Allstate-backed Esurance is trending downward in Illinois, according to Chicago Business. The D2C auto and home insurer saw its policyholders in Illinois fall by 4% over the past year to 49,317,...

The Gist: turns out BB&T derives  ~15% of its revenues from insurance, and is looking to grow that share to 20% via organic and not-so-organic (think: acquisitions) growth; at least...

Toronto-based digital health platform League has launched its benefits platform in US, with services available in Washington state and Illinois, where it is now headquartered. The startup, which has raised $29M since...

Small business insurance startup Next Insurance announced that American Express has joined its last round of Series A funding, which took place in May. This brings the total round to...

CA-based healthcare API platform PokitDok announced that it has acquired Oration PBC for an undisclosed sum. CA-based Oration, was established in 2014, and operates a cloud-based platform that provides prescription saving...

Digital legacy planning platform, Mi Legado Digital (My Digital Legacy), has announced that it has raised  €50K from Madrid-based Fintech Ventures. The company was established in 2012 in Spain and...

On the subject of distributed ledgers, or better yet, what some consider a subject “bound to remain beyond the grasp of most people”, AIG announced it has issued its first blockchain-based...

Remember Reinsurance Direct? The company was established back in 2015 by two insurance industry executives, Paul Fallisi and Susan Bowman, to allow employers who self insure their medical benefit plans to purchase stop loss...

Oscar is partnering with Cleveland Clinic (medical center) to form a JV by the name of Cleveland Clinic | Oscar health to offer individuals in northeast Ohio coverage on and off...

BankBazaar is heading to Malaysia . The Indian insurance and financial products aggregator was established in 2008 and has since raised $79M from Sequoia Capital and Amazon, to name two. Also, it...

  Chubb chairman and CEO Evan Greenberg took the stage at the recent Marsh & McLennan Companies’ Young Professionals’ Global Forum, which took place in London, this past Thursday. Greenberg said Chubb’s...

Meet Dan Bratshpis, cofounder of Inshur .    Describe Inshur in as few words as possible. A mobile-first digital platform for commercial auto insurance, currently focusing on the ridesharing market in...

Remember Blink? The insurtech startup that has been acquired by CPPGroup, a British company selling life assistance products, before it has even entered the market? Well, it is now entering Canada...

NYC-based GeoQuant announced that it has raised $4M in a Seed round from XL Innovate and Aleph. The startup offers a machine learning-based software that monitors geopolitical risk in real-time. “By combining...