Aviva Ventures, the VC arm of Aviva responsible for investing in exciting tech, announced its investment in Owlstone Medical, which develops a cancer breathalyzer that analyzes chemicals in one’s breath to...

On the subject of ‘who’s working with whom’, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (India) is working with live chat software Tagove to ensure speedy resolution of customer queries. Keyword: live. The company was founded in 2015...

Progressive is now offering money-saving tips related to one’s home and car to Google Home customers, becoming the first insurer on Google’s voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant. Think: a...

In 2015, Metromile and Uber announced a partnership that enabled Metromile to insure Uber drivers in select states by distinguishing between miles driven with Uber and miles driven for personal use;...

“AI-SURE will use Machine learning to eventually handle the entire claims process – from triage, through fraud mitigation and down to the actual payment by wire. A big challenge for AI-SURE will...

“By using portal retrieval technology and existing EHR platforms, we can provide our members a more secure, easy way to supply records to get a policy decision as soon as...

PnP Insurtech program announced its second cohort: (1) Abaris: direct-to-consumer platform for longevity insurance. (2) Atidot: predictive analytics platform for actuarial and risk management purposes. (3) Aureus Analytics: data platform for increased customer...

Canadian ModiFace that uses augmented reality technology to create ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos, specifically for the beauty industry, announced a partnership with Japanese life insurer Dai-ichi Life, which will be leveraging the tech to...

On the subject of ‘shorter, better’, life insurer North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance is now NC Mutual. But that’s not all, CEO Michael L. Lawrence, which took over the troubled company in...

Brooklyn-based Fabric is officially live in 32 states. The startup is targeting 25-44 year olds with an (1) accidental death coverage, referenced as Fabric Instant, and a (2) term-life product, referenced as Fabric Premium,...

Progressive Direct Insurance and Hollard Insurance announced they have entered into definitive agreements in which Hollard will acquire Progressive’s portfolio of insurance policies in Australia. Also, Hollard will enjoy certain rights to...

Meet Uniphore. According to Bloomberg Quint, they will soon announce a partnership with an Indian insurer. Here’s what you should know. (1) Uniphore is a Chennai-based company launched back in 2008 by Umesh Sachdev...

Dublin-based Videobot announed today the launch of XCLAIM, a mobile-based video claims platform that handles everything from FNOL (first notice of loss), to claims approval, and later to reporting, because what doesn’t...

“We have reserved a large budget to retrain our staff and to really make our staff successful in the transformation” – AXA group CEO Thomas Buberl. Keyword: retrain. Now that the...