InsurTech
Former Root Marketing Exec Pleads Guilty to Taking Over $10 Million From the Insurer
Brinson Caleb "BC" Silver, former chief marketing officer for InsurTech Root, has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10 million from his former employer and violating court orders. According to ...
Several InsurTechs Unite to Launch InsurTech Coalition
Members from several InsurTechs, including Boost, Branch, Clearcover, Lemonade and Root Insurance, published an open letter to the insurance industry announcing the launch of the InsurTech Coalition, ...
What to Expect: 8 InsurTech Predictions for 2024
2023 has been a tough year for InsurTechs to raise the Venture Capital they need to grow. Investors turned their backs on whole categories like full-stack carriers and direct-to-consumer startups. ...
Up and Down: InsurTech Funding Headed for Six-Year Low
Trackers of InsurTech deals revealed a 19-20 percent uptick in InsurTech funding for the third-quarter of 2023,compared to second-quarter totals, but year-to-date deal volume is less than half of ...
Root Inc. Files for Default in Litigation Against Jailed Former CMO
The nearly year-long saga involving Root Inc. and its former chief marketing officer continues – with him in county jail. Brinson Caleb "BC" Silver, Root's CMO from November 8, 2021 to November 9, ...
CoverForce Announces Product Suite Following Last Year’s $5M Seed Round
CoverForce, an independent insurance platform bringing comparisons and one-click buying to commercial insurance, unveiled its suite of products made for agency networks, wholesalers, and software ...
Lemonade Expects to Be in the Black Within Three Years
While Lemonade is still burning cash and reported a net loss on the bottom line of its third-quarter income statement, the InsurTech expects both situations to reverse by year-end 2026. The cash ...
Allianz X, Allstate Fund NEXT Insurance’s $265M Financing Round
The digital investments arm of global insurer and asset manager Allianz Group, Allianz X, announced an investment in NEXT Insurance, a small business insurer in the United States, to accelerate ...