Next Insurance raised $13 million to launch a new platform for small business insurance customers this spring. According to their spokesperson, Next Insurance will work with “insurance companies to replace the middlemen (the agents)”...

“We now have as many customers as a middle-sized German insurance company” – Managing Director and Cofounder of Friendsurance, Sebastian Herfurth, is finally speaking up. The Berlin-based P2P insurer, founded in 2010, has over...

Esurance is helping SXSW attendees navigate the excitement in Austin. Think: the modern insurer is giving away ~15K #EsuranceAccess passes that will unlock VIP or priority access to exclusive parties and events hosted by...

Chief marketer at Post Office and ex-RSA Group employee, Pete Markey, will be taking on the role of brand communications and marketing director at Aviva starting June. Bottom Line: Aviva’s Good Thinking campaign is in good hands....

According to a recent research conducted by the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) in UK, there are 40% more telematics-based auto insurance policies compared to last year. Bottom Line: a small...

Founded in 2013, Mumbai-based insurance aggregator Coverfox proclaims it has 70,000 policies in force and writes an average of 9k policies a month. Bottom Line: in growth mode.

The Martin Agency, aka Geico’s creative team, has agreed not to use chimpanzees or other great apes in future advertising campaigns after its recent Tarzan and Jane TV ad sparked complaints...

According to a recent report from Google, micro-moments are critical touch points within today’s consumer journey. So when Progressive learned that its policyholders were dropping out early in their mobile 24-step...

NYC-based Justworks, which acts as the Zenefits-like-company playing by the rules, raised $33 million in Series C funding, bringing the total amount the company has raised to $53 million.

Hiscox plans to sell the Hong Kong division of DirectAsia to WellLink while continuing to grow the insurer’s competitive edge in Singapore and Thailand, where brand awareness is at 37%.

Last month, UK insurance firm Admiral took a fresh stance on its long-standing admiral mascot opting for a female to helm the ship in a new ad campaign called ‘looking out...

AIG entered into a two-year reinsurance arrangement with Swiss Re, under which a share of AIG’s new and renewal US Casualty portfolio will be ceded to the reinsurer. Bottom Line: highlights AIG’s focus...

Travelers’ customers with smart home devices are now eligible for a discount on their home insurance policies. Think: Protective Device discount. Available: nationwide. AmFam, Farmers and State Farm offer similar discounts.

Applied System users in UK can now enjoy seamless access to QBE products via their management system. One gets to offer more products, the other hopes to gain traction. Bottom Line: QBE...