Just as much as we like data, we like the ‘word on the street’. After all,  over 300 seed investments in insurance are proof that Corporate or Strategic VCs don’t always have...

NY-based PolicyGenius announced it has raised $30 million in a Series C round led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to date to $51.05 million. Recall: PolicyGenius was established...

Progressive expects usage-based insurance to become the norm overtime. As it stands, Progressive has over 2 million policyholders that have used Snapshot (out of ~15m auto policies on its book). Also,...

Fabric is now operating in 38 states and Washington DC. File under ‘progress’ given that the Brooklyn-based startup launched two months ago in 32 states. The digital agency, which has raised $2.5...

Canadian Mylo announced it has raised $750K bringing its total funding to date to $1.25M . Mylo, which is in beta, is a mobile app that automatically rounds up every purchase...

Agency software provider Vertafore announced that it’s moving its headquarters from the Seattle-area to Denver come August, where some 400 employees will be busy developing, marketing, selling and administrating new initiatives as the company looks...

Zenefits, or shall we say Z2?, announced new updates as it seeks to further position itself as…an HR company with an app. “As soon as you go outside the valley,...

Next generation data company to invest in sales and product development to meet growing demands in the Insurance sector for new and alternative data sources  SANTA BARBARA, California – Carpe...

CA-based Carpe Data, the one-stop shop for all-things data and insurance, announced that it has raised $6.6 million in a Series A round led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG) ; the insurtech-slash-fintech investment arm...

Mumbai-based Acko General Insurance has secured $30M in a Seed round from several investors including Accel Partners and SAIF Partners. The company was established by Varun Dua, the founder and CEO of insurance aggregator Coverfox....

NYC-based Vericred announced that it has raised $5.5 million in a Series A round bringing its total funding to date to $9.85 million . The company, which was launched in 2014...

AIG Israel is celebrating 20 years in business and that’s a good enough reason for senior execs from AIG to visit Israel . And while they are at it, they...

Aleph-backed Israeli startup Windward wants to enter the insurance space. The data and analytics company helps (mostly government agencies until now) understand what’s happening at sea – from tracking a ship...

Mumbai-based life insurer HDFC Life announced the launch of an email bot by the name of SPOK that can respond to customer emails . “SPOK will help us increase our operational efficiency and...