The global head of connected insurance at Generali, Steven Hales, provided the gist of how his company approaches technology. (1) It acquires. For instance, it acquired MyDrive Solutions back in 2015,...

Mobile-first health insurer Oscar turns to AI . The 4-year-old startup launched a bot to allow consumers to quote and compare health insurance plans directly from Facebook Messenger. Visit the...

Ensurance, the one from Australia, which operates as an IT shop and a digital agency, has opened up shop in London. The company looks to target brokers via its underwriting platform and...

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The latest (banned) ad by Romanian insurer Asirom. Rated R for rău.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjeGE-jydi8    

Brooklyn-based software startup Zipari announced it has raised $7 million in a Series A round  led by Vertical Venture Partners (the good folks that once upon a time invested in Embroker)....

Insurance software startup, Zipari, announced it has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Vertical Venture Partners. Funds secured will allow Zipari to scale to meet expanding...

Bart Hedges, chief executive of Greenlight Re will be stepping down effective March 31, 2017. Not clear whether Hedges was pushed out or pulled into a new venture. Recall: Greenlight Re is...

“Haven’t found the love of your life on Tinder yet? We feel you” – SoFi’s opening line for one of its invitation only singles event. Turns out SoFi’s dating events...

Guidewire Software announced its plans to acquire ISCS. Think: one software provider plus one more software provider targeting P&C insurers. Recall: Guidewire was recognized as a 2016 Best Place to Work in the...

Pennsylvania-based Donegal Insurance and New Mexico-based Mountain States announced their merger. Donegal Mutual gets to keep the name, which is quite a shame given it’s the one where senior management thinks anyone is replaceable....

Toronto-based insurance group Fairfax Financial has agreed to buy Swiss insurer Allied World for $4.9 billion cash-slash-stock deal. Most view this as the formation of a P&C reinsurance and insurance leader. One (think: Fairfax...

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG are pleased to announce that they have entered into a merger agreement (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which Fairfax will...