On August 7, Columbus-based P&C insurer SafeAuto did something uber clever. Brilliant, actually. It released Fârnhäan, the world’s first artificially intelligent voice companion. Fârnhäan is a ‘he’. Meet Fârnhäan. It was created...

Meet BillTrim : The one-year-old Mountain View-startup is on a mission to make sure one never overpays for services such as: cable, phone, electricity, internet, gym, and auto-slash-home-slash-health insurance. It earns...

Bharti AXA General Insurance is a Bangalore-based JV between Bharti Enterprises and AXA. It is mostly known for its car insurance book of business. Now it wants to change that. CEO Sanjeev...

Swiss Re is partnering with Mumbai-based Wellthy Therapeutics to develop better insurance offerings for folks with Type 2 Diabetes in India . Established in 2015, Wellthy is known for its Diabetes Reversal...

Prudential Hong Kong is offering select health insurance customers two types of promos. The first is a premium discount, which essentially translates to a half month off of the annual...

I gave Mia a try. This is Mia – ‘another chatbot’:   I located my Lemonade insurance policy so that Mia can ‘manage it’. I didn’t really know what that...

Barcelona-based Hey Mondo announced it has raised ~$250K . The travel insurance aggregator was launched a few months back by two ex-Zurich execs, David Pérez and Ricard Domènech. Also, it has agreements in...

  John Sculley was VP (1970–1977) and president (1977–1983) of Pepsi, until Steve Jobs convinced him to join Apple as CEO back in 1983, a position he held until leaving in 1993....

Munich-based digital insurance broker Finanzchef24 has partnered with Ergo to develop insurance for small trading companies such as online shop operators. The partnership will allow business owners to purchase liability insurance online. Recall: last...

In an interview for SearchCIO, SVP and CIO at Aflac, Julia Davis, said their customers want to work with them the way they work with Amazon. Quoting…“And this insurance company that’s...

Yesterday, UK-based CatDogFish announced a new feature called ‘Ask Our Experts’, which resembles a blog post where members of the community ask experts questions about being a pet parent. For instance, Lesley S. whose...

Aon announced the launch of an app called Aon Captivate:   This “innovative new tool”, aka an iPhone app, enables clients to “assess their initial suitability for a captive insurer by understanding the...

The Advisory Board Co (ABCO) conducted its earnings call yesterday, where CEO Robert Musslewhite warned analysts he wouldn’t be answering questions about the company’s ongoing review of a possible sale. Here’s what else you...

Digital symptom checker Buoy Health announced it has raised $6.7M in a Series A round led by F-Prime Capital Partners and an undisclosed strategic investor, bringing its total funding to date...