Digital E&S Insurance Broker Pathpoint Makes Its Debut October 8, 2020 Pathpoint, a new brokerage for excess and surplus lines, is billing itself as an all-digital wholesale brokerage built from the...
Venture Capital, Traditional Insurer Interest in Insurtech Remains High August 24, 2016 By Susanne Sclafane Even though venture capital investments in venture capital-backed financial technology (fintech) companies fell more than 50 percent globally during the...
Ideas, Innovation and Mentorship Mix at Global Insurance Accelerator March 30, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones Iowa, and Des Moines in particular, in the 1980s fostered a business climate that enabled insurance and financial institutions to...
Startup Slice, Offering Insurance for On-Demand Workers, Raises $3.9M March 29, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Slice Labs Inc., an instech startup set to launch an on-demand platform to sell insurance to participants in the on-demand...
2 Instech Startups Target Small Business Insurance Market March 15, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Small business insurance providers will soon have two new competitors from the technology world. Next Insurance, an online shopper for...
Health Insurance Startup Oscar Narrows Hospital Networks to Compete February 24, 2016 By Zachary Tracer Oscar Health Insurance Corp. CEO Mario Schlosser has found the strategy he says will build his startup into a million-customer...
Data Conversion Startup Captricity Gets White Mountain Insurance Backing February 3, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Captricity Inc., an Oakland, Calif.-based startup that gives businesses in regulated industries easy access to customer data trapped in handwritten...
Why Google’s Not So Smart or Fast and Insurance Agents Aren’t Dead… Yet February 2, 2016 By Susanne Sclafane Insurance agents aren’t dead yet, but even underwriters participating in the personal automobile insurance market may be looking for another...
Virtual Insurance Agent Insurify with License Plate Quote Feature Raises $2 Million January 28, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Consumers will soon be able to simplify the buying of auto insurance by snapping a photo of their license plate...
The Zebra Is Latest Insurance ‘Disrupter’ to Attract Funding January 26, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson The Zebra, an online auto insurance comparison company, said it has closed $17 million in Series A funding with investment...