Israel’s first Insurtech conference took place today. The event was part of the Insurtech Startup Competition, hosted by JVP, AXA, and Deloitte Israel; to name three. Oscar and Lemonade came up. Makes you wonder...

“We’re now an independent company within the Alphabet umbrella” – Waymo CEO John Krafcik. The Gist: Alphabet-slash-Google is separating its self-driving car project into a new business called Waymo, as in ‘the new way forward...

Meet +Simple; a Parisian startup targeting small business insurance shoppers . Better yet, a unique digital broker targeting small business insurance shoppers. Keyword: unique. The one-year-old commercial digital broker, with $1 million...

Atlanta-based digital commercial broker UnBrokerage is up. Think: coverage assessment plus a quoting tool plus the ability to enter credit card payments online to process payment once policy has been bound. The...

Allianz is expected to score some 40,000 new pet insurance clients (better yet some £21 million in GWP) in the UK thanks to a deal with specialist pet supplies retailer Pets...

Australia’s travel insurance provider, Cover-More Group announced it had agreed to a $551.16 million takeover offer from Zurich. Cover-More, is an Australian travel insurance intermediary with quite a bit of offices...

“Only about 30 percent of the people who have cellphones have insurance, and I felt like it could go higher and we could do a better job” – Allstate CEO...

  The wholly owned subsidiary of Intact Financial, belairdirect, which sells auto and home insurance directly to consumers online, announced a new home insurance quoting tool that aims to shorten and...

On August 9th, Crain’s Business Insurance news site announced it was ceasing operations. Then on August 31, Adam Potter came to its rescue, and the site was back up in October.  ...

Meet Fair, which launched last month. The Finnish startup offers a mobile-only P2P scheme to cover peeps against bad luck, bad dates, and even one’s car insurance deductible. According to its...

Amazon announced the launch of Amazon Protect, a warranty insurance plan that covers against accidental damage and theft for up to 3 years. The plan is available for Amazon customers in Italy and...

National General Holdings Corp. today announced that it has entered into a renewal rights transaction with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company for its personal and commercial non-standard vehicle in-force policies.  National General...

IT services provider Majesco has just complied a report titled “The Rise of the Small-Medium Business Insurance Customer:  Shifting Views and Expectations. Is Your Business Ready?”, where it captured the views...