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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...
Why Independent Agents Remain Alive and Well
Feb 5 2018 // When I began my career as a journalist covering the insurance industry back in 1981, many of my early stories reported on dire warnings in a series of studies and expert pronouncements predicting the imminent demise of the...
CNA Names Omidfar as Chief Technology Officer; Expands Role for Trimuel, Chief Operations, Diversity Officer
Feb 2 2018 // Chicago-based insurer CNA reported that Joyce Trimuel has accepted an expanded role leading CNA’s operations in addition to her current role as chief diversity officer, and Bahr Omidfar has been hired as senior vice...
Incumbent Re/Insurers Drive Insurtech Investments in Q4 2017: Willis Towers Watson
Feb 2 2018 // Re/insurance industry incumbents are fueling investments in insurtech startups, sending a clear message to potential disruptive outsiders, according to a report published by Willis Towers Watson, which detailed 2017 trends...
8 Ways Cyber Threats and Business Security Will Change This Year: Aon’s Predictions
Feb 2 2018 // As cyber attacks increasingly threaten business and grow in volume and scale, companies will be forced to take new measures to address cybersecurity risk holistically, integrating it more aggressively into their enterprise...
Insurtech Slice Wants to Rent Its On-Demand Platform to Others to Launch Products
Feb 1 2018 // Slice Labs, the developer of on-demand, pay-per-use insurance for homeshare companies and others, has started offering use of the platform it created to outside insurers and startups seeking to launch new products. Slice...
UK Insurtech Startup Inzura Raises $1M for International Growth Plans
Jan 31 2018 // Inzura, the London-headquartered insurtech startup, announced the completion of its first major funding round, raising US$1 million to pursue its “ambitious growth plans.” The funds will be used to accelerate...
4 Reasons a Career in Insurance is a Safe Bet
Jan 31 2018 // This week marks the beginning of the third annual Insurance Careers Month. You didn’t know that February is Insurance Careers Month? Really? Now you do. Don’t thank me, I’m just a messenger. We are in...
Startup Neptune Offering Digital Private Flood Product to Agents, Carriers in Nationwide Expansion
Jan 25 2018 // A digital startup private flood insurance provider, Neptune Flood, has secured $2 million in seed round funding and has plans to “aggressively expand” nationwide by offering its platform to carriers, agencies...
Hartford InsurTech Hub Announces Partnership with Crawford & Company
Jan 24 2018 // Hartford InsurTech Hub, powered by Startupbootcamp, has announced a partnership with Crawford & Company, a publicly listed independent provider of claims management to insurance companies and self-insured entities. The...
AXIS Capital Restructures to Focus More on Tech & Innovation
Jan 24 2018 // AXIS Capital Holdings is reorganizing its operations in a bid to focus more on technology and innovation, with an eye on long-term profitable growth. Executives hope to put the new changes in place during the 2018 second...
With $25 Million in New Funding, Home Insurtech Hippo to Expand
Jan 24 2018 // Insurtech Hippo has nailed down $25 million in new Series B funding, a cash infusion the provider of super-quick homeowners insurance will use to fuel a hiring and geographical expansion. Comcast Ventures and Fifth Wall...
If They Try It, They’ll Like It: How Ridesharing, Autonomous Cars Will Win Over the Public
Jan 23 2018 // Five years ago, when she was still an insurance broker with Marsh, Kate Sampson called insurance underwriters at American International Group (AIG) and other insurers with a new concept. “I’m working with this...
California Wholesaler Conference Questions: Rising Premiums, Disruption, Disasters?
Jan 22 2018 // Surplus lines in California had a great year with more premium and more items, such as policies and endorsements sold. However, surplus lines brokers had to work harder for all that premium. That’s according to Ben...
Tech Talk: The Real Threat to Agents from Amazon
Jan 22 2018 // Amazon may be close to jumping back into insurance, at least in India, with this month’s announcement of a possible investment in an online-only insurance startup. Whether the retailing behemoth is or isn’t,...
Industry Needs to Join Insurtech Wave to Digitize Insurance: AFL’s Esser
Jan 18 2018 // There is a fundamental need for reform and modernization, particularly in the London market. We should be electronically processing all lines of business, not just specialty classes. Of course, we should look at ubiquitous...
Insurtech Lemonade’s Co-Founder Accuses Amazon of Poaching Employees
Jan 18 2018 // With two social media posts, Shai Wininger, co-founder of the insurtech Lemonade, accused giant Amazon of poaching employees of his startup insurance carrier that is powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral...
Supreme Court Case on SEC Judges Could Disrupt Administrative Proceedings
Jan 16 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house judges were appointed in violation of the Constitution, agreeing to hear a case that could upend administrative hearing...
Homeowners Insurtech Hippo Partners with Spinnaker to Expand into States
Jan 11 2018 // California-based insurtech company Hippo has formed a strategic partnership with Spinnaker Insurance Co. to expand its product offerings into new states. Hippo offers homeowners insurance through an online platform, as...
