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CU Financial Group partnered with Toggle Novatae Risk Group partnered with Berkshire Hathaway Direct Insurance Company FitPass LIFE partnered with Plum Life Volkswagen Financial Services partnered with Liberty Mutual Shelter Insurance picks Guidewire in Admin Brethren Mutual picks One Inc in Claims Green Shield Risk Solutions picks Technosylva in Underwriting CU Financial Group picks Sure in Sales Abacus Life raised $150M Luma Financial Technologies picks Hexure in Sales MetLife partnered with Workday Gallagher raised $8.5B Sola Insurance raised $3.7M ASKETI raised $1M Sagicor Financial Corporation raised $142.19M

Farmers brings back coverage in California

By Coverager

Many of the reopened coverage offerings had been temporarily paused for more than a year.

Business

So You Wanna Be An Insurance Agent?

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

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Innovative, Affordable Product to Increase Insurance Accessibility

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Insurance 4 That is a single item insurance solution, providing an alternative to traditional contents insurance by enabling people to insure individual items and nominate the insured value of these...

Investments

On-Demand Roadside Assistance Urgent.ly Nabs Another $7M in Funding

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Allianz Digital Corporate Ventures, Verizon Ventures and Forte Ventures have invested $7 million in Series A funding in Urgent.ly, which provides on demand roadside assistance to users only when they need it....

Investments

BCBSV backs BeneStream

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Partners invested $2 million in BeneStream; a software company that helps employers enroll workers in Medicaid. Bottom Line: Made in Manhattan.

Business

Fortegra and USAA; match made in heaven

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

FL-based Fortegra plans to create a specialized mobile phone protection products plan unique to USAA members as both brands are “perfectly aligned for an alliance“. Speaking of USAA, the company was...

Investments

CoverHound lands $33.3 million to expand to small business

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

CoverHound raises $33.3 million in a funding round led by ACE, bringing its valuation to $103 million. Worth Noting: till now the company focused on offering auto, home and umbrella insurance yet with...

Business

Allianz and Volkswagen to fight for cybersecurity

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

A la ‘it’s better together’; Volkswagen, Allianz, BASF and Bayer plan to establish the “DCSO Deutsche Cyber-Sicherheitsorganisation GmbH“. In English it means a German cybersecurity organization that will operate as the preferred...

Business

Youi gets in trouble with the Ad Standards Board

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Australia-based Youi Car Insurance, which likely just wanted to make an emotional connection with its potential customers, has gotten into hot water with the Ad Standards Board over a TV ad...

Business

The insurer that says walk or pay

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Swiss insurance provider, CSS Insurance, may soon start charging higher premiums for those that choose not to participate in its MyStep program, through which the company monitors the step count of people...

Investments

Coverfox picks up additional funding

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

India-based online insurance aggregator Coverfox raised more money to ensure it can compete against bigger rival, PolicyBazaar. Bottom Line: a two-year-old startup with over $14 million in funding. Off on a...

Investments

Connected home player Roost lands $5.5 million

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

California-based startup, Roost, which specializes in smart-home tech, landed $5.5 million in Series A funding from RPM Ventures and a subsidiary of USAA. Roost transforms existing home smoke and carbon monoxide alarms into smart...

Business

AIG and Axis; the unlucky ones

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

AIG and Axis are reportedly the unlucky insurers behind the ‘life’s short, let’s get lucky’ website known as Ashley Madison. Recall: the adultery website was hacked last month in a breach that exposed...

Business

AXA Announces the Launch of AXA Partners

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Today, AXA Group announced the launch of AXA Partners, a unit dedicated to developing partnership business globally. AXA Partners will be involved in co-creation of offers and distribution agreements whereby...

Business

Gocompare partners with Iovation

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

UK-based insurance aggregator, Gocompare, partners with Iovation, to launch a point-of-quote fraud detection service. Think: a la ‘every device has a story’, Iovation intelligence can tell whether the device used to...

Business

Censio and Progressive announce partnership

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Censio startup partners with Progressive to track and reward good drivers. Think: lower car insurance premiums. Fun Fact: backed by Sheryl Sandberg and Bain Capital Ventures to name a few funders. Bottom Line: “Fitbit for drivers” in...

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CU Financial Group and Sure partner to launch digital insurance solution SimpleQuote for credit unions

By Sure, Inc. ·

Is Your Distribution Channel Management Strategy Optimized for Medicare Open Enrollment?

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What is reinsurance? How it works, benefits, and costs explained

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Odie Pet Insurance Partners with Agentech to Automate Claims Tasking with Digital AI Agents

By Robin Roberson, Agentech ·

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

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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 ·

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Farmers brings back coverage in California

So You Wanna Be An Insurance Agent?

Innovative, Affordable Product to Increase Insurance Accessibility

On-Demand Roadside Assistance Urgent.ly Nabs Another $7M in Funding

BCBSV backs BeneStream

Fortegra and USAA; match made in heaven

CoverHound lands $33.3 million to expand to small business

Allianz and Volkswagen to fight for cybersecurity

Youi gets in trouble with the Ad Standards Board

The insurer that says walk or pay

Coverfox picks up additional funding

Connected home player Roost lands $5.5 million

AIG and Axis; the unlucky ones

AXA Announces the Launch of AXA Partners

Gocompare partners with Iovation

Censio and Progressive announce partnership

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CU Financial Group and Sure partner to launch digital insurance solution SimpleQuote for credit unions

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What is reinsurance? How it works, benefits, and costs explained

Odie Pet Insurance Partners with Agentech to Automate Claims Tasking with Digital AI Agents

ePayPolicy Joins NAMIC to Drive Innovation, Digital Insurance Payment Adoption

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

Trucordia leverages Vertafore as its partner of choice to unify operations

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

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

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

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