CUNA Mutual’s SafetyNet has acquired Shift Savings, a Milwaukee-based startup established in 2016 to offer an employee benefit solution. The terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed.   Here’s how the...

Vesper, developer of advanced piezoelectric sensors, has closed a $23M Series B round led by American Family Ventures, with participation from Accomplice, Amazon Alexa Fund, Baidu, Bose Ventures, Hyperplane, Sands Capital, Shure,...

PetPlate, a direct-to-consumer subscription service that delivers fresh-cooked pet meals, announced that it has closed a $4 million seed round led by Dane Creek Capital. Other notable investors include Amity Supply, SWAT Equity,...

Singapore-based AI healthcare startup uCare.AI announced it has raised ~$6.1M in a Series A round from VC firm Walden International, Southeast Asia’s oldest insurance group Great Eastern, Singaporean investor and philanthropist Peter Lim, and law...

Oral health company has announced the acquisition of NYC-based Afora, a dental care membership plan that offers an alternative to insurance. Afora is the first company to join the newly...

Big on small, Chubb introduced the ‘Chubb Small Commercial Marketplace®‘ last month. The digital platform allows independent agents to quote, issue, and service small business accounts for several lines of business, including:...

Athens-based digital car insurer has teamed up with Swiss Re and banking alternative Revolut to enter the Cyprus home-insurance market. The company, founded by Emilios Markou and Alexis Pantazis, is one of the largest car...

Willis Towers Watson announced that China’s Banking Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has approved Willis Insurance Brokers to be the first fully licensed foreign broker to transact all insurance business in...

Last month, Middleton, WI-based specialty insurer CapSpecialty announced the launch of DragonX, a cloud-based platform that streamlines the end-to-end submission and underwriting process for excess casualty coverage.   At The Intersection of...

Cambridge Blockchain announced a Series A equity financing led by HCM Capital, the venture arm of Foxconn Technology Group. HCM was joined by Partech and Digital Currency Group in a $7m first close, including new capital...

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On May 8, Allstate uploaded to YouTube the following video:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpz6QLeaxbk     The new marketing initiative is centered “around” $4 a month renters insurance when bundled with auto...

Tinubu Square, a software vendor for trade credit, surety and trade finance solutions, has announced the launch of its ‘Innovation LAB’, focusing on blockchain, advanced integration and deep analytics for insurance...