Newly launched auto insurer Root announced that Doug Ulman has joined its board of directors. Recall: Root is an auto insurer looking to insure only good drivers by asking them to download...

“My dad taught me a long time ago a phrase that I’ve kept near and dear to my heart, which is you have to be comfortably uncomfortable. We are constantly...

Root, the first insurance company founded on the principle of fundamental fairness, today announced that Doug Ulman has joined its board of directors. Ulman joins Chris Olsen, a partner at...

Clearsurance today announced the launch of its first-to-market, crowdsourced insurance industry review and rating platform. In an industry traditionally lacking transparency, Clearsurance provides a new, independent, trusted and comprehensive metric...

Health insurance company Medibank has created a VR experience called ‘JOY’ to help patients combat loneliness through Google’s new Daydream VR platform. The experience transports patients to a virtual world, where...

Australia-based NRMA insurance has collaborated with M&C Saatchi’s in-house innovation lab Tricky Jigsaw to introduce a prototype for a bushfire detection service called the NRMA FireBlanket Project. Think: a bushfire detection and monitoring network of sensor nodes...

According to the NYT, David Sacks is planning to leave his position as CEO, less than a year after taking over the troubled health-benefits broker, to become Zenefits’s chairman so that he...

Phoenix recently introduced ‘Phoenix Young’ pay-as-you-go auto insurance targeting young drivers in Israel . In partnership with telematics player Traffilog, the Israeli insurer is offering a hybrid dongle-slash-app package that allows drivers ages 17-23 to pay 1,500...

Think: Stockholm Fintech Hub (SFH) is an independent, not-for-profit fintech hub looking to advance fintech, insurtech and regtech startups. Bottom Line: brought to you by Matthew Argent of BLC Advisors, KPMG, NFT Ventures,...

Speaking of innovative titles…Aviva has appointed its first global inclusion director. The lucky and responsible is Jan Gooding, who has joined the insurer back in 2008, and says that this role “makes...

    Economical Insurance was honored as the P&C Insurer of the Year at the 2016 Insurance Business Awards held in Toronto on November 30, which means that someone thinks this P&C...

Arianna Huffington finally launched Thrive Global; her latest venture aiming to ensure we get a good night’s sleep so it is no surprise Discovery has jumped into bed; eyes wide...

French startup Otherwise is open for business, targeting customers shopping for health insurance online . The startup, which was launched this year, offers an online portal, where shoppers can quote and...

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered Zenefits to stop distributing its employee benefits software for free, noting the tactic violates Washington state insurance law against inducements. The inducement law in Washington permits a...