All the headlines from our Startups Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 3 2017 // Those uppity insurtech startups might want to take note: About one of every 15 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders files a claim each year, and these claimants are now giving insurers their highest ever satisfaction...
Mar 31 2017 // Investing in technology-oriented insurance ventures (insurtech) is clearly a global trend and almost half of all the money being poured into them globally is going into artificial intelligence and internet of things...
Mar 24 2017 // Startupbootcamp InsurTech, the business accelerator that promotes insurance technology startups and corporate innovation, has formed a partnership with XL Catlin.The announcement comes as Startupbootcamp InsurTech’s...
Mar 15 2017 // German smartphone-only bank N26 said on Wednesday the number of customers using its online accounts rose to more than 300,000, tripling in size from a year ago, as the company marks progress as a pioneer in pan-European...
Mar 14 2017 // Those uppity insurtech startups might want to take note: About one of every 15 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders files a claim each year and these claimants are now giving insurers their highest ever satisfaction...
Mar 9 2017 // A three-year-old Des Moines, Iowa-based business startup accelerator focused solely on the global insurance industry has developed into a streamlined organization with more applicants, more investors and more mentors than...
Mar 6 2017 // A three-year-old Des Moines, Iowa-based business startup accelerator focused solely on the global insurance industry has developed into a streamlined organization with more applicants, more investors and more mentors than...
Feb 14 2017 // British technology startups are beginning to stress out over Brexit.Initially confident their industry wouldn’t be harmed by Britain’s break from the European Union, U.K. tech entrepreneurs are now girding for...
Feb 10 2017 // Facebook Inc. co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group has led a new financing round for a Singapore-based online health insurance service that values the startup at $100 million.Singaporean government investment...
Feb 8 2017 // The insurance industry has a new venture capital firm looking to make early to growth-stage investments in innovative insurance technologies.David Miles, a 30-year insurance investment veteran and owner of the insurance...
Feb 3 2017 // Illinois has become the 17th state to reach a settlement with a California-based human resources software startup for alleged insurance code violations. Illinois Department of Insurance investigators found the startup...
Jan 20 2017 // On-demand insurance agency Sure has signed Nationwide as a partner in offering renters insurance via its real time mobile app.Using the Sure app (for iPhone and Android), consumers can now obtain a renters insurance quote,...
Jan 18 2017 // Online small business insurance agency Next Insurance has partnered with specialty insurer Markel Corp. to offer tailored coverage for personal trainers.Next Insurance allows personal trainers to buy a professional and...
Jan 17 2017 // Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data.But in the rush to collect all manner of information about customers, tensions are rising in Silicon Valley over whether such practices amount to a form of...
Dec 29 2016 // German fintech company N26, which made its name mocking traditional banks, has found itself on the receiving end of criticism after a security researcher proved its smartphone apps exposed users to potential account...
Dec 27 2016 // In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and hoping for a hardening market; property/casualty insurance carriers reporting financial results...
Dec 22 2016 // Insurance startup Lemonade is eyeing a national expansion and has filed for licenses to operate in 46 states and the District of Columbia.The peer-to-peer insurer that is focused on renters and homeowners insurance is...
Dec 19 2016 // XL Catlin’s venture fund, XL Innovate, committed $4 million in first-round financing to Stonestep, a property/casualty insurtech startup looking to streamline how microinsurance is sold in emerging markets.The Series...
Dec 6 2016 // Smartphone-only bank Number26 is now offering its services in 17 countries in the euro zone, expanding from a smaller core of European markets it entered a year ago, it said on Tuesday.The Berlin-based company is backed by...
Nov 29 2016 // Insurtech has a complementary place in the traditional insurance world, despite remaining uncertainty in the industry about how it will function on a wide scale, Standard & Poor’s said in a new report.“We...