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Insurance Startup Berkley One Launches in Illinois

Nov 28 2017 // Startup insurance provider, Berkley One, has launched in Illinois, the first state of a planned national state-by-state rollout.Working with a select group of independent agents, Berkley One offers home, automobile, fine...

USAA Among Backers of Home Water Damage Prevention Startup Flo

Nov 20 2017 // Flo Technologies has unveiled Flo, an intelligent home water monitoring and conservation system that promises to help reduce water damage insurance claims. The startup has raised a total of $11.5 million from investors led...

Insurtech Startup Debuts with $6M and Proactive Cyber Risk Product

Nov 16 2017 // A California insurtech startup with a new cyber product has launched today to offer brokers and their clients what it calls “redesigned insurance, with cyber security expertise at its core.”Mountain View,...

Xceedance Makes Equity Investment in Startup Blockchain Specialist ChainThat

Nov 14 2017 // Xceedance, the provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology and data sciences, announced a multi-million dollar “Series A” equity investment in ChainThat, a London-based blockchain specialist...

French Startup Navya to Roll Out $290,000 ‘Robotaxi’ in Paris Within Weeks

Nov 8 2017 // Navya Technologies SAS will roll its robot-driven automobiles onto the cobbled streets of Paris in the next few weeks to try and beat behemoths from General Motors Co. to Alphabet Inc. at proving autonomous cars are...

QBE Invests in, Links With, Machine Learning InsurTech Startup RiskGenius

Oct 31 2017 // QBE has signed a multi-year commercial use agreement with RiskGenius, a machine learning company that helps carriers, brokers and regulators analyze policy and endorsement language and aid in product development. The deal...

Insurtech Startup Etherisc Offers Blockchain-Based Flight Delay Insurance

Oct 30 2017 // Etherisc, a Zug-Switzerland-based insurance platform startup, has begun offering blockchain-based flight delay insurance, called Flight Delay, which automates the process of getting an insurance payout in case a flight is...

Insurtech Startup, Insurdata, Raises More Than $1M in Seed Financing

Oct 24 2017 // Insurdata, an insurtech firm that provides re/insurance underwriters with property-specific data to support their pricing, underwriting and portfolio management decisions, announced it has raised over $1 million in seed...

Why the Insurance Industry Needs a Toothbrush and Other Notes from Record-Breaking InsureTech Connect Conference

Oct 4 2017 // Insurance company employees wondering where all their bosses are this week should not be worried. It’s a good bet the executives are safe in Las Vegas at the second annual InsureTech Connect Conference. More than...

XL Catlin’s Accelerate Partners with UK Artificial Intelligence Startup Cytora

Oct 2 2017 // XL Catlin’s internal innovation team, Accelerate, announced it is working with Cytora, a UK-based insurtech startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and open source data to improve the way insurers quantify,...

Startupbootcamp Launches Insurtech Accelerator in Hartford

Sep 27 2017 // Startupbootcamp, a London-based insurance accelerator that focuses on identifying globally-located disruptive and collaborative insurance and technology innovations, has announced the launch of its new InsurTech...

Liberty Mutual’s Venture Capital Unit Backs Car-Sharing Startup

Sep 12 2017 // Liberty Mutual’s venture arm is among the investors backing the new $92 million funding round for Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace.Dan Robinson, managing director of Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures,...

Personal Lines Startup Sherpa Raises $2.3M for UK Launch

Aug 30 2017 // Insurtech startup, Sherpa, announced it has raised $2.3 million in funding from angel investors, in a venture designed to “change the way personal insurance is delivered.”“We have completely re-thought...

Home Telematics Startup Roost Raises $10.4M from Insurers

Aug 25 2017 // Roost, a developer of home telematics for property insurance carriers, raised $10.4 million from three international insurance industry companies.Aviva Ventures led the Series B financing; Desjardins Insurance and Fosun RZ...

Bayer-Backed Health Startup, Medopad, Seeks $30M in New Funding: Sources

Aug 17 2017 // Medopad Ltd., backed by pharmaceuticals giant Bayer AG, is looking to raise new funds, joining the clutch of fast growing U.K. startups that are mixing artificial intelligence and health care.A London-based mobile platform...

Why and How P/C Insurance Carriers Should Work with Insurtechs

Aug 15 2017 // Startup insurtechs need partnerships more than they need money from insurance carriers, according to one leading venture capitalist actively funding insurance technology firms.Venture firm XL Innovate’s Martha...

Reinsurers Invest in Fintech Startups to Diversify and Grow in Soft Market

Aug 11 2017 // When Micah Carr-Hill wanted to insure Chief, the Labrador that helps with his son’s autism therapy, he found an ally in Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer.The German company had just teamed up with a U.K....

SoftBank Invests in Online Startup Lender Kabbage (Which Might Sell Insurance)

Aug 3 2017 // SoftBank Group Corp. has plowed $250 million into online lender Kabbage Inc., the latest in a flurry of big bets on mature startups by the Japanese technology company.Kabbage will use the new money to expand its lending...

Compare.com Is Proof Insurance Disruption Won’t Happen Overnight: CEO Rose

Aug 2 2017 // Disrupting an industry that has been doing things the same way for a generation takes time. Take it from one major insurance disruptor – compare.com.The online insurance comparison marketplace launched in the U.S. in...

Allianz, Insurtech Startup Flock to Launch Pay-As-You-Fly Drone Cover in UK

Jul 27 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with insurtech startup Flock to launch on-demand drone insurance in the UK market through a mobile app for commercial and recreational users.To be available in...