“Past attempts have shown that the Israeli regulator doesn’t want the controlling holder of an insurance company to be Chinese, as the transparency of these companies is problematic” – Head of...

Emerging digital broker Quilt revealed it has raised $3.25 million in a seed funding round led by NextView Ventures and will be working with Security First Florida to launch its...

Think: AirBNBInsurance of Australia. That was then: This is now: Recall: London-based BelongSafe and IL-based RiskGone, who had at one point attempted to cater to Airbnb hosts with insurance offerings, are attempting no more. Bottom...

More than half of millennials say that insurance companies are more trustworthy now compared to five years ago according to a new research from global market intelligence firm Mintel. Here’s what else.

The UK-based startup, that’s in an emerging-slash-beta mode, announced a new 2-minute Policy Checkup feature to its mobile app, to allow policyholders to understand which coverage is important. Recall: the UK-based startup plans to offer a policy management...

The Aussie insurer who thought it was a good idea to launch an ad featuring a young girl playing an out of tune recorder, was forced to replace the ad, after customers...

One-year-old Denver-based risk analytics startup CyberGRX has raised $9 million from several investors including GV and MassMutual Ventures. The startup is working to address vendor-related risks and plans to launch its platform in...

“Uber is dead in 5 years” – Senior Strategic Partnership Manager at Red Hat, Eric Blaufarb, suggests fully autonomous vehicles will be the end of Uber. Here’s his logic. Google, Apple and Tesla are in...

The commercial insurance Big Data landscape has a new entrant, DataCubes, who’s entering the space in the most exciting time. Take Five with the founder and CEO Kuldeep Malik below. 1. What’s...

A technology player in the Asian market offering a mobile app that allows users to manage and track their insurance policies, understand insurance coverage a bit better, and close any coverage...

Alliant Insurance Services is acquiring Mesirow’s insurance business for an undisclosed sum so they can say they have offices in the East and West Coast. Well, that’s one reason. Mesirow will...

Stratumn (the one that knows how to build stuff with blockchain), Deloitte (the one that offers management advice) and Lemonway (the one that offers payment solutions for the new economy)...

Sun Life Financial has partnered with Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District as it seeks the good company of healthtech and fintech startups that can help it digitize its way to relevance. Bottom Line: a compelling enough reason...

Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has agreed to buy Axa’s life and non-life operations in Serbia as the French one looks to exit the Serbian market. Fine Print: subject to local authority approval.