Here’s the gist of Travelers Q1 2017 Results  –   In The #s: – core income of $614 million and core return on equity of 10.8%, both of which are...

San Fran-based personal finance blog NerdWallet has let go of 8% of its staff – some 40 employees in total. “Despite a record-breaking quarter, NerdWallet has decided to shift resources to align by...

Alliance Insurance Services, a NC-based insurance agency founded in 2004, announced that customers can now use Alexa to obtain car insurance quotes. Here’s how it works. An Amazon Echo user...

“It can make decisions purely based on customers and shareholders. Plus, it means they can just focus on the most profitable, tier one cities. They don’t have to go to...

The online insurance comparison platform is now offering quotes for ridesharing coverage in 24 states for those peeps Ubering or Lyfting…Have a look. Bottom Line: possibly-going-on-probably the first US-based car insurance comparison portal...

The leading provider of complete telecommunication solutions for Indians traveling abroad, Matrix Cellular, announced the official launch of Matrix Travel Companion App, a mobile app centered around international travelers, that offers shopping deals,...

QuoteWizard, the lead-gen company with offices in Seattle and Denver, announced the launch of a car comparison brand called CarrierCompare. Have a look. Bottom Line: not much to look at and yet the...

In a Medium post titled “Life, It’s changing”, Ladder CEO Jamie Hale announced that his startup has “issued well over $100M of coverage” in its first 100 days.   (because...

 100 days from launch, Ladder announces $100M in coverage and unveils its next innovation    Ladder, the company that introduced instant, simple and smart life insurance earlier this year, today...

  Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, today announced a strategic investment by Allianz, the world’s largest insurance company.   “Allianz is committed to staying...

LexisNexis Risk Solutions, a leading provider of data, analytics and technology for insurance, today announced the new milestones for its telematics platform, the LexisNexis® Telematics Exchange, a device agnostic end-to-end telematics...

W. R. Berkley Corporation today announced that Michael S. Nannizzi has joined its corporate investment team. In this newly created role, Mr. Nannizzi will be responsible for evaluating investments in emerging...

“We’re going to go from asking hundreds of questions on insurance to asking none – zero. We’re piloting it now. We’re going to roll it out” – Aviva CEO Mark...

Singapore-based 3-year-old data startup Percipient announced it has closed a ~$712K seed round led by Mark Torkos. The company’s flagship product UniConnect allows companies to query data from all sources and feeds (think: APIs, blockchain,...