Latest InsurTech Headlines
All the headlines from our InsurTech Topic Page, ordered by recency.
5 Strategies for Success in Small Business Market
Mar 5 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...
Startup Modeler Jupiter Wants to Better Predict Impacts of Climate Change
Mar 1 2018 // A startup modeling firm named Jupiter is reaching for the stars in its quest to better model for the impacts of climate change. The firm recently launched what its calling a “transformative cloud-based technology...
Who Is Liable When No One Is Driving? Part 3
Feb 28 2018 // We are grateful for friend of the Academy, Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, Executive Director, Big “I” Virtual University who provided this blog series about autonomous...
Why Financial Tech Startups Need Incumbents to Succeed
Feb 28 2018 // Financial technology startups are seeing no shortage of venture dollars flowing their way, but there are increasing concerns over whether they can survive without partnering with the industry they’re seeking to...
Allianz Investment Unit Provides Funding for Fintech Startup C2FO
Feb 27 2018 // Financial technology startup C2FO raised $100 million in funding in a new round led by the investing arm of global insurance and asset management giant Allianz SE as well as Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. With...
Who Is Liable When No One Is Driving? Part 2
Feb 21 2018 // We are grateful for friend of the Academy, Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, Executive Director, Big “I” Virtual University who provided this blog series about autonomous...
Artificial Intelligence Raises Real Risks from Malicious Hackers, Rogue States
Feb 21 2018 // Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are raising risks that malicious users will soon exploit the technology to mount automated hacking attacks, cause driverless car crashes or turn commercial drones into targeted...
What 11 Top Executives Think About Insurance Careers
Feb 20 2018 // The third annual Insurance Careers Month kicked off with the annual Insurance Careers Movement (ICM) Town Hall on Feb. 1 in Chicago. Co-hosted by A.M. Best and ICM, the virtual event assembled executives from companies...
Why Agencies Need Creativity in Hiring Now More Than Ever
Feb 19 2018 // As the economy continues to improve, insurance agencies are finding that hiring and retaining qualified employees, which is never easy, has become even more of a challenge. It’s become tougher even though salaries at...
Insurance Industry Trends for 2018: A Top 5 Countdown
Feb 19 2018 // Bring up the insurance industry as fodder for cocktail party conversation, and the universal response is oftentimes a collective yawn. But for those in the know, the insurance sector — with a domestic surplus...
Zurich, Insurtech Startup CoverWallet Offer End-to-End Insurance for SMEs in Spain
Feb 16 2018 // Zurich Insurance has launched ZurichEmpresas.es, a new digital distribution channel, which initially will provide insurance solutions for small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Spain. The platform, powered by...
‘Public Is Tired of Excuses’ for Delays in Anti-Crash Tech: Republican Chairman
Feb 16 2018 // The chair of a congressional committee on Thursday urged U.S. railroads and transit agencies to meet a looming deadline to install an anti-crash technology called positive train control after a series of recent...
The High Cost of Cybercrime to Insurers and Banks
Feb 15 2018 // Cyberattacks cost financial-services firms more to address than any other industry and the rate of breaches in the industry has tripled over the past five years, according to a report from Accenture and the Ponemon...
Who Is Liable When No One Is Driving? Part 1
Feb 14 2018 // This week (and for the next few weeks) we are grateful for friend of the Academy, Christopher J. Boggs, CPCU, ARM, ALCM, LPCS, AAI, APA, CWCA, CRIS, AINS, Executive Director, Big “I” Virtual University who...
Insurers May Not be Able to Avoid Blockchain, Virtual Currencies ‘Sweeping Through Industry’
Feb 14 2018 // Insurers need to be thinking about blockchain technology and virtual currencies like bitcoin and how to approach these areas of emerging risk as they become harder to ignore, according to panelists at the 2018 Professional...
Clearcover Insurtech Announces California Launch
Feb 13 2018 // Clearcover, a data-driven auto insurtech startup, announced the California launch of its platform today and that it is officially selling car insurance policies to residents in the state. The Chicago, Ill-based firm is...
Tech Company Roost Forms Insurer Partnerships for Home Telematics Pilot
Feb 13 2018 // Roost, a provider of home telematics for property insurance carriers, has partnered with Erie Insurance to test customer engagement with its Roost Smart Water Leak and Freeze Detector device in order to prevent water...
First-Hand Knowledge of Industry’s Problems Led to Idea for InsurePal’s Social Proofing
Feb 12 2018 // After spending 15-plus years in and around the insurance industry, Matt Peterman and Tom Volk had first-hand experience of the industry’s systemic problems with fraud and rising premiums. They decided to do something...
Waymo-Uber Trial in California Highlights Tech Talent War
Feb 5 2018 // Should full frontal lobotomies be required of Silicon Valley engineers looking to change jobs? Uber Technologies Inc. has said with a touch of hyperbole that that’s what the future holds if Waymo wins its lawsuit...
Japan’s Peer-to-Peer Vouch Insurtech Raises Seed Funding
Feb 5 2018 // Taiwan venture capital firm Nogle Capital Management, Singapore venture capital firm GREE Ventures and several angel investors have participated in the seed funding round of SGD$1 million for Singapore startup Vouch...
