Founder and CEO of Avanti, Glen Smith, wants to be famous and his products to be understood. After investing £2m in an advertising campaign through MWO, Smith is looking for a PR partner,...

The “challenger brand with real potential”, aka DirectAsia, has unveiled a new brand campaign called “Where happier matters” in Singapore and Hong Kong as the company looks to “deliver a more positive experience when...

Allianz’s MyHealth app, which launched in August 2014 to allow members to submit medical claims more quickly, was downloaded over 60,000 times and used to submit more than 100,000 member claims, surpassing all...

MassMutual plans to expand its financial learning initiative called Society of Grownups to 10 more cities in the next three years post a $100 million injection. Society of Grownups holds financial planning classes and...

Cigna’s health and fitness app called Coach is now available on Apple and Android devices. Bottom Line: 350,000 users enjoy free access to personality-driven fitness and health programs to help them live healthy ever after....

Provider of roadside assistance and car insurance in UK, RAC, has launched the RAC Black Box Insurance to allow young drivers a shot at lowering their insurance premium if they can demonstrate that they can drive...

MetLife ridesharing coverage, which till recently was available in Colorado only, expands to California for Lyft drivers only; joining Farmers and Metromile who already serve on-demand drivers in this space....

Some 215,000 members are busy looking for health insurance as Health Republic Insurance of New York is shutting down because of the likelihood that it would become insolvent. Word on The...

Only last month Censio startup announced its partnership with Progressive to track and reward good drivers. Today the company announced it raised $10 million in venture capital. In one sentence: Censio is an app that...

Direct-to-consumer insurance company Esurance announces a new mileage-based insurance offering called Esurance Pay Per Mile, available first to Oregon drivers that drive less. Bottom Line: Metromile’s got company.

Compare The Market and Australia’s leading global health insurer, Bupa, are turning it up a notch. Bupa is ready to move out of pilot phase into a ‘permanent for 12 months’ phase, which will...

Nicole Kidman will be dating one insurance-selling Russian meerkat known as Sergei, in a new ad by Compare The Market, that looks to promote its insurance comparison site as well as its two-for-one movie...

Allianz Digital Corporate Ventures, Verizon Ventures and Forte Ventures have invested $7 million in Series A funding in Urgent.ly, which provides on demand roadside assistance to users only when they need it....