People’s Insurance Company of China (PICC) has invested $350M in ride-hailing service Ucar , an Uber-like company and a prominent rival of Didi. This brings the company’s total investment to date to...

Canadian P&C insurer The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group announced the launch of Host Shield Insurance , a policy designed for people leasing their homes on a short-term basis on sites such as...

Berlin-based digital car insurer Friday recently introduced a new coverage for drivers called FRIDAY add-on protection. The benefits: – as a policyholder, one is free to drive any car; whether rented...

CA-based BenRevo announced it has raised $405,500 from an undisclosed investor bringing its total funding to date to $1.28M. The two-year-old startup helps health insurers automate their sales and distribution process via...

Before.   After.   Recall: Jumpstart is a CA-based startup that plans to allow customers to “bounce back from a major earthquake” via a “revolutionary coverage with no deductible, no...

Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia (MBSM) is bullish on ‘usership’ and bearish on ‘ownership’ . The company launched its latest ‘vehicle subscription – financing solution’ called “Lease2Go” that allows users to drive...

AXA’s Malaysian arm AXA Affin Insurance announced the launch of a telematics-based car insurance product called AXA FlexiDrive that provides policyholders with a device that can track mileage, speed, acceleration and...

London-based digital insurance solutions builder, Kasko, will be developing an on-demand insurance service for Landbay . Landbay is a London-based peer-to-peer lending platform established in 2013 that specializes in “buy-to-let mortgages” –...

I was a Gerber baby!   Nothing spells heritage more than “Just like my mom used to do.” Marketers leverage heritage to create nostalgia, validate a price premium, and form an...

On July 6, 2017, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (President & CEO: Yasuhiro Sato), Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (President & CEO: Koji Fujiwara), Marubeni Corporation (President & CEO: Fumiya Kokubu), and Sompo...

Allianz PNB Life Insurance, a JV between Allianz and PNB Life Insurance offering life insurance in the Philippines, has inked an agreement with HSBC Insurance Brokers to offer insurance products and services to the...

Swiss Re has partnered with Ping An to launch China’s first mobile-enabled typhoon property parametric insurance solution . The product is China’s first mobile-enabled typhoon property insurance solution that offers a...

The Gist: 21-year-old Bangalore-based IT provider, Candela Labs, wants to give insurance customers the “Dominos Pizza experience” because the insurance customer has changed. And Candela Labs is focused on one’s smartphone. “Today’s...

In celebration of the week of 4th of July, on-demand insurance startup Trov officially kicked off what can very well be the countdown to its US launch. The startup announced...