“The best investors look for founders that have that sense of pragmatism or rootedness in reality, because once the pitch book is done and the money is in the bank,...

UK’s Anthemis Group has partnered with Hanwha Life to operate a $10 million fund.

RSA Canada is the latest to face change management. President and CEO Rowan Saunders is heading over to Canadian P&C insurer Economical Insurance, come November 1. Martin Thompson, who has been with RSA since...

The RI-based mutual insurer is offering field adjusters a new app. Think: IBM MobileFirst for iOS that offers real-time access to individual claims data and allows adjusters to process their work from anywhere. Bottom Line: the...

Michigan-based LifeSecure Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, which provides long term care insurance solutions felt it’s time for a new look. Before: After. Better....

“A positive example is however Knip” – MaxPool CEO Oliver Drewes is more impressed with Knip and less impressed with Friendsurance; suggesting the latter is about to change its business model....

Boston-based telematics startup TrueMotion launched an app called TrueMotion Family that looks to engage the whole family around safe driving. Scoring and ranking of drivers included.

Brexit insurance. An add-on to AIG’s directors and officers liability policy that will cover various costs associated with Brexit. Some suggest the title is misleading. Speaking of AIG, the company has posted three straight quarterly...

Sun Life, which recently announced a partnership with Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District, has now announced a partnership with Silicon Valley Plug and Play Insurtech Accelerator joining the good company of Munich Re,...

“New York should be a hub for AI just as it’s a hub for fashion and finance and media and advertising” – John Frankel, founding partner of ff Venture Capital, on...

Trump’s favorite health insurer is betting on the intangible (think: quality) as it makes plans to cut some 20K doctors and decrease its hospital network by more than half in...

India’s first end-to-end electronic cashless claims exchange for health insurance. Since setting up shop in 2012 they’ve taken 10% of India’s market share of cashless claims; reducing discharge times to under...

Meet UK-based ZugarZnap which offers excess insurance, gadgets and pet insurance, coupled with a bit of a competition, some rewards, and whole lot of ‘retail experience’. Powered by Nova Insurance....

Hiscox may set up EU-based insurance firm; expect a yay or nay by Q1, 2017. MetLife may do away with Snoopy. The Better Way Agency (think: a video-based coaching program...