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Mox and QBE launch annual travel plan in Hong Kong

By Shefi Ben-Hutta

Mox and QBE said they plan to add a home insurance product in the coming months.

Investments

Happy Hippo Picks Up More Than $25 Million

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Mountain View-based digital MGA for home and condo insurance, Hippo, has recently filed two Form D’s with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), totaling a bit over $39M in equity...

Business

AIG to Acquire Validus for $5.56 Billion in Cash

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

AIG announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding common shares of Validus, provider of reinsurance, primary insurance, and asset management services. The transaction enhances AIG’s General Insurance business,...

Business

Switching Gears

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Switch by AXA is the insurer’s digital brand established in 2013 to offer “good deals” to 18-29-year-olds. That was then (2013): Then, in 2016, AXA‘s Switch became the first insurance brand to adopt Facebook Messenger to interact with...

Business

Lincoln Financial to Acquire Liberty Life Assurance

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Lincoln Financial Group announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston from Liberty Mutual. Upon completion of the transaction, Lincoln Financial...

Innovation

FamilyPoints to Offer Insurance as a Service for Parents

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet FamilyPoints: Think: a Shanghai-based startup looking to operate in the global $6 trillion parenting market by using blockchain technology. It is led by Ainar Abdrahmanov and Aloysius Kee and has raised...

Member News

Achievement Unlocked — West Coast Renters Insurance Coverage Complete

By Jetty Press ·

Last of the Left Coast, but first in our heart, we’re proud to announce the launch of Jetty Renters Insurance in Washington (state) and Idaho. For all the...

Business

Introducing the WhatsApp Business App

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

WhatsApp. Built for people. And for businesses . The 9-year-old company, established by ex-employees of Yahoo!, announced the launch of WhatsApp Business, a free-to-download Android app for small businesses. Key Features: (1) Business...

Investments

The CareVoice Completes $2 Million Investment Round

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Shanghai-based healthtech The CareVoice announced it has raised ~$2 million in early growth capital. The investment will be used to fuel its insurance business lines, accelerate technology development, consolidate its...

Investments

Hellas Direct Announces €7 Million Funding Led by IFC

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Athens-based digital insurer Hellas Direct announced it has raised €7M in a Series B round led by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. The round brings Hellas’ total funding...

Vanguard Using Blockchain To Improve Index Data Distribution

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Investment management company Vanguard, in close collaboration with the Center for Research in Security Prices and blockchain technology provider Symbiont, is leading an effort to simplify the index data sharing...

Marketing

Mutual & Federal Now Known as Old Mutual Insure

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Before. After . Let me explain. On June 5, 2017, Mutual & Federal changed its name to Old Mutual Insure. “The proposed name change was informed by research conducted...

Business

Barbican Insurance Group Partners with FICO to Enhance Cyber Underwriting

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced its partnership with Barbican Insurance Group (Barbican), a multi-platform insurance group that underwrites business predominantly through its syndicates at Lloyd’s of London, and which...

Introducing Revolut’s Geolocation Travel Insurance

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

London-based banking alternative Revolut announced the launch of Pay-per-Day Travel Insurance with geolocation technology . Refresher: Revolut is a London-based mobile first company for banking (and insurance) services that has raised over $86M since...

The Very First Chatbot by Allianz

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Late last year, Allianz announced Allie, an interactive bot designed to independently perform repetitive tasks. It can be found on Allianz Careers’ Facebook page, where it helps peeps navigate different job...

Innovation

Hollard-Backed Huddle Adds Renters Insurance to its Portfolio

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet Huddle : Think: a Sydney-based insurance startup established in 2016. The startup is led by Jason Wilby and Jonathan Buck, and has raised ~$4.7M led by South African billionaire-slash-businessman-slash-owner of Hollard Group...

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Member News

Regulators Don’t Want an AI Policy. They Want Receipts.

By Yo Sub Kwon, Voltaire ·

3 technology must-haves to build distribution velocity

By Vertafore ·

HomeBinder, InspectionGo's Homeownership Solution, Launches Home Insurance Shopping

By Mary Clare Riordan, Bindable ·

Applied Announces Submissionless Commercial Insurance Experience with Travelers as First Anchor Carrier Partner

By Michael Streit, Applied Systems ·

Vertafore introduces Velocity AI Submission Processing Agent to help MGAs move from submission to decision faster

By Vertafore ·

Zywave Launches Zywave Apex™, the First Growth-Focused AI Platform Purpose-Built for Insurance Distribution

By Zywave ·

L+M Development Partners Goes Live with Five Sigma's AI-Native Claims Platform and Clive™

By Oded Barak, Five Sigma ·

Zywave CEO Martin Simoncic: Why Insurance Needs a Different Conversation around AI

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Kyber Selected as a PropertyCasualty360 2026 Insurance Luminaries Winner

By Kyber, Kyber ·

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