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Why Carriers Need to Rethink Their Approach to Data Technology
Most carriers recognized long ago that making it easier for agents to do business with them has competitive advantages. Companies have made an effort to simplify the submission and underwriting ...
Cyber Insurance Continues to Be Both Risky Proposition and Enticing Market
While there are some issues with the data, virtually every report shows the cyber insurance market growing. Aon Benfield had it growing 37 percent last year to $1.8 billion. It's profitable and the ...
Stunning Successes: InsurTechs Positioned for Network Control and Market Dominance
John D. Rockefeller was easy to overlook. He didn't drink alcohol, smoke, swear or lose his temper. He ate no more than was necessary and went to bed early. Yet, he and his partners at Standard Oil ...
InsurTech Startups Click2Sure, Jooycar, Attract New Financing
Greenlight Capital Re has invested in another startup, this time a digital insurance platform launched in South Africa. Miami-based private equity firm HCS Capital Partners said it has committed ...
After Applied, Google ‘Definitely’ Looking for Other InsurTech Investments
Google is eager to invest in other insurance technology companies well beyond its newly announced minority stake in Applied Systems, a principal investor with the global search engine giant said on ...
Lemonade Investor SoftBank Will Pump More Money Into Insurance
SoftBank's Vision Fund plans to pump more money into insurance, a sector it sees as both ripe for disruption and a potential booster for its bigger bets in cars, health and financial services, a ...
A New Baseline: InsurTech Shifts Insurer Expectations of Core Vendors
For decades, the insurance industry has bought, sold, replaced and implemented technology solutions in a predictable pattern. Analyst firms collected anecdotal and hard data on purchasing patterns ...
Act 2 of the InsurTech Revolution Is on Its Way
The digital revolution in insurance is about to begin its second act. Having in its first phase used science and technology to inspire a rethinking of insurance that is making insurance easier and ...