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Market analysts expect to see some $82 billion impact on the US economy by 2025, as the technology becomes more ubiquitous thanks in part to growing adoption by professional photographers, filmmakers, and farmers. Recall: the...
How Oscar, the hip yet unprofitable health insurer, describes Dr. Shaden Marzouk; its newish chief medical officer. Some suggest the move could be an indication that Oscar will make investments or acquisitions to...
Looks like Liberty Mutual is the first insurer to use Amazon Alexa to allow consumers to navigate the home and auto insurance process via voice. Bottom Line: coming this fall to a home near you...
Before. After. Progress. Recall: Uvamo has been in emerging mode since 2014 as it aims to create an ‘insurance marketplace’.
Fluttrbox announced a pilot program with Continental Western Group, which will be utilizing Fluttrbox’s drone technology to enhance their underwriting and claims operations. Recall: Fluttrbox, led by Aristo Mohit-Coker, was part of the...
“With your assistance, we’re going to secure Michigan’s place … as the center of the universe for autonomous vehicle studies, research, development and manufacturing” – Republican Sen. Mike Kowall on a...
According to SNL pay-per-mile agency Metromile is making plans to acquire Mosaic Insurance, a New York-based and Delaware-domiciled carrier in a deal value worth $22 million, comprised of $7 million in cash plus the...
Digital Fineprint, which allows insurers to populate insurance forms using data from Facebook and LinkedIn, announced that EOS Venture Partners will be its lead investor in a pre-Series A round. The startup, which...
Axa Strategic Ventures (ASV) announced it has invested an undisclosed sum in Paris-based Gasolead for its lead-gen tool powered by machine learning. The funding round will allow Gasolead to develop a virtual assistant...
Trov announced a partnership with Munich Re to bring its on-demand insurance for single items to the US market in 2017. Recall: Trov, which is currently active in Australia through Suncorp, allows customers...
RSA Canada recently introduced EZ-Docs, a system that allows brokers to access policy documents online and email them directly to their customers. But that’s not all. Brokers that register for EZ-Docs by...
Vertafore’s new CEO succeeding Jeff Hawn (the one with a bad neighbor). Recall: back in May, Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners jointly acquired Vertafore from TPG Capital for what some suggested is a...
A startup from South Carolina, which recently launched a mobile app to help customers detect mistakes in their medical bills. Think: a customer uploads a bill to the app, signs an agreement for the company...
Deployer of ‘private labeled insurance agencies’ Insuritas announced a collaboration with Chubb and Nationwide that enable the duo to sell insurance products on Insuritas SmartCART platform, aka a portal where consumers can shop...
Insuritas, the nation’s fastest growing InsurTech Company, announced today that ChubbTM and NationwideTM have formally launched several core products on the Insuritas SmartCARTTM platform. SmartCART is the world’s only insurance...