Ethos, the company making life insurance accessible, affordable and simple, officially launched out of stealth today with $11.5M in financing led by Sequoia Capital. Other participating investors include Stanford University, Arrive, a subsidiary...

The digital insurance broker Friendsurance and the digital health insurance ottonova will work hand in hand in the future. From now on, ottonova’s innovative tariffs can be obtained through the...

Grab Holdings Inc. (Grab), Southeast Asia’s leading O2O mobile platform, announced today it has reached an agreement with Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) under which Toyota will invest US$1 billion in...

AIA announced the launch of AIA iShop, the company’s new D2C online insurance platform.     “As AIA Hong Kong achieves a major milestone of now serving over three million customers,...

Navigation and mapping company TomTom and automotive analytics company Xevo have collaborated to deliver personalized in-vehicle commerce experience. Now, Xevos’ on-demand commerce platform called Xevo Market will be incorporated into TomTom’s navigation...

“To become a successful platform you need to involve others from outside your own business, invest in them, and get them invested in what you are doing.” – ING Group...

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, the Florida-based flood insurance provider with $2M in funding, announced today the launch of Neptuneflood.com, which allows consumers to buy flood insurance online.   According to the press release,...

Back in May, Warren Buffett said he doesn’t want Berkshire Hathaway being a leader on cyber insurance because neither he nor others in the industry really know the risk. Further,...

Back in October 2017, we covered , an emerging San Francisco-based insurance startup with a plan to return unclaimed premiums to customers.   That was then.   This is now....

SCOR Global Life announced the launch of SCOR Life & Health Ventures that’s on a mission to create a community of technology partners in the continuously-evolving life insurance environment. The venture has also...

Economical, the Canadian P&C insurer, is making it easier than ever for brokers to match customers with the right insurance coverage with the launch of Vyne.   “Vyne is a...

Zurich has announced the launch of a new company called Zurich Insurance Mobile Solutions Ltd (ZIMS) that will combine digital, physical and insurance service components such as intelligent mobility, smart homes...

KBC Group, the Belgium-based bank-insurer has announced that it will be available on Amazon’s Alexa in the end of June, allowing clients to check their account balances. The company also...