Direct-to-consumer platform for longevity insurance Abaris will not stay Abaris for long. The 3-year-old startup will be rebranding to Blueprint Income. “Frankly, the decision to update our name and brand has...

In late 2015, Stanford student Joshua Browder created a chatbot, called DoNotPay, that helps users appeal parking tickets for free in the UK. That was then. This is now. The lawyer bot became...

Before.   After.   Better yet:   Recall: Hippo is a CA-based digital MGA that offers home insurance via a partnership with Topa Insurance. It launched in April, raised $14M...

  San Fran-based Cover announced it has raised $8M in a Series A round led by Social Capital, bringing its total funding to date to $11M. The mobile first insurance...

Philadelphia-based digital broker Young Alfred has expanded its product scope to include most personal lines products. Recall: the startup was launched in 2016 by David Stasie and Jason Christiansen to become one’s ‘property insurance...

TruStage simplified-issue term life insurance surpasses $500 million in policies written with availability in 49 states    TruStage, CUNA Mutual Group’s consumer brand, announced today that its simplified-issue term life product, unveiled...

British insurer Prudential announced the purchase of a majority stake in Nigeria’s Zenith Life as it looks to access the country’s fast-growing insurance market . Also, it signed a deal...

Meet Cargo, a one-year-old startup offering drivers of Uber, Lyft and the like, a way to earn some extra cash by placing vending machines in their vehicles.     Here’s...

Italian insurer Generali has put its $50 billion German life insurance portfolio up for sale as it restructures in Europe , according to Reuters. “A sale of certain portfolios within...

  The Delaware Department of Insurance (“Department”) is actively reviewing an Application for the Acquisition of Control of Genworth Life Insurance Company (“GLIC”) by China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd....

China’s first internet-only insurer, whose current major shareholders include two of China’s largest Internet companies – Alibaba Group’s Ant Financial affiliate with 16% and Tencent Holdings with 12%, has filed...

London-based ‘challenger bank’ Revolut announced it has raised $66M in a Series B round bringing its total funding to date to $83M since it was founded in 2015. The mobile-first...

Meet AmVenture. Think: the marketing organization for AmTrust Financial Services with a special sweet spot for workers compensation insurance. Also think – an attempt by a Fortune 500 insurer to tap...

Meet Veezoo. A two-year-old Swiss startup that wants to be the brain of the company by taking over control of its data. It uses AI to teach companies about their...