Cloud software provider Vlocity, which has a sweet spot with Anthem and Principal Financial, announced it has raised $50 million in a round led by Sutter Hill Ventures with participation from Salesforce...

“In the future, I’ll prescribe you an app. One of our whiteboards will drop in and explain what high blood pressure is. The phone will be Bluetoothed to the cap...

That’s the tagline of a new “fully online insurance company inspired by the power of optimism” called Sonnet. Except it isn’t ‘fully online’ since customers have to call to claim. Moving on, the Canadian...

AssetVault, which is slated to go live sometime this month, offers a mobile app to allow customers to catalog their physical and digital assets so that they can protect (through insurance and...

MA-based Internet Insurance Group (IIG) announced the launch of SmallBusinessQuote.com. As it sounds, minus the online fulfillment piece. Also, the company is planning to offer consumers the ability to quote and issue cyber liability insurance...

A Swedish startup in emerging mode looking to provide customers with a digital platform to know the value of their stuff, and handle their insurance claims.

Two-year-old Melbourne-based startup Curo Technologies (which is now called Billy) has received $1 million in funding from Australian private health insurer HCF. The startup employs sensors to ‘unobtrusively’ monitor the welfare of...

Generali chief executive Philippe Donnet confirmed his company doesn’t intend to merge with anybody, especially not Axa; putting a rumor to rest. Speaking of Axa, the French one announced it has partnered with Friendsurance, GetSafe and Knip, as the...

Insurify won the 2016 Best Insurance Website Award from The Web Marketing Association. See why here. Test for yourself here.

NYC-based Haven Life, the one backed by MassMutual, is now available in New York. Bottom Line: 8 states (including DC) of separation between the startup and the term ‘available nationwide’. But...

In Germany, FinanceFox isn’t allowed to use the term “insurance consultants” so it opted for “a consultant for insurance”. Recall: the startup operates in Switzerland, and Germany, and is heading to US soon.  

Geico is targeting the young and the mostly male viewers via its latest web ad, featuring Team SoloMid, aka a team of 5 guys playing video games including League of Legends, a...

Think: Suncorp’s newest cross-selling strategy, where the Aussie insurer plans to give customers full access to its digital marketplace including banking, wealth management and insurance, to allow them to select their...

Weather detecting company Understory has launched a messaging platform designed to help insurance companies better engage with their policyholders regarding weather-related insurance claims. The data is offered on an address-specific basis in cities...