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Blockchain Tech Provider Launches Open Source Platform
Time to put the blockchain hype to the test. After a year of promises that the technology would revolutionize Wall Street, anyone can now download an entire blockchain specifically built for ...
EverQuote, a Rising Insurance Matchmaker, Raises $23M Series B
Digital insurance matchmaker EverQuote Inc. reports that it closed a $23 million Series B investment led by Maryland-based Savano Capital Partners, with participation from Stratim Capital, Oceanic ...
Reporter’s Notebook: 10 Takeaways From InsureTechConnect
You've probably heard there is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or InsurTech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October ...
Allstate Debuts Revamped Commercial Insurance Quoting Platform; Pledges Policy in 5 Minutes
Allstate debuted a revamped commercial insurance quoting platform that it said will help small business owners buy a policy in about 5 minutes. Allstate's move comes with the emergence of InsureTech ...
InsurTech Founders Are Often Not Insurance Industry Veterans
As InsurTech companies increase in number and scope, the P/C industry may be surprised about one thing: only a small number of founders may actually be insurance industry veterans. So says, Tim ...
Insurers Risk Plenty by Keeping Their Technology Budgets Static: Novarica
Insurers' technology budgets remain flat in an age of disruption and technology - a risky move in the face of increased rivalry from tech-enabled upstart competitors, consulting firm Novarica said in ...
Aon Expands Cyber Risk Advisory Abilities With Planned Stroz Friedberg Acquisition
Aon plc plans to snatch up a global cyber risk management advisory firm, a move that will allow the broker to beef up its services in a fast-growing sector of the business. An Aon subsidiary is ...
Unusual Move: Lemonade Reveals Data From Initial 2 Days of Operation
Lemonade, the peer-to-peer InsurTech startup that launched only a few weeks ago on Sept. 21 selling renters and homeowners insurance in New York, sold 142 policies and generated $14,300 in gross ...