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...

California-based Hippo Insurance is showing signs it’s gearing up for prime time . The MGA, which is currently in closed beta mode, is looking to offer renters insurance to California residents. Before....

Bright Health, the Minneapolis-based healthcare startup, which recently raised $80 million in a Series A round, is open for enrollment in Colorado; Centura Health is by its side. Bottom Line: promising to simplify health insurance just like Oscar, Harken...

  Indian health insurance agency 121Policy.com announced an undisclosed funding round. The online aggregator, which will officially launch in Jan, 2017, shared its modest target plans to sell some 1,000 health insurance policies...

New Zealand-based Tower Insurance company plans to split its business into two separate businesses called New Tower and RunOff Co. The latter business will be dedicated to handling earthquake claims in Canterbury. The insurer is...