UK-based Hood Group has begun testing a new connected home pilot program centered around smart leak detectors, made possible due to its partnership with smart home provider Lightwave, which offers a...

MD-based life insurer Legal & General America launched a new initiative called ALittleHelp.com, a crowdfunding website dedicated to memorial funds .     Between stat A that states that 40% of Americans...

According to EXAME magazine, newbie insurtech player, Segurize, is 16,000 users strong. The Brazilian startup took part in Mentoria PME, a program that brings together CEOs and experts from different areas to provide entrepreneurs with the mentorship...

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Comparity, LLC, an insurance technology company whose mission is to simplify insurance shopping, has partnered with Costa Mesa, Calif.-based LendingQB to integrate its home insurance platform...

ETMoney, an Indian personal finance app, and HDFC Life, a Mumbai-based long-term life insurance provider, partnered to introduce India’s first term insurance plan that is based on the spending pattern of users. According to...

https://vimeo.com/206283468 Think: mobile-first auto insurance platform that offers pay-per-mile insurance alongside other features – like the ability to add drivers on the go – that make insurance premiums a fair bit more fair.

German-Swiss insurtech Financefox now goes by Wefox . As in less ‘finance’ and more ‘we’ because they can’t/won’t/don’t want to…do it alone. “With our platform, we have pursued a different...

Think: a platform for advancing the insurance industry through new innovations by bringing “Hartford’s insurance giants together with passionate and creative minds and skills to drive change from within the industry”....

Meet GUARDHOG. Think: London-based startup offering host insurance for as little as £1 per night. Oh, and Hiscox is a partner. You could have guessed that.

Before. After. = You get the point. Recall: ZhongAn Technology is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ZhongAn that launched last year to explore the “ABCD” of technology, aka Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Cloud Computing,...

Swiss insurance group Baloise has committed $49.57 million to fintech-slash-insurtech VC and advisory firm Anthemis Group to invest in insurance and risk management tech startups. Anthemis also has investment partnerships with South African insurer...

Social media autofill tool Digital Fineprint introduced Seflie Insurance . A web portal asking users to log in with Facebook, upload a selfie, and answer whether one’s a smoker. The portal...

My Five Picks. (1) “Berkshire’s gain in net worth during 2016 was $27.5 billion, which increased the per-share book value by 10.7%.” (2) “When Ajit entered Berkshire’s office on a Saturday...

Weather detecting company Understory launched a weather app called Shine Weather that provides weather forecasting, as well as the reassurance that your roof is A-OK; to name two main features. Bottom...