding, bringing the start-up’s total funding to $19 million.At-Bay is developing what it calls...
May 9 2018 // Nationwide has made an investment in Betterview, a machine learning insurtech startup that focuses on analyzing data from drones, satellite and other aerial imagery.Betterview said it will use the undisclosed amount of...
May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...
May 3 2018 // State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.’s newly launched $25 million venture fund has made its first investment. The lucky winner is Matterport, a 3-D documentation firm that can be used in underwriting and...
Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...
Apr 16 2018 // The insurance industry is not the only focus of the Madison, Wisconsin-based startup accelerator, gener8tor, but insurance is its oldest and largest operational sector.Founded in 2012 by attorneys Troy Vosseller and Joe...
Apr 5 2018 // Three stages, a packed football stadium overlooking Lake Michigan, decked out luxury suites.A rock concert? No, it’s an insurance innovation and investment event. But some attendees might be star-struck by the...
Mar 29 2018 // Bunker and Chubb are working together to develop new insurance products focused on freelance workers.Chubb has also become a minority investor in Bunker, committing at least $2 million to the startup digital broker and its...
Mar 27 2018 // Columbus, Ohio-based auto insurer Root Insurance, which incorporates individual driver behavior data from mobile phone apps in every quote, announced the closing of a $51-million Series C funding round.Investors were led...
Mar 23 2018 // Insly, a cloud-based insurance platform, announced an investment of €2.2 million (US$2.7 million), led by Concentric and Black Pearls VC.Founded in 2015, Insly offers insurance policy management for insurance brokers and...
Mar 20 2018 // Editor’s Note: On Feb. 21, Insurance Journal reported on online personal lines insurance startup Gabi’s latest fundraising. (Personal Insurance Site Gabi Raises $9.5 Million; Now Selling in 6 States). In its...
Mar 20 2018 // As a teenager working for his dad’s construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and leveling soil for building projects.Now the...