New York Life has appointed Michelle Bottomley as chief marketing officer (CMO). As the most senior marketing leader at the company, Ms. Bottomley is responsible for the New York Life...

The Institutes RiskBlock™ Alliance announced today that 12 additional companies have joined the risk management and insurance industry’s first enterprise-level blockchain consortium, bringing the total number of member companies to 30.  The...

Israeli insurer Menora Mivtachim is partnering with Flyzen to offer travel insurance policyholders that experience at least a 2-hour delay access to business lounges globally.   “This partnership is another successful...

Baltimore-based filed several Form Ds with the SEC in connection to a total of ~$8.1m in convertible debt rounds. Click here, here, here, and here.     The startup, established in 2015, offers a consumer...

Meet Alpharetta, GA-based CareValidate:     Think: Developers of SafeSense, an IoT device launched this year to capture the quality of care delivered in senior living institutions. The CareValidate kit includes the following: a SafeSense device,...

Everest Re Group, Ltd. is pleased to announce the addition of Ike Barbatsoulis as Chief Reinsurance Claims Officer for Everest’s Reinsurance Division. Ike will be responsible for driving the strategic...

MetLife Japan, launched “collab 4.0,” an open innovation platform inviting entrepreneurs and insurtechs globally to scale their business with MetLife while solving some of the insurer’s biggest innovation challenges across...

Meet OKO: Think: a Tel-Aviv-based insurance startup, established in 2017 and led by Simon Schwall, to provide smallholder farmers with tools to protect their crop. Its product is a weather-based index...

Last month, Philadelphia-based healthcare benefits recommendation platform announced the launch of a Health Savings Account (HSA) solution for its benefits decision support tool. Now Picwell’s decision support tool can show a consumer their potential...

Chicago-based  filed its Form D with the SEC in connection to an equity round totaling $9m. Have a look here.  

Meet Luminary:   Think: a fun and easy way to share photos and stay connected with loved one – designed by warranty insurance provider with grandma in mind. Let me...

Zenefits announced the build-out of its Certified Broker Partner (CBP) program, a nation-wide network of benefits and insurance consulting firms, to deliver better healthcare options to SMEs with less than...

Next Insurance, which recently announced its $83m Series B round – published its H1 2018 Report.   The Highlights: (1) As of June 2018, the company’s annual written premium run rate is over $22m,...

, a global provider of natural language processing (NLP) technology that’s backed by Goldman Sachs, is working with specialist insurer Hiscox to automate multiple internal processes at the firm. Using...