Earlier this month Sun Life Financial partnered with Toronto’s MaRS FinTech cluster seeking the good company of healthtech and fintech startups that can help it digitize its way to relevance. Today LowestRates.ca also announced it has...

Think: A personalized dashboard that provides users with advice and reminders about their coverage and policies. A tracking and verification system for certificates of insurance. The ability to easily upload policies to...

Berlin-based startup Number26 is now N26, it has obtained a European banking license and it plans to offer insurance products within the next 6 to 12 months, probably through partnerships

Berlin-based startup Number26 is now N26, it has obtained a European banking license and it plans to offer insurance products within the next 6 to 12 months, probably through partnerships. CatDogFish,...

Provider of enterprise tech for employee benefits, aka Limelight Health, has partnered with HR software BerniePortal to streamline the HR and benefits decision-making processes. Recall: Limelight has raised $3 million last year from MassMutual and...

Starbucks is the latest to deploy Aon Active Health Exchange, a web-based benefits delivery portal launched in September 2012 by Aon that will allow Starbucks employees to compare and shop health insurance...

Theranos announced it has hired a regulatory and compliance expert to serve as its vice president, regulatory and quality, as well as a lawyer to serve as its chief compliance...

Chicago-based HealthJoy, a healthcare decision platform that allows consumers to better understand their insurance, save on prescriptions, find a doctor, and schedule appointments, expanded its AI-driven app to support companies. Recall: back in April the company...

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company has announced its plans to deploy 100 Pepper robots to several of its branches come October that will help explain simple insurance products and accompany staff...

Singapore-based P2P lending platform Validus Capital has partnered with EQ Insurance to offer investor protection on some of the financing it provides to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), claiming to be the first platform in Singapore...

Metlife’s Charlotte-based life-insurance business, which it is preparing to divest, will be called Brighthouse Financial.

Chicago-based insurance agency Insureon formed a new MGA unit called Insureon Underwriting Managers that will operate under its existing wholesale brokerage Insurance Noodle and will look to provide a market for hard-to-place-slash-unique...

Covered California has tentatively selected 11 health insurance companies to be available for enrollment starting Nov. 1, 2016, for coverage that begins on Jan. 1, 2017. One of which is...

A startup called Civic, which uses blockchain technology to protect Americans’ personal identity, has launched yesterday with the goal of preventing identity fraud before it can occur and offering its members $1-million...