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MotoRefi raises $10 million

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta

The round was led by Moderne Ventures.

Business

TypTap expands to Michigan

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Florida-based insurer and a subsidiary of , , announced it has received regulatory approval to write homeowners insurance in Michigan. Founded in 2016 and a team of ~27, TypTap started...

Product

The Hartford launches new hospital indemnity plan design

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The new plan includes additional benefits to help provide financial assistance for those who receive treatment for mental health conditions and substance use disorders.

Product

Zurich Construction adds Workers’ Comp payroll reporting flexibility

By Coverager ·

The solution is the result of a collaboration with SmartPay, a provider of pay-as-you-go workers' compensation solutions.

Member News

HawkSoft and InsuredMine introduce API-powered integration between systems

By Dana Stephens ·

Harness data from the HawkSoft agency management system in InsuredMine’s Agency Portal and Mobile App HawkSoft, the Oregon-based insurtech company, launched an integration with InsuredMine, a Texas-based insurtech that provides...

Opinion

Friday Feeling: Conflict Paralysis

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Ultimately, the real conflict with insurance aggregators is that they aren’t built for carriers, they are built for agents, and agents are far from neutral when it comes to who they do business with.

Member News

123Seguro takes over Seguro Com Voce and announces its arrival in Brazil

By Bruno Ferrari ·

Buenos Aires, January 7th, 2021. – 123Seguro, the Insurtech company with the largest regional presence in Latin America, has announced today its arrival in Brazil thanks to its take over...

Member News

Ask Kodiak and Vertafore Announce Partnership

By Michael Albert ·

We’re exceedingly excited to announce that Ask Kodiak for ReferenceConnect – the first integration in our partnership with Vertafore – is live. For insurers on Ask Kodiak sharing appetite and...

Innovation

Anew is brand new

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

"Anew is a part of the Nationwide family of companies. So that means as an Anew user, you’ll get the credibility and reliability of a Fortune 100 company dedicated to treating customers with extraordinary care."

Investments

Solstice raises $3.1 million

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The funding will be used to expand Solstice’s operations to additional states in 2021.

Business

Walmart to offer Western Union money transfers

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Services will be offered at more than 4,700 Walmart stores with a rollout planned to begin in the spring of 2021.

Innovation

Introducing Putty Insurance

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Coverage is currently available in 17 states including Colorado, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Financials

Skyward Specialty acquires Aegis Surety

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

These transactions, taken together, illustrate our commitment to be a top-tier specialty insurer with strong defensible positions and an aim to ‘rule our niche’.

Innovation

Aviva to invest in fintech and insurtech startups via Anthemis

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

The aim is to "transform its customer experience through innovation."

Investments

Arbol raises $7 million in Series A

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Investors included Finch Finance, Space Capital, and Mubadala Capital-Ventures.

Member News

Sentiance wins 2021 IoT Breakthrough Award

By Sentiance ·

Sentiance, a leading data science and behavior change company, last week announced that it has been selected as the winner of the “Connected Car – Insurance Solution of the Year”...

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HawkSoft

Hiscox chooses Talage’s Wheelhouse to improve digital distribution of small commercial products

By Matt Donovan, Talage ·

Keeping up with Millennials: How insurers can do good for society & business

By Tran Nguyen, SafeButler Inc. ·

Smartcar is expanding to Canada

By Amber Livingston, Smartcar ·

omni:us appoints new CTO Jörg Niestroj

By Eanna Motherway, omni:us ·

HawkSoft commits to remaining a privately owned agency management system

By Dana Stephens, HawkSoft ·

Eyes in the skies: using drone data for exposure management

By Forbes McKenzie, McKenzie Intelligence ·

New study from Bindable says independent agents must go digital

By Bill Suneson, Bindable ·

Carrier transformation from incumbent to digital-first

By Maggie Parkhurst, Ushur ·

Pacific Life deploys Life.io to transform digital customer experience

By SE2, SE2 ·

RiskStream Collaborative, TrustLayer, Inc., and Consortium Members to Create a Proof of Concept for the First Certificate of Insurance Verification Solution

By John Fohr, TrustLayer ·

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