“We’re going to go from asking hundreds of questions on insurance to asking none – zero. We’re piloting it now. We’re going to roll it out” – Aviva CEO Mark...

Singapore-based 3-year-old data startup Percipient announced it has closed a ~$712K seed round led by Mark Torkos. The company’s flagship product UniConnect allows companies to query data from all sources and feeds (think: APIs, blockchain,...

State Farm is running video ads on digital screens built into the pumps at 18,000 national gas stations as part of a partnership between Gas Station TV and payment company Verifone....

The South African startup is looking to allow individuals to transfer risks by converting their risks to tokens that can later be traded through smart contracts. But that’s not all. The startup also...

“Mobile Protect VR is embodying insurance in retail outlets for our customers, our partners and our members of staff” – cofounder of the Cardif Lab Jerôme Mlynarczyk. The Gist: BNP Paribas Cardif...

“We have determined that it is no longer in the best interests of FGL’s shareholders to continue to pursue the transaction with Anbang” – Fidelity & Guaranty Life president and...

San Francisco-based Better raised $1.1 million to recruit a few engineers and to expand its customer base. The one-year-old startup offers a mobile app for filing out-of-network health insurance claims. Here’s...

Shortly after getting accepted to Plug And Play Insurance accelerator, Aureus Analytics announces a new partner. Think: India’s Landmark Insurance Brokers Pvt. Better yet, think the agency behind PolicyBoss, an online insurance...

Here’s what you need to know about the Munich-based startup. It’s on a mission to build decentralized insurance applications. Here are two use cases. One. It developed a flight delay dapp (aka...

Digital insurance manager Get Safe ditches ‘manager’ in exchange for ‘provider’. The German insurtech is looking to offer its own policies starting with liability coverage and followed by life and...

Zurich announced it has completed the acquisition of Cover-More, the Sydney-based travel insurance and assistance solutions company, for about $551 million. “Cover-More is an excellent business and an excellent fit. It represents...

Back Me Up (BMU), the trading name of Ageas, that offers a mobile app to allow customers under the age of 50 to insure up to three key items, is making...

The Columbus-based mobile only car insurer, which launched last year its iPhone app, has now announced the availability of an Android app. The startup looks to insure only good drivers and attempts to...

The payments app specifically developed for marketplaces, crowdfunding platforms and collaborative consumption platforms, aka MangoPay, has announced a partnership with deposit insurance platform InsureStreet. Here’s the gist on InsureStreet. (1) Founded by Tahir Farooqui....