Beginning in late 2018, Aetna’s corporate headquarters will be located in New York City, (and not in Connecticut). “New York City is a knowledge economy hub, and a driver of...

There once was Guild. A company established in 2013 to become an insurance platform for the collaborative economy. It looked a lot like this.   That was then. Today, the...

Baloise announced the acquisition of digital home-moving services platform MOVU to complement its traditional business. “I am delighted that we are able to announce a further milestone in Baloise’s new...

Canadian lead-gen platform Kanetix is looking to leverage Google Home to attract leads. The digital customer acquisition platform for insurance and financial services will soon allow prospects to obtain auto insurance...

  Ireland-based telematics insurance provider BoxyMo.ie launched an online video game to educate young drivers about vehicle safety; accessible via mobile, desktop and tablet . The game challenges players to...

CA-based Drive.ai announced that it has raised $50M in a Series B round led by NEA with participation from GGV, bringing its total funding to date to ~$62M. The Silicon Valley startup,...

Ad Age’s 200 Leading National Advertisers 2017 report is out; revealing that Geico has topped AT&T, the biggest-spending brand in 2015, to become the most-advertised US brand in 2016. It’s what...

Wells Fargo agreed to sell its commercial insurance business to private insurer USI Insurance Services , as it plans to focus on core banking products and services. Financial terms were not...

Online property and casualty insurance comparison platform CoverHound announced today a partnership with eHealth . eHealth, a leading private online health exchange serves small businesses looking to compare and purchase...

The Gist: Carol Stassen is the founder of Stassen Insurance, a business she has started with her late husband Henry back in February 1967. A business, she says, is ‘never boring’...

  Life reinsurer RGA announced it is backing Getsurance, a one-year-old German startup that’s building a D2C interface for disability insurance. The news follows the startup’s €2 million seed round, which took...

Indian life insurer Aegon Life is exploring options to sell policies via e-commerce platforms as it seeks to turn digital into its primary channel for customer acquisition. Few are surprised...

Israeli energy conglomerate Delek said its planned sale of a controlling stake in Israeli insurer Phoenix Holdings to China’s Fujian Yango Group has been called off by both sides after...

OneInsure, powered by Robinhood Insurance Broker Private, announced the launch of its insurance mobile app to allow customers to manage their policies, set renewal alerts, and initiate claims; to name three...