Meet Tides:   The San Fran-based startup is “building a peer-to-peer health insurance protocol designed to realign the incentives of insurance services with the needs of the customers they serve.”...

Benefitfocus, a provider of cloud-based benefits management software, launched BenefitsPlace, a new offering that connects the entire US employee benefits industry.     BenefitsPlace unites brokers, employers, carriers and suppliers...

Aussie telematics player Insurance Box that has been targeting young and inexperienced drivers since October 2013 is no longer accepting new clients.   Before:   After:     That’s a...

Meet ROOM8 : Think: a San Fran-based roommate matching service. It utilizes social media data to produce matches based on mutual connections, budget, location, lifestyle and interests. Whether a user is...

Next Insurance, the digital commercial broker from Palo Alto, announced its latest feature – Live Certificate of insurance, designed to give Next Insurance policyholders instant, shareable, proof of insurance.  Here’s how it...

Last week Founders Professional announced its partnership with Hiscox to offer its retail agents a quick and easy way to quote and bind small business insurance online, “in minutes.” Have a look:  ...

According to CrunchBase, LeaseLock raised an undisclosed venture round of funding from Chicago-based early-stage venture fund Moderne Ventures back in Jan.    We're excited to have joined the @ModerneVentures Passport Program along...

Before:   Later:   Yesterday: Recall: Givesurance is a San Francisco-based insurance broker launched in 2013 by Jennifer Rasiah to turn insurance payments into charitable donations. It asked policyholders to provide details...

Allianz X, the digital investment unit of Allianz Group, announced that it co-led N26’s $160M Series C funding round and joins its Board of Directors alongside a list of notable...

The nation’s largest title insurance company, Fidelity National Financial (FNF), announced that it has signed a merger agreement to acquire Stewart Information Services for ~$1.2B. FNF intends to achieve at least $135M...

Meet Traverse : Think: a new initiative launched by Travelers to offer monthly product and travel insurance plans. Plans are currently available in NY.     Here’s a look at its...

Less than two years after Insureon announced it is cutting ~8% of its stuff, this popped up on Glassdoor:     Back then, CEO Ted Devine attributed the layoffs to...

Before:   After:   The Gist: the Berlin-based startup, established in 2015 and led by Sofie Quidenus, offers enterprises a document processing solutions via two products: (1) omni:us Claim that automates classification...

French insurer CNP Assurances recently made two investments to the tune of €40M.   One. It invested €30M in Spain’s iSalud in exchange for ~60% stake. The Barcelona-based startup launched in 2010...