In partnership with MasterCard, UniCredit Bank and GoSwiff, Allianz-Tiriac, aka Allianz’s Romanian subsidiary, is launching a mobile payments platform for its ~2,800 insurance agents, making it the first insurance company in Romania to offer...

Rumor has it that while Zenefits is getting deeper and deeper into insurance, ex-Zenefits cofounder Parker Conrad is working on a startup that is like Zenefits only broader. Think: a software that will...

CA-based private investment firm Plus2 Capital funded two insurance startups this year. Think: PolicyZip and Eligibility. Better yet, think: an insurance agency that focuses on Medicare and life insurance and a content publisher that looks...

Insurance API provider massUp welcomes Tobias Haff as COO. Recall, massUp was part of Startupbootcamp Insurtech London first cohort. Off On a Tangent: DataCubes and Bunker are hiring. Here and Here.

ICICI Lombard Long Term Two Wheeler Insurance (LTTW) crossed the 500,000 policy mark. On a related note, a survey of 936 customers who bought the policy revealed that four out...

The Indian online insurance portal has launched a series of short films, as in 6.5 seconds long, on YouTube to engage people and alert them to renew their insurance. With $12 million...

Liberty Videocon General Insurer (LVGI), which is a JV between Boston-based Liberty Mutual and Videocon, is getting ready to launch a mobile-based solution that will “simplify the purchase-and-claims-settlement process in the...

Munich-based digital insurance broker Finanzchef24 has raised 4 million euros. The startup claims its revenue and customers have doubled year-on-year since its launch in 2012; law of small numbers? Bottom Line: excellent team.

“So the core strategy from here on would be to access the masses by being more technology oriented and at the same time we will be coming up with alternate...

Industry veteran and innovator Bryan Baird announces xagent (pronounced zagent), a cutting-edge online solution for quoting and binding property and casualty insurance faster than any other service. xagent provides single-entry...

“At some point, this company will want to sell its shares again, and future prospective shareholders will look closely at how we treated our current shareholders” – Zenefits CEO David Sacks...

Allianz has appointed Robin Loh as Chief Digital Officer for Asia Pacific, effective today. Loh most recently served as General Manager at Ping An Fintech Company, where he spearheaded the...

Earlier this month, Allstate’s digital brand launched a DIY Home Inspection app that allows customers to self-inspect their homes and receive a policy discount*. Before: customers would need to schedule a visit with a...

Pakistan-based KarloCompare announced today that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding to build out its services and act as a one-stop shop for consumers to browse through financial and insurance products....