To further explore the potential use of distributed ledger technology for the insurance industry, Generali Group has joined the Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative B3i. Since its launch in October 2016,...

Beazley is expanding its presence in Canada with the acquisition of the specialist managing general agent, Creechurch Underwriters.   Since its founding in 1996, Creechurch has built a strong reputation...

Look here. That’s Lemonade for you. And here. That’s Insurance Hero (going on Liability Heroes) for you. And cast your vote. [socialpoll id=”2418067″]    

As of yesterday, SafeBeyond, which offers an Emotional Life Insurance Platform, signed a strategic partnership with Munich Re to distribute its product in the US. The announcement follows a similar deal signed in...

American Integrity Insurance Company, a premier Florida-based insurance provider, recently launched its golf cart insurance program. American Integrity is the only Florida-based homeowners insurance company (out of over 50) that...

“The RGAx BIG IDEAS competition is our way of introducing RGAx to the UK life and health insurance markets” – managing director at RGAx EMEA Richard Verdin. The Gist: RGAx, the incubator-slash-investor...

Two year old Italian aggregator MIOAssicuratore picked up funding. Some $315K. It claims to be the ZhongAn of Italy hence should not be taken seriously. And thanks to @doingchinabiz for the tidbit.

Think: Metromile – a year ago. Basically Just Miles is an MGA with a mobile first pay-per-mile car insurance proposition. Bottom Line: launching sometime in 2017.

UK’s mobile network operator O2 partnered with BGL Group to launch O2 Drive, a car insurance-slash-telematics proposition. The new product targets 1) most drivers and specifically 2) young drivers with a...

Assurant, a global provider of risk management solutions, announces its partnership with Vacasa, the second largest U.S. vacation rental management company, providing liability coverage and property insurance for Vacasa’s homeowners....

Modern lender-slash-unicorn SoFi announced it has acquired mobile-banking startup Zenbanx for $100 million in stock to launch a bank-account product and offer services like checking and credit cards (sounds a lot like...

Two-year old Cambridge Blockchain announced it has closed $2 million through convertible notes to accelerate the deployment of its digital identity software for financial institutions since financial institutions spend “hundreds of millions of dollars...

NY-based WorkFusion announced it has raised $35 million in a Series D round bringing its total funding to date to $71.3 million. The company offers AI-based software solutions to improve companies’...

Think: one HR compliance app and one documents app. The compliance app helps businesses track and manage federal compliance deadlines for benefits, payroll, taxes, and basic HR. The documents app provides a centralized solution for...