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Odie Pet Insurance picks Magiq in Admin Well Link Insurance Group raised $200M Adopt-a-Pet.com partnered with Lemonade ARAG partnered with LifeCloud Symetra partnered with PlanSource Vivere Partners partnered with Munich Re CoverForce Inc partnered with First Connect Insurance Services Mitigata raised $15M Enstar Group raised $500M Portage Mutual picks Akur8 in Pricing Aon uses Artificial Intelligence in Underwriting Mutual of America picks FIS in Admin NGL Insurance Company uses Messaging Apps in Customer Service Universal Insurance Holdings raised $100M Connie Health raised $40M

State Farm adds Toyota and Lexus vehicle data to claims process

By Shefi Ben-Hutta

The data can reduce the time customers spend describing an accident and help claims teams understand loss events earlier in the process.

Strategy

Auto-Owners To Expand its Technology Center Operations in West Michigan.

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Auto-Owners announced that it plans to invest $897,900 and create 60 new IT jobs at its facility in Grand Rapids. The company, which operates in 25 states, cited the location’s...

Video

Promutuel Insurance Launches Appi Car Insurance Scheme

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Quebec-based Promutuel Insurance announced the launch of Appi, a telematics program designed to help policyholders save on their car insurance premium . Here’s How it Works: Driver downloads...

Investments

Malaysia-Based Insurance Startup PolicyStreet Raises ~$500K

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Malaysia-based insurance intermediary PolicyStreet announced that it has raised ~$500,000 in a seed round led by KK Fund . Founded in January 2017 as a content aggregator company, it is now looking...

Innovation

Meet The Indian Startup Founded By The Kid Who Didn’t Break Apart His Rubik’s Cube

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet Tejas Deole, the kid who didn’t break apart his Rubik’s Cube so that he could get all the colors lined up, but rather, the kid who solved it. Also, he is...

Business

When Your Frequent Five Words Are “Sorry for The Inconvenience Caused”

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Rumor has it that PolicyBazaar may be announcing a cash injection soon . Recall: PolicyBazaar is an Indian insurance aggregator launched in 2008 to offer a comparison service for financial and...

Product

California, Meet Haven Life – Life Insurance Startup Becomes First to Offer Online Experience Nationwide

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Haven Life’s simple, entirely online experience for buying really great term life insurance coverage is now available in all 50 states . Last but certainly not least, Haven Life...

Business

EverQuote Appoints Jayme Mendal As Chief Revenue Officer

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

EverQuote, the largest online insurance marketplace, today announced the appointment of Jayme Mendal to the newly created position of Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, Mendal will focus on accelerating revenue growth...

Investments

Canadian Insurtech Platform Built for Financial Advisors, Finaeo, Raises $2.25M Seed

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Finaeo announced today that the Company has closed its Seed Round, oversubscribed at $2.25M, led by Impression Ventures with participation from Toronto-based angel investors, 500 Startups, Robo Ventures and iGan Partners . Finaeo...

Innovation

What Happens When a Stealthy Startup Partners With Sanlam, Gen Re and Munich Re?

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet Indie. It’s David. And it’s Goliath. Small yet colossal, nimble and glacial. It aims to build a place where people can come to make their financial lives easy, intuitive and enriching; so...

Investments

Maiden Re Invests in Drone-Based Property Inspections Platform Betterview

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Betterview, which is quickly becoming the platform essential to every transaction around buildings and properties, today announced the closing of a $2.05 million dollar Series Seed round, bringing its total...

Video

How Content Site Growella Can Help Insurers Reach Millennials

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

On September 1, Growella uploaded a new video that explains in plain English how insurance works. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ELL4yflh8 And Learn. Growella is an Ohio-based publishing company launched in 2017. It’s all...

Product

SunCorp Wants Renters to Unfreeze Their Savings But Regulation is in The Way

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Aussie insurer Suncorp Group is getting ready to offer a new surety bond product to landlords called Trustbond. The product, developed by Traity and distributed via leading landlord insurance distributor, Terri...

Strategy

Friendsurance Launches First P2P Bike Insurance in Australia

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Perry Abbott & @TimKunde celebrating that #Friendsurance has just launched the 1st #P2Pinsurance product in Australia #fintech #insurtech pic.twitter.com/UXExXR3oXv — FriendsuranceGermany (@friendsurance) September 4, 2017 Berlin-based Friendsurance has launched...

Business

Group One Thousand One Launches

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Group One Thousand One was launched today as a newly rebranded insurance group in the United States. The group is a privately-owned insurance business with approximately 340,000 policyholders and $37...

Product

CVS Group Launches MiPet Insurance Designed by Vets

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Welcome to MiPet Cover, pet insurance designed by our vets…because we care. Visit https://t.co/L63TA4xD51 pic.twitter.com/8prRMKml9e — MiPet Cover (@MiPet_Cover) August 31, 2017 CVS, the largest integrated veterinary service provider...

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