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GEICO selects North Texas as newest operations hub for its commercial insurance business

By Coverager

The expansion follows significant growth in GEICO’s commercial insurance business over the last 18 months.

Investments

Another startup in stealth mode

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Minneapolis-based Bright Health has raised $46.5 million of a venture capital financing that is designed to raise a total of $81.5 million. The overall company is designed to provide ‘consumer-focused health plans’,...

Business

A word with Knip CEO

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

“We are not extinguishing brokers … yet!” – Knip Cofounder and CEO Dennis Just is feeling optimistic citing that customer education, aka marketing, has led to the conversion and adoption of digital broker...

Business

Ohio-based Marias Technology launched a new site

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Marias Technology, a provider of software testing, system implementations and integrations, hosting services and more, has launched a new website as part of its rebranding efforts. Before. After. Let’s try...

Business

It’s what they do

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Geico is one of three sponsors behind Golf Magazine’s Golf Fix Finder app, which features ~140 interactive videos with instructions on how to improve your golf swing.

Business

The state of wakefulness

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

State Farm has received a new patent designed to keep sleepy, distracted, or drunk drivers awake through a series of vibrations and pokes from wearable devices. Bottom Line: envision a system that would...

Business

USAA gets creative

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Earlier this year, USAA terminated a 7-year-old relationship with advertising agency Campbell Ewald after one of the agency’s creative directors sent out a racist ‘Ghetto Day in San Antonio memo’. That was...

Business

New affinity group: AOL & MyLifeProtected

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Media technology company AOL announced that it has selected MassDrive’s MyLifeProtected digital insurance solution as its sole insurance partner. Think: AOL members can enjoy comparative rating services for insurance products such as auto on AutoBlog.com (a subsidiary...

Business

Coming to cubicles near you, in May

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Modeling company RMS partnered with seven reinsurers (Chubb, Aon Benfield, Axis, Liberty, MS Amlin, Munich Re and Sompo Canopius) to build the world’s first marine cat model, as it looks to effectively...

Business

Progressive scores big time

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

The insurer, which recently announced a pilot program for Lyft drivers in Pennsylvania, has now entered a pilot program with Uber, who will use Progressive Insurance to provide coverage for its ridesharing...

Business

Innovation in payments

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Allianz Global Assistance Canada is testing a new way for policyholders to pay for medical claims while traveling. Customers who purchase a travel insurance plan included in this limited program will receive a...

Business

A word with GEICO’s VP of marketing

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

“We had something called ‘the 10-minute surprise’ – we could give you a rate in 10 minutes” – VP of marketing at Geico, Ted Ward, on the origins of the ’15 minutes’ line....

Business

What’s in a name

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Censio rebranded to TrueMotion. The Boston-based TrueMotion uses data analytics and mobile technology to address the growing problem of distracted driving. Worth Noting: Progressive partnered with TrueMotion to launch Snapshot mobile app. Bottom Line: everyone...

Business

A new entrant to the on-demand economy

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

NYC-based Slice plans to offer on-demand insurance starting with a “proprietary pay-per-use policy for Uber and Lyft drivers that covers the driver from the time they turn on the rideshare app...

Business

Go bare or go home

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Singapore-based GoBear, a comparison website for insurance and financial products, plans to expand this year to Philippines, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. Indonesia is on the horizon. Bottom Line: ~1.2 million users gave the...

Business

Brokers deserve innovation too

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

UK-based insurtech startup HugHub will soon launch a white label portal designed to act as a single repository for one’s personal lines insurance products that will also allow the policyholder to buy insurance...

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Member News

ePayPolicy Joins NAMIC to Drive Innovation, Digital Insurance Payment Adoption

By Justin Jaksha, ePayPolicy ·

New Insly AI tool allows MGAs and insurers to process broker submissions in any format

By HAMMAD MIRZA, Insly ·

Trucordia leverages Vertafore as its partner of choice to unify operations

By Vertafore ·

Regulatory Roundup: California’s Flood Mitigation Initiative, Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud, Over $300,000 in Compliance Fines

By AgentSync, AgentSync ·

Climate change and property insurance claims: A gathering storm for carriers

By Vertafore ·

Reserv wins major awards and approval as TPA for Lloyd’s of London; Denis Connolly joining Reserv as VP of Business Development to build on this momentum

By The Reserv Team, Reserv ·

Obie Expands Embedded Insurance Integration Across Digital Platforms, Now Supporting Salesforce Experience Cloud

By Aaron Letzeiser, Obie ·

Silversky, MSIG, and Stere Asia revolutionize pet care with digital pet insurance

By Stere, Stere ·

Metromile Customers Save With Low Mileage

By Melanie Musson, Clearsurance ·

6 Variations on Producer Licensing for Travel Lines

By AgentSync, AgentSync ·

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