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...

AXA recently launched a short video to explain how its three different initiatives: Kamet, AXA Strategic Ventures and Axa Partners, all come together to create a complete ecosystem that supports startups in every...

I had the opportunity to speak with Bill Wallace and Dennis Healy on the subject of ARAG legal insurance. The Gist: protection for legal events. Think: home purchase, will preparation, estate planning, identity theft, adoption, consumer protection,...

YourPoncho. A Boston-based digital broker that at one point allowed customers to shop for auto, home and life insurance, while also spotting gaps in existing policies. Before. Sort of. After. That’s all.

“Aviva continues to prove that they are not a true partner to the collective broker channel in Ontario” – IBAO CEO Colin Simpson. The Gist: the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario, aka...

Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative known as B3i is planning to announce several new members in the coming weeks, and by 2018 could create an organization to manage contracts and claims. Recall: the...

Ring, the Santa Monica-based security company known for its flagship product Ring Video Doorbell, announced it has secured $109 million in a Series D round bringing its total funding to date...

Three-year-old Cuvva, known for its car insurance by the hour offering, announced it has raised £1.5 million bringing its total funding to date to $2.63 million. But that’s not all. The...

Allstate will be implementing UnderwritingCenter platform, developed by Austin-based Myriad Development, as it looks to integrate third party data and better evaluate personal lines risks. According to Myriad Development CEO Chris Roussel,...

London-based Arium, which specializes in risk modeling solutions for the casualty market, has been acquired by Verisk Analytics. Same Verisk that acquired Analyze Re late last year. Arium will become part of AIR Worldwide (AIR),...