AppDynamics raises $158 million bringing its total valuation to $1.9 billion; its software is used by Progressive to monitor and optimize customer experience. Aflac partners with EZShield to offer identity protection services to business owners and...

In Johannesburg, Discovery launched a new initiative in which it is giving clients Apple Watches for the cost of exercise. In US, a woman is more likely than a man to say...

The funeral services market is expected to grow rapidly in China as population ages. Sunshine Life Insurance saw it coming and is jumping in with a $100 million acquisition deal in...

Bee, the New York-based banking startup that targets low to middle income individuals by providing bank accounts, debit cards and financial services with no minimum balance requirements, no overdraft fees and...

Claim Di, a Thai startup that offers a mobile app to facilitate the processing and payment of auto insurance claims, secured $2 million in Series A funding. The cash will also be used to...

File under ‘awful advertisements’: BizCover’s newish ad. Tip: always take into consideration YouTube Related Videos.

German insurer Allianz, Chinese search engine Baidu, and investment group Hillhouse Capital form a joint venture that will allow the trio to sell insurance online to individuals and small businesses in...

The Korea Life Insurance Association and the General Insurance Association of Korea are getting ready to launch the first online insurance comparison portal in Korea come Nov. 30, called the “Insurance...

China is looking to create a database, currently referred to as the Social Credit System that will rate Chinese peeps based on ‘social metrics’ such as whether they paid their bills or...

Baidu, China’s biggest search engine operator, announced the launch of a ‘direct bank’ made possible due to the “first in-depth cooperation between an Internet company and a traditional bank”; in direct competition to Alibaba;...

Hartford Steam Boiler invests in Augury; a company that makes smart device technology for managing heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, aka HVAC systems. Refresher: the insurer, which formed a venture capital group...

Swedish insurer Länsförsäkringar launched a marketing gimmick in the form of an app called Fulfiltret, which means “Nasty Filter”. You say “idiot”, it says “genius”. Bottom Line: an attempt to fight cyberbullying.

Bajaj Allianz General Insurance plans to allow customers to settle claims on their own up to the limit allowed by insurance regulator IRDA. Here’s how it will work: customer has a car accident, customer...

Life insurance giant MLC has jumped on the fitness-tracker bandwagon as the company explores “other ways of assessing risk of individuals”. The Watch: Intel Basis Peak fitness. Bottom Line: Australia’s first insurer to use smart watch...