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AgriRisk raised $35.63K DONAU Versicherung AG uses Blockchain in Sales Acuity partnered with Tarmika Nava raised $20M First Choice Agents Alliance partnered with Semsee Zego partnered with FREE NOW Kettle raised $4.71M Newfront Insurance raised $68M Roostify partnered with Google Cloud MAPFRE uses AI / Machine Learning in Claims Honan Insurance Group partnered with Lloyds Extend raised $40M Cathay Life Insurance uses AI / Machine Learning in Underwriting Southern Farm Bureau uses Telematics in Sales Aviva uses AI / Machine Learning in Customer Service

This Week in Coverager with Special Guest Paul Guyardo, CEO of Petplan (week ending 10/23/2020)

By Nicholas Lamparelli

This week, Avi and Nick welcomed Paul Guyardo, CEO of Petplan onto This Week in Coverager. We discussed the Petplan, Group Nine collaboration, as Petplan will rebrand to Fetch by...

Business

AIG to pursue separation of Life & Retirement business

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Although no decisions have been made as to how to achieve a full separation, the Board’s intent is to accomplish it in a way that maximizes shareholder value and establishes two independent, market leading companies.

Strategy

The Hanover enters Maryland personal lines insurance market

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

This state entry further expands the company's mid-Atlantic footprint.

Product

Care by Volvo car subscription now more flexible than ever

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Customers can now upgrade or return their new Care by Volvo subscription vehicle after four months.

Strategy

PitPat and Dogs Trust collaborate to help the UK’s dogs

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The two-year partnership will see a minimum of £50,000 invested into supporting the wellbeing of dogs in the UK, with PitPat making a £5 donation to Dogs Trust for every sale of its dog activity monitor to Dogs Trust supporters.

Strategy

Tokio Marine partners with Lemonade

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The company hopes to enhance its operational efficiency by leveraging on new and advanced technologies.

Product

VSK and Angara Professional Assistance have launched a cyber insurance product

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The service component of the product protects companies from ransomware, malware infections, exploitation of vulnerabilities, phishing, and hacking of information systems.

Strategy

LexisNexis and Yonomi announce connected home proof of concept

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The new solution simplifies device data extraction to help US insurers improve product offerings.

Product

Adam Riese brings accident insurance onto the market

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Special features of the new product are the expansion of the term accident, which Adam Riese also includes impaired consciousness, physical exertion, own movements and infections.

Product

Chubb Life launches health monitoring app

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Available in Thailand, Hong Kong and Myanmar, the app is designed to help people actively manage physical, emotional and environmental factors during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business

NatWest UK Small Business PMI shows uptick in September

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

UK small enterprises saw output rise again in September, although growth continued to trail behind larger companies as smaller hospitality firms were hit by restrictions on trading, according to the...

Product

Tinkoff launches financial messenger built into its super app

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Customers will be able to share bookings, payments and gigabytes of traffic soon, as well as get quick access to chat bots and the Tinkoff ecosystem products and services, and more.

Product

Search fully disinfected hotel tooms with Eddy Travels AI assistant

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The new feature highlights hotels with the highest hygiene practices.

Strategy

First American to acquire ServiceMac

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

ServiceMac’s mortgage subservicing business complements First American’s existing capabilities and will enhance First American’s ability to provide lenders and servicers with end-to-end mortgage, settlement, post-closing services and servicing-related products and solutions.

Investments

Nava raises $20 million

By Coverager ·

The company offers a benefits solution that combines modern healthcare tools, year-round employee advocacy, and ongoing measurement to improve employee engagement and drive down costs for small-to-midsized companies.

Technology

Sompo adops Emblem and Radar Base by WTW

By Coverager ·

SOMPO, which already uses Willis Towers Watson’s liability calculation tools, will initially implement Emblem and Radar in Singapore, India, Malaysia and Indonesia, before cascading to its business operations in other markets across Asia.

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Sureify sales team continues expansion to meet growing demand

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reask releases Unified Tropical Cyclone (UTC), a global, climate-connected view of Tropical Cyclone risk

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Your Attendee Guide to the 2020 Virtual InsureTech Connect Event

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