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Director of research and innovation at Esurance Haden Kirkpatrick took the stage at INN’s Inaugural DigIn Conference, which took place May 2-3 in Austin. The Gist: the Allstate Company claims to be betting...
Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners will jointly acquire insurance technology company Vertafore from TPG Capital for what some say is a deal worth $2.7 billion. Recall: Vertafore recently acquired...
Driverless cars may reduce car accidents, which may prompt a “false sense of security” among consumers, which may prompt some to have ‘a lot more sex’ (while riding, not driving), which may be bad for Geico but good for...
Private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman is in talks to buy health-insurance agency MultiPlan from Starr Investment Holdings for $7.5 billion. Not too shabby given Starr bought MultiPlan for $4.4 billion back in 2014.
MassMutual is introducing a new mobile app called BeneClick! to answer the question, “Am I covered?” with the press of a button, because “74% of American workers say having enough...
AAMI Insurance is targeting three key demographic segments: 18 to 29-year-olds, 30 to 49-year old, and over 50s, via mobile, via Facebook, using different types of creative to drive its message....
Zurich is giving its employees permission to talk as it looks to boost its social media presence by giving its somewhat stodgy brand a local presence. How brave.
Health insurer Oscar and online broker PolicyGenius have at least one thing in common; neither considers their digital offerings to be mainly a millennial play. Oscar cofounder Mario Schlosser says that even though...
In partnership with Munich Re, Sompo Insurance, and USAA, Plug and Play (P&P) is launching their newest accelerator program called Plug and Play Insurance, because until now, insurance has been...
“I don’t think it’s a tragedy that a competitor got a better rate in one time frame. We don’t worry about the fact that someone else had a better quarter”...
Knip picks up more criticism (here and here) in large due to its lack of transparency. Customers are not clear about the model of Knip and the contract involved, insurers complain...
China’s second-largest insurer Ping An is making a profit and distancing itself from the competition, but for how long? The good: net profit rose 4% in the first quarter, as...
French insurer CNP Assurances backs fintech startup Lendix, which has been busy acquiring its smaller competitor Finsquare and raising $13.5 million. Bottom Line: a leading European P2P lending platform in the making.
“For us it’s about customer acquisition not efficiencies” – Trov founder Scott Walchek at the recent OnRamp conference in Chicago. The on-demand microduration, micro coverage, mobile player announced a new...
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