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Empower to buy Milliman's retirement admin business for $340 million

By Shefi Ben-Hutta

The two companies plan to work together by referring certain actuarial and defined benefit administration work to each other.

Business

ANZ launches digital lending platform for small business

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Customers using ANZ’s online business lending application will have access to fixed and variable-term loans as well as overdraft facilities.

Business

American Agricultural Insurance announces new logo and branding

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The company will now refer to itself as AmericanAg, a name that honors its roots as a reinsurance provider for the Farm Bureau insurance companies, while its new tagline – “Reinsuring your world” – points to its growing presence in the broader domestic and international reinsurance marketplace.

Investments

Helvetia Venture Fund invests in Neon

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Neon offers an app-based banking solution where users can open a bank account and get a free Mastercard with low fees.

Member News

Talage Partners with State Associations for Insurance Agents

By Katy Kelly ·

Talage, a provider of digital distribution software solutions for commercial insurance, is pleased to announce new partnerships with four regional Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) organizations to...

Business

Barnum Financial Group to lead the nationwide delivery MetLife’s PlanSmart program

By Coverager ·

Through this strategic alliance, Barnum’s in-house financial experts and advisors throughout their nationwide partner network will conduct financial wellness workshops for workforces across the country, as well as provide guidance to MetLife customers regarding their group life conversion options.

Business

Travelers redesigns Constitution State Services

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

Constitution State Services now offers customizable solutions based on customers’ unique risk appetites to better help them manage complex claims and loss costs.

Technology

Cherre and RedZone partner to integrate natural disaster intelligence

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

From underwriting to claims response, RedZone's allows stakeholders to make informed decisions about wildfires and other natural disasters.

Investments

Life insurance startup Breathe Life secures $11.5 million CAD

By Coverager ·

Breathe Life enables carriers to quickly deliver a fully-branded, user-centric experience that streamlines the online buying process for consumers.

Business

Principal launches new platform

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

The new platform is designed to make 401(k) plans more accessible to businesses with fewer than 100 employees.

Business

AXIS Partners with AllDigital Specialty

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

The two companies will develop and launch a new insurance platform.

Business

OneDegree relaxes microchip requirement for cats to provide more access to health coverage

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The mandatory microchip requirement for pet insurance policies is an impediment for some cat owners, as cats are not required by law to have microchip in Hong Kong. OneDegree is becoming the first pet insurer in Hong Kong to relax such a requirement.

Verisk launches EHR Triage Engine to help speed approval of life insurance applications

By Gabriella Ben-Hutta ·

The tool can evaluate 95,000 impairments in five minutes or less, so life insurers can qualify as much as 85 percent of applicants for coverage with minimal or no underwriter review.

Business

Verily enters the stop-loss health insurance market

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Coefficient will protect self-funded employers from unexpected and large employee health benefit claims.

Member News

Thimble expands broker program with $100 signing bonus through October and 10% commission for life

By Rikin Diwan ·

New York (August 25, 2020) Thimble, the insurtech startup that helps small businesses succeed on their own terms, has expanded its broker program with a signing bonus of $100 through...

Investments

Wrapbook raises $3.6 million

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

Wrapbook seeks to be the premier payroll processing platform for the entertainment industry.

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Vertafore’s latest AI innovations help agencies accelerate carrier statement reconciliation and turn Outlook activity into structured workflows

By Vertafore ·

Claims AI ROI Should Be a Scale Test, Not a Spreadsheet

By Yo Sub Kwon, Voltaire ·

Fuse Launches Tape: a Free, Live Market-Intelligence Surface for the Public P&C Insurance Complex

By Sean Bourgeois, Fuse ·

Dearborn Labs Launches “Context Window” Podcast Exploring the Real Stories Behind AI Adoption in Insurance

By Alec Martins, Clearcover ·

Canal Insurance Selects Kyber to Enable Claims Modernization and Equip Its Teams for the Road Ahead

By Kyber, Kyber ·

Canopy Connect Reaches 10 Million Shared Insurance Policies as Demand for Verified Insurance Data Grows

By Insurance Verification, Canopy Connect, Inc. ·

Checklist: 6 Ways to Automate for Smarter Insurance Operations this Summer

By Evy Strom, ePayPolicy ·

A major global broker in Australia moves commercial broker placement to API-first negotiation infrastructure

By InsureMO, InsureMO ·

5 Strategic Tradeoffs MGAs are Navigating

By Vertafore ·

Fuse Launches Hospitality Vertical, Bringing Real-Time, Synthesized Market Intelligence to One of Commercial Insurance’s Most Dynamic Classes

By Sean Bourgeois, Fuse ·

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