“CARS” – Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (look here). The Gist: Japan’s non-life insurer Sompo teamed up with Stanford University and venture capital firm Comet Labs to develop products and services for autonomous vehicles...

Recall Isaac Re. The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA)-backed startup that launched in 2015 to offer a marketplace to invest in insurance-linked assets. It was founded by Rohit and Gokul, yet now Gokul’s LinkedIn profile states he’s a senior...

You know how it is with Chinese peeps and insurance gimmicks…they love them. And so it’s no surprise that China Life has launched ‘love insurance’ to reward those about to embark...

Intel and BMW. And now Volkswagen. All call Mobileye a ‘partner’. Let me explain. Volkswagen’s new models will use Mobileye’s tech  and by tech think: camera-based map and localization technology, also called Road...

Think: a Philippines-based variable life insurance company + investment component. Also think: a joint venture that’s part Ageas and part EastWest Bank with a 20-year exclusive distribution agreement. The digital brand claims...

Late last year American National announced FuelTube.com; a website to allow car lovers to watch an endless amount of playlists. On. Cars. Kind of like an online car show . Why? Because American...

According to Artemis, Swiss Re is getting ready to launch a parametric earthquake coverage that will use data from the US Geological Survey ShakeMaps to define its parametric triggers. Recall: ShakeMap provides a...

  Six months old InMyBag announced its official launch . The London-based startup offers protection against loss of devices and data. For the starting price of £95 a year, policyholders receive...

“Blockchain is an IT investment with a timeline of maybe five years or more until full realization of its benefits . There is also a possibility that alternative solutions may...

Canadian startup Finaeo is now in beta. The startup, which launched last year, offers a platform for insurance advisors that automates back-office admin by providing a digital assistant powered by a custom-built...

Late last year UK’s funniest insurance plus aggregator MoneySuperMarket.com launched a new app to allow users to obtain insurance quotes and stay organized on all stuff insurance-and-money related. The good,...

Fidelity & Guaranty Life has extended the deadline for its $1.6 billion sale to China’s Anbang Insurance Group, and has negotiated the right to accept other offers. The delay gives Anbang...

“Seriously, crappy food” – how one employee described the ‘cons’ of working for Zenefits this week. Speaking of Zenefits, its new CEO Jay Fulcher just announced that the company would lay...

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