Last month, Jim Cramer –  the host of CNBC’s Mad Money – sat down with Chubb’s CEO Evan Greenberg (“I’m optimistic”) to discuss fun insurance stuff. Fast Five highlights below:  ...

“America’s healthcare system is neither healthy, caring nor a system.” Walter Cronkite.     Enter Florida-based ChronWell:   Think: an emerging startup-slash-PaaS company for the workers’ compensation insurance industry that...

With the establishment of this new investment fund, BNP Paribas is stepping up its Open Innovation strategy. The fund complements a range of initiatives already launched with the intention of driving...

Liechtenstein Life announced the acquisition of a blockchain fund to enable the investment in new blockchain technologies and to promote the opportunity for customers to participate in the rapid growth...

Seattle-based Tomorrow has raised $5.9M in equity (SEC FORM D), bringing its total funding to date to $8.5M .   The company, established in 2016 and led by cofounder Dave Hanley,...

Before:   After :   Refresher: Getsurance is a Berlin-based insurance startup that launched its fully digital disability insurance (BU) in June 2017, with Squarelife as its insurer and RGA as its reinsurer....

Miami-based HealthCare.com announced the acquisition of Pivot Health, a provider and manager of specialty health insurance products, in an all-cash transaction. Headquartered in Phoenix, Pivot Health develops, manages and markets proprietary, specialty...

Verti, Germany’s second largest direct car insurer, now also offers commercial auto insurance for vans and RVs. Refresher: Verti – formerly known as Direct Line – is a MAPFRE-owned brand...

Agrible has partnered with Cool Farm Alliance (CFA) to bring its Sustainable Sourcing platform to more growers around the world. The collaboration will enable growers to have easy and flexible sustainability...

NYC-based Even Financial, an online technology platform for financial services, has announced a $3M funding round, bringing its total funding to date to ~$9M. American Express Ventures participated in the round;...

Imprezzio, a provider of sales enablement software for the insurance and financial services industries, announced its partnership with Jornaya, a consumer journey insights platform.     The partnership will enable...

According to Business Insider, Farmers has brought all 20,000 of its employees on to Workplace by Facebook , a social media network for businesses. The platform (previously known as Facebook at Work)...

Before:   After:   Refresher: PolicyStreet is an online insurance marketplace established in Malaysia in 2016. It has raised ~$500K last year. Also, it’s celebrating a new partnership with DOJO, a coworking space in...