Albert, the financial app offering users a simple way to track their everyday budget and spending while also recommending smart financial moves such as purchasing insurance, announced it has raised $2.5 million in...

Finder.com, the Aussie insurance portal looking to ensure consumers make informed decisions on all things finance and some things insurance, is now on American soil . To be exact, they’ve...

    Young Alfred, the insurance startup that up until recently was surveying for insights, is showing signs of progress . The auto and home insurance butler has pieces of its site...

Sompo Canopius AG (“Sompo Canopius”) announces today that Stuart Davies is stepping down from his role as Group CEO and all other related responsibilities, effective immediately.   Stuart joined Sompo...

XL Catlin has hired Vincent Branch as chief executive of Accelerate, its new unit focused on innovation and insurtech. Recall insurers with innovation units below .

Recall Melody. The Denver-based startup that launched in 2015 as Melody.   Had a change of heart and rebranded to Canopy.   To later return to Melody because they ran into legal snafus.  ...

XL Catlin today announced the appointment of Vincent Branch as Chief Executive for Accelerate, its new expert team focused on innovation and insurtech.   Accelerate is led by XL Catlin’s...

Jerusalem-based venture fund JVP and French giant Axa announced the launch of Insurtech Israel , a startup competition offering $1 million from JVP and a potential investment of up to $17...

CNinsure, an independent online-to-offline (“O2O”) financial services provider in China, announced its financial results for Q3, 2016. The unfiltered version, here. The digestible version, below.   Bird’s-eye view. China’s insurance...

Recall: Zensurance is a Canadian startup that launched this year to allow small business owners to answer just a few questions online and get multiple insurance quotes. The company cuts down on questions...

Toronto-based Sun Life announced it has reevaluated how it underwrites health risks to redesign its life-insurance app and cut down on the amount of instances intrusive-slash-fluid tests are needed. As a result, the insurer expects that...

Munich Re Digital Partners, aka Munich Re’s global venture designed to partner with “digital disruptors” who are changing the way insurance is experienced by customers, has announced its latest pickup. Think: Wrisk,...

In a special white paper termed “Underwriting, Automation and the Customer Journey”, the folks at SCOR discuss the use of underwriting engines defined as decision making systems that “focus on the customer...

Esurance is slowly but surely expanding its homeowners insurance product to additional states .