YourMechanic, the leading on-demand auto mechanic service that is changing the way consumers schedule and perform car maintenance, announced today that it has raised $24 million, which brings its total financing...

London-based Belong Safe launched on demand host insurance to cater for ‘Airbnb style’ home-sharing insurance needs. The broker provides an online platform for hosts where they can indicate in which...

‘Buffett’s favorite’ released a clever follow up to its Unskippable ads. Think: “Fast Forward” online video ad campaign, where a Geico ad begins, cuts itself off and tells the viewers it’s fast forwarding...

Satisfaction with homeowners’ insurance policies slipped for the first time in five years, according to a JD Power and Associates report that surveyed people who made claims against their policies....

New Hampshire startup accelerator Alpha Loft chose six companies to participate in Accelerate NH 2016. One such company is ValChoice, an analytics platform measuring financial and compliance data points of insurance companies. Some call...

Insurance software provider Vertafore acquired Keal Technology, a leading provider of broker and commercial management systems in Canada. One gets financial backing, the other expands its international footprint. Keal will be keeping its brand....

A new industry-specific program called DeepMind Health has been launched by Google’s DeepMind Artificial Intelligence group. The group is working on a ‘Streams app’ to help diagnose acute kidney injury and is...

Progressive launched a new blog. Lifelanes. Bottom Line: content is king if the kingdom is interested.

“One of my friends says he is glad that only a few animals can talk, since the ones that do speak seem unable to discuss any subject but insurance” – Warren...

Sun Life of Canada and local telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone have teamed up to weave digital and mobile technologies into insurance services while using Voyager Innovations’ various digital...

“Results are impacted by floods but I am getting annoyed by the commentary totally blaming the floods” – Axa CEO Paul Evans on those blaming losses on recent flooding. By those, think Jon Dye of Allianz who...

Bottom Line: Trump may not be a member, but he is family. Huge.

A Dutch company called Flo is entering the spotlight. The company uses GPS to assess your driving score to allow you to earn discounts on your auto insurance policy. Read in the context of ‘heard that before’. Think:...

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, which thinks that if you sought out a system designed to bring the worst out of people, it would look a lot like modern day insurance,...