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Metromile to become a public company

By Avi Ben-Hutta

Metromile and INSU Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Cohen & Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Cohen & Company Inc., announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination that will result in Metromile becoming a publicly listed company.

Investments

Harel Insurance acquires a stake in parking app Pango

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

When it comes to insurance, last year the company signed an agreement with another Israeli insurer - Menora Mivtachim - to establish a digital insurance agency-slash aggregator held by the two entities in equal parts.

Investments

Teletherapy startup Joon Care raises $3.5 million

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Joon is now available in California, Washington and Oregon and will be expanding to additional states in 2021.

Investments

Wellness platform Paceline raises $5 million

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The seed round was co-led by Montage Ventures and Propel Venture Partners, with participation from Northwestern Mutual and BlackRock’s Mark McCombe as an angel investor.

Investments

Health and technology startup Sofia announces Series A investment

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

This investment will allow Sofía to continue developing its Health Plan.

Business

Aon & HSCM to offer cyber coverage

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The new cover allows for limits of up to $70 million and provides protection against increasing cyber loss aggregations on insurers and reinsurers’ balance sheets.

Business

Zurich nears $4 billion deal for MetLife unit

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

According to Rueters, Zurich is in advanced talks to acquire MetLife's car and home insurance unit for close to $4 billion.

Investments

Moderne Ventures backs Stride

By Coverager ·

This funding will be used to bring Stride’s portable benefits to real estate agents nationwide in partnership with Moderne, and to continue the expansion of Stride’s benefits marketplace.

Technology

HSB Canada launches sensor systems to reduce claims

By Coverager ·

HSB Canada offers its IoT services through insurers and risk pools, installing sensors at commercial locations to monitor for conditions that pose risks.

Innovation

finleap invests in deineStudienfinanzierung

By Coverager ·

The demand for the highest level of education has become increasingly important in recent years.

Member News

Creating value from intelligence analysis

By Forbes McKenzie ·

Vicky Mills, Chief Product Officer, shines a light on the MIS mantra of Problem – Promise – Proof as regards to exposure and claims and what this means for carriers....

Product

BlueVine announces general availability of Business Banking

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

BlueVine Business Banking was introduced in October 2019 and offers online services and tools that help small businesses manage their finances with a dashboard to deposit checks, transfer funds, and now, make bill and vendor payments.

Member News

Ushur taps insurance industry veterans for leadership team

By Maggie Parkhurst ·

Seasoned pros expand executive ranks and deepen insurance expertise Ushur, the no-code platform for customer engagement, today announced that Meredith Barnes-Cook and Janeen Blanton have joined as Head of Global Insurance and Director of...

Investments

Progressive-backed Upstart files for $100 million IPO

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Upstart is an online consumer lending portal that connects personal loan lenders with borrowers; making money by charging referral fees, platform fees, and loan servicing fees.

Investments

ZenBusiness secures $55 million in Series B

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Since 2018, more than 80,000 micro businesses have launched using the ZenBusiness platform, and the company has a mission to deliver the country’s tens of millions of micro business entrepreneurs with the simplest and most convenient way to start, run and grow their businesses.

Investments

Bond Vet raises $17 million

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Founded in 2018, the company's veterinary clinics provide urgent-care and walk-in services using mobile application where customers can communicate, schedule and store medical records of their pets (think CityMD).

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Insurance Automation Proof of Concept

By Maggie Parkhurst, Ushur ·

The power of an insurtech with a high incentive IQ

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Innoveo and HazardHub announce strategic partnership

By Deborah Polydys, Innoveo AG ·

ClaimVantage sees significant growth in 2020, named to InsurTech100 list

By Stacy Varney, ClaimVantage ·

GloveBox and ASNOA establish partnership

By Andy Mathisen, GloveBox ·

Smartcar and Emovis partner to power road-usage charge program

By Amber Livingston, Smartcar ·

Rhino has officially processed $1 Billion in lease transactions over the past three years at an average of $913,242 per day

By Paraag Sarva, Rhino ·

Clearsurance.com and North Equity partner to give auto and homeowners access to cheaper and better car and home insurance

By Clearsurance Staff, Clearsurance ·

Foresight launches its 1/1 Mega Giveaway for appointed retail brokers

By Foresight ·

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By Amber Livingston, Smartcar ·

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