Barmenia Insurance, an independent insurance group in Germany, and KASKO, a startup helping insurers bring their products to the point of demand, launched a pilot program that allows customers to purchase car insurance on AutoScout24.

“It is not easy, in fact, [to] build trust with this completely new approach in an industry whose credibility was undermined by businesses like yours [for] years systematically” – Knip founder...

A new campaign from Progressive takes a different spin on Super Bowl advertising. Think: a Super Duper Bingo game that will roll out for Super Bowl Sunday with the grand prize of...

Aviva CEO Mark Wilson says insurance “has been dominated by two forms of distribution – tied agencies and banks” and both channels are “expensive for consumers”. This is the same...

Des Moines-based Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) is preparing for launch day – Feb. 9 – with the following winning teams: Smart Drivinc (St. Louis, Missouri): a distracted driving and crash prevention...

Calgary-based full service insurance brokerage firm InsureMy is piloting a new program called New Drivers Intelligence (NDI), which offers parents access to real-time driving data, all for the sake of greater coaching...

RSA Insurance Group has completed the sale of Intouch Insurance (RSA Russia) to BLAGOSOSTOYANIE in a transaction worth approximately ~£5 million. More on RSA. The company plans to hire some and...

USAA has dumped its advertising agency Campbell Ewald after one of the agency’s creative directors sent out a racist ‘Ghetto Day in San Antonio memo’ that became public last week....

ZhongAn has teamed up with Alibaba’s cloud computing service provider, Aliyun, to launch the first cloud computing insurance in China. Cloudsurance, which claims to be “the world’s first cloud insurance for...

“We launch startup ventures because of their potential to transform health care. Sometimes, those early stage investments don’t bloom into mature stand-alone companies.” After two years, Cambia Health Solutions has shut down...

“To generate creative ideas, you have to start from an unusual place. But to explain those ideas, you have to connect them to something familiar. That’s why so many startups...

Noida-based life and P&C insurance comparison site EasyPolicy raised ~$2 million to enhance its tech and strengthen its marketing team.

Top 11 UK insurers (think: Admiral, Ageas, Allianz, Aviva, AXA, Co-operative Insurance, Covea, Direct Line Group, LV, Zurich and the Lloyd’s Market) formed an alliance to tackle the changes needed...

Malaysia-based health tech startup BookDoc, which offers an app that connects patients to healthcare professionals, raised more money to grow its workforce, improve its product and expand to new territories. Bottom Line: raised an undisclosed...