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5-month old Next Insurance, aka the one with $13 million in funding that looks to do what Insureon is doing only better, has integrated with Hiscox for a limited set of...
Insurance management app GetSafe secured its first corporate partner. Think: 1822direkt; an affiliate of German bank Frankfurter Sparkasse. Bottom Line: 1822direkt customers will now be able to digitally manage their insurance policies in one...
Automated investing solutions software Betterment has partnered with Uber to offer its 300,000 drivers traditional or Roth Individual Retirement accounts, according to their preferences.
The new CEO of Ellipse come September 14. Recall: Ellipse, established in 2009, is owned by Munich Re and provides group life and disability coverage. AKA the one that goes beyond the OK in UK.
A San Francisco-based startup called DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding to grow their drone data management platform, bringing its total funding to-date to $31 million. DroneDeploy’s technology is already...
Think: Aptonomy. Better yet, think a CA-based startup offering an aerial alarm verification system that’s a combo of a drone, plus day- and night-vision cameras, plus artificial intelligence, plus navigational systems, all wrapped...
After two failed attempts, Israel’s conglomerate Delek Group is finally selling its 52.3% stake in The Phoenix Insurance Group to Yango Investment, a unit of Chinese holding company Fujian Yango Group, for NIS 1.948 billion, which values Phoenix at...
CT-based RiskMatch, a portfolio management and analytics platform, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Lightbank, known for its previous investment in Snapsheet, the one with the app...
“This was a game changer in our insurance industry and recently I have been recognized as a Local SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Pioneer by the United Nations for Nibedita” -Managing Director...
Emerging P2P insurer Lemonade revealed its latest investor: XL Innovate (think: Embroker, Slice). However, it didn’t reveal how much funding it has raised the second time around because secrecy is in its nature. IE is...
Apple has reportedly acquired health data startup Gliimpse, which has been organizing personal healthcare data since 2013. The news comes ~two weeks after it was announced that Apple filed a patent...
An 8-month-old Indian data analytics company that is building crop risk indexes using remote sensing, machine learning, and cloud computing. Bottom Line: an attempt to put an end to an insurance...
John Legend (the singer) is AmFam’s newest brand ambassador. His better half is still available?
Swedish health startup KRY that connects patients with healthcare professionals for video consultations, has raised €6.1 million in a seed round led by Index Ventures (London and SF) and Creandum (Stockholm).
Weather detecting company Understory has been named a winner of the 2016 Wisconsin Innovation Awards from among 186 businesses. Understory sensors allow insurers to know where, when, and how damage occurred to a property. Bottom...
