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NY Attorney General sues Allstate over data breaches

By Shefi Ben-Hutta

The lawsuit follows two data breaches in 2020 and 2021.

Innovation

The Startup Building a Compelling Story to Older Overweight Smokers

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet Mira Financial : The life insurance startup launched in 2017 by Walter Woodall and Shuo Zhang is an agency targeting high-risk groups. Users looking to pre-qualify for coverage using Mira’s website are asked...

Opinion

Married to Engagement? Get a Divorce

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

What’s the hottest term these days in insurance? Come on, you know this… no no, not disruption… that’s a thing of the past. We’re now collaborating. Last chance – starts...

Innovation

A Quick Look at PolicyCastle’s One Minute Quick Quote App

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

UK-based digital insurance platform PolicyCastle has recently announced that it will offer UK customers who have qualifying smart home devices installed in their homes discounts on the cost of their home...

Business

Two Insurtechs Unite: MyGearVault and Front Row Insurance

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

MyGearVault (MGV), which launched earlier this year in the US to offer photographers and videographers a mobile app to store their equipment and get insurance too, is now live in...

Business

Zurich Appoints Blanca Berruguete Global Relationship Leader of its Business Unit

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Zurich Seguros announces the appointment of Blanca Berruguete as Global Relationship Leader of the Zurich Empresas unit. Her responsibility is to manage the relationships with the large corporate clients of the...

Investments

Hollard Backs Emerging Insurtech Naked With ~$1.5M Investment

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Naked, a Johannesburg-based insurance startup set to launch in 2018, has received R20 million (~$1.5M) in seed funding from Hollard and Yellowwoods. Naked an insuretech start-up company has received funding...

Business

Fanhua Announces Spin-off of its P&C Insurance Subsidiaries

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Fanhua Inc., (Nasdaq:FANH), (the “Company” or “Fanhua”), a leading independent online-to-offline (“O2O”) financial services provider in China, today announced that, as part of its transition towards the fee-based property and...

Farmers Pioneers VR Training Program for Claims Reps

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Farmers Insurance announced the deployment of a virtual reality (VR) program to help train claims representatives for home damage assessments. Trainees can navigate through an intuitive gamified learning course with...

Strategy

Uber Offers Phone Insurance via Credit Card, Trov via Web

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Yesterday Uber introduced the Uber Visa Card, a no-annual-fee credit card designed specifically with Uber riders in mind. With the card, users can earn rewards for their purchases, and those rewards stack up...

Innovation

Insurance Simplified to Pilot AI-Based Insurance Offering

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

According to a tweet published on October 25, 2017, Insurance Simplified is looking for SME consultants to pilot its new offering. Looking for 50 SME Consultants B part of MVP pilot...

Investments

Devoted Raises $62M to Offer Health Insurance to Your Mom

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet Devoted Health : Think: a new Waltham, MA-based healthcare company that aims to launch Medicare Advantage plans in 2019, with the mission of building a health care solution good...

Video

Hartford is Building Something No One Else Has

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

According to a video published on Hartford’s YouTube channel on October 2, 2017, the 2nd largest WC insurer in the country has leveraged its combined workers’ compensation and disability data...

Product

Africell Launches Microinsurance Product in Collaboration With Willis Towers Watson

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Africell, a leading 4G network in Uganda, has launched Sierra Leone’s first mobile life insurance product, in partnership with Gras Savoye and Activia International . Same Gras Savoye that’s an insurance broker, part...

Business

Fast Five: Chris Cheatham, CEO, RiskGenius

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

The highlight of today’s insurance-slash-insurtech partnerships in 5 words? QBE’s Insurtech Chapter One = RiskGenius. Let me explain. AI-based PaaS provider RiskGenius announced its first industry partnership with QBE Ventures....

Innovation

Life Insurance Startup Haven Life Launches Facebook Chatbot

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

“Life insurance is expensive and confusing.” According to LIMRA’s 2017 Insurance Barometer Study, that’s the assumption most people (especially Millennials) make when it comes to purchasing coverage. You know what...

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Vertafore report shows how carrier processes, communication and technology impact the agent experience

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Path to Profitability: Market Risks Facing Agencies and Carriers for Medicare Open Enrollment 2025

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AMS360 named top insurance agency management system in G2’s 2025 Software Awards

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Fusion Specialty partners with Insly to accelerate growth in M&A insurance

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