Lloyd’s insurer AEGIS London has launched a digital trading division, dedicated to building and distributing digital products. Tom Squires, AEGIS London’s head of digital trading, will lead the division, reporting to Nigel Roberts, head of distribution. He will be supported …
Online platforms can foster insurance market transparency and reduce both transaction costs and information asymmetries, factors typically associated with increased competition and societal welfare. However, online insurance platforms also give rise to challenges concerning consumer protection and competition that should …
Online financial services marketplace LendingTree Inc. said it has agreed to acquire QuoteWizard.com, one of the largest online insurance comparison marketplaces. Since its founding in 2006, QuoteWizard has helped nearly 40 million consumers shop for auto, home and health insurance …
One-in-five consumers say they would use Amazon or Google for their home insurance, a J.D. Power survey released today shows. And most of those who took the survey (80 percent) already have insurance with a large national carrier. Both Google …
Deutsche Bank and digital insurance broker Friendsurance have formed a partnership designed to make it simpler and more transparent and convenient for clients to arrange for their insurance needs. To drive this, Deutsche Bank said it will integrate Friendsurance’s digital …
Seven in 10 consumers around the world would welcome robo-advisory services – computer-generated advice and services that are independent of a human advisor – for their banking, insurance and retirement planning, according to a report by consultants at Accenture. Close …
Linden Group Health Services has joined Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), a division of Digital Insurance. Digital acquired the Chicago firm, which specializes in group benefits solutions for small to mid-sized companies, and will open a second DBA office in Chicago, …
Employee benefits agency Digital Insurance has acquired Fallick Insurance Services of Mountain View, Calif. Fallick joins the Los Altos/Silicon Valley office of Digital Benefit Advisors, a division of Digital Insurance. Digital is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial.
Atlanta-based benefits broker Digital Insurance has acquired Group Brokerage Insurance Agency of Cambridge, Mass. The nearly 30-year-old Massachusetts-based benefits firm will now operate under the banner of Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), a division of Digital Insurance. It will be Digital …
Atlanta-based benefits broker Digital Insurance has acquired Benefit Services & Design (BSD) of Raleigh, North Carolina. The 30-year-old BSD has been merged with the Raleigh office of Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), a division of Digital Insurance. BSD Principals Taylor Uzzell …
