Innovation
Auto Insurance Startup Root Expands, Links With Lyft on Car Rental Alternative
Startup telematics-based auto insurer Root is now offering rental coverage in partnership with ridesharing firm Lyft. For policyholders with short-term needs for alternate transportation after an ...
The Latest Launches From Swiss Re/Ping An and Chubb
Swiss Re and Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company in China debuted a new product for the China market. Chubb said it has once again updated coverage options for technology companies ...
Trōv Founder Walchek: 7 Tips for Startups Partnering With Incumbent Insurers
Trōv is a tech startup that's introducing the world to a new way to insure their things: on-demand for any duration, entirely from a smartphone. We've had to reinvent the insurance ...
Three Essentials for Innovation
All companies must innovate or risk getting "stuck in a zero-sum game, in which their gain can only be another's loss," says strategy and innovation consultant Ken Favaro in a new article for PwC's ...
Autonomous Vehicles Could Shrink Auto Insurance Sector by 71% Through 2050: KPMG
While many insurance experts believe that autonomous vehicle technology could drastically shrink the auto insurance sector, new KPMG research assigns a precise estimate to the drop. The number is ...
Zurich Closes Purchase on Halo, a UK Online Rental Car Platform
Zurich is the proud new owner of Halo, a specialist, UK-based online rental car insurance platform that will help it further a strategy of growth in global travel and assistance markets. Neither side ...
Munich Re’s Tornado VR Experience Demonstrates Need for Resilient Homes
Munich Reinsurance America has developed an immersive Tornado Virtual Reality Experience to demonstrate the devastating power of tornadoes and the need for resilient homes. The reinsurer is bringing ...
Five Questions With Friendsurance Co-Founder Tim Kunde
When Carrier Management last checked in with Friendsurance in June 2016, the Berlin-based company was pursuing expansion, both in number of customers and geographic reach. One year later, the ...