Malaysia-based 4-year-old financial comparison startup Saving Plus has closed a $3 million Series A round to move into new digital banking services with its flagship offering XpressApply. Also, the company is now...

Bajaj Allianz has launched a Twitter-based insurance platform called #TweetInsurance to harness the power of digital technology and provide hassle-free customer experience. Customers and non-customers alike can follow @BajajAllianz and can either tweet #TweetInsurance or...

“What positions entrepreneurs and investors for the Apple-scale opportunity isn’t a street address: it’s the right network and intimate understanding of how financial services works” – Partner at investment and advisory...

Nancy Newmister is the new CEO of Frederick Mutual Insurance. It’s okay to ask yourself ‘who?’. Steve Postlewhite is the new CEO of Aspen, replacing Mario Vitale, also known as the architect.

Last week Anthem launched its new Innovation Studio in midtown Atlanta’s Technology Square. Picture a state-of-the-art, 6,500 square-feet open-concept office space, which will house a multi-disciplinary team focused on creating new digital capabilities...

NYC-based community health platform Healthify closed a $2.5 million seed funding round. The company’s platform allows healthcare providers to better connect patients with community services to resolve unmet social needs. * Not...

Pitney Bowes EngageOne Video picked up a new client; UK-based online auto insurer Geoffrey Insurance; previously known to some as Chaucer Direct. In the US, AmFam uses the software to shed light on misc. ‘confusing coverage stuff’ to both clients...

San Fran-based insurance startup Clover Health has raised $160 million in venture capital funding, bringing its total funding to date to $285 million. The startup analyzes data from insurance claims to...

“Setting up Cuvva was really just solving my own problem, I wanted to be able to drive other people’s cars with minimum hassle whilst knowing that I was fully insured”...

Axa has achieved the highest overall satisfaction score (83.13%) in Brokerbility‘s bi-annual member satisfaction survey, which involved the group’s seven key insurers: Axa, Allianz, Aviva, AIG, NIG, RSA and Zurich. Heard you...

Liberty Mutual Global Consumer Markets, aka Liberty’s personal lines unit, has formed a $150 million early-stage venture capital initiative called Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures (LMSV), and announced its first investment in a smart lock...

Chinese healthcare services startup Ping An Health Cloud has raised $500 million in a Series A round, to “open the era of internet healthcare 2.0” via its sub-brand Ping An...

Risk management software provider Risk Solved has raised ~$290,000 in debt funding to grow the team and move to fancier offices in London. The company’s risk surveying and management software can...

Google has been awarded a patent for an “adhesive vehicle front end for mitigation of secondary pedestrian impact”, which is a bunch of fancy talk describing Google’s proposed solution to cover...