Insurtech company Wrisk Ltd., which was founded earlier this year, has entered into an agreement with Munich Re’s Digital Partners business unit. Under the agreement, Munich Re companies become the exclusive carrier for Wrisk’s business underwritten in UK, Europe and …
Online insurance comparison shopping agency CoverHound has announced a partnership with pay-per-mile auto insurance company Metromile to provide more coverage options for customers of both companies. The partnership gives CoverHound, which now operates its personal lines platform in all 50 …
Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth managers, said it has secured $2 million in seed financing. Venture capital firms NEA, Compound, Merus Capital and …
Technology-inspired startup insurance broker Embroker, which bills itself as the first modern business insurance platform, has officially launched. Embroker is a commercial lines platform that empowers — hence the name, Embroker — businesses of all sizes to manage, buy, analyze, …
Markel and EMC Insurance Companies have invested in the Global Insurance Accelerator, a business accelerator focused on developing innovative insurance-centric startups. The GIA launched in 2013 modeled on technology accelerators where seed funding and business assistance is provided to startups …
Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade is open for business in New York, nine months after the startup’s debut and initial venture funding announcement. The New York-based company, which its founders promise will reinvent the insurance business model and make insurance a …
Online personal insurance seller CoverHound is adding business insurance offerings— including workers’ compensation and commercial auto— to its online platform at CoverHound.com. The site is starting by focusing on small businesses with fewer than 20 employees and plans to gradually …
Fueled with $191.5 million from billionaire Mark Cuban and other investors, Metromile Inc. is now poised to complete its journey as a full-service car insurance company. The startup Wednesday said it had acquired Mosaic Insurance Inc. — a $22 million …
Esure Group Plc climbed to the highest since June 30 after the U.K. automotive insurer announced a plan to demerge its price-comparison website Gocompare.com through a separate listing on the London Stock Exchange. The decision followed a strategic review and …
Trov, an on-demand insurance startup, is revving up plans to enter the U.S. market in 2017, by way of a partnership with Munich Re. Munich Re, one of the world’s largets reinsurers, says it intends to provide underwriting capital and …
