Innovation
Global InsurTech Investment Reaches Record $7.4B for H1 2021: Willis Towers Watson
InsurTech venture investment keeps climbing ever higher, with new records reached for the second quarter as well as the first half of 2021, according to the latest Willis Towers Watson report on the ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Net Insurance
What is being billed as the first on-demand and pay-per-use plan to protect against home theft has debuted in Italy, in a collaboration between three companies. Chubb added Errors and Omissions ...
Agentero Raises $13.5M to Expand Its Digital Insurance Network for Agents
Agentero raised $13.5 million in new financing designed to boost and help expand its digital insurance network for agents. The California-based InsurTech, launched in 2017, is designed to help ...
Insurance Software Company Earnix Acquires Assets of Telematics InsurTech Driveway Software
Earnix, a software company focused on insurers and banks, has acquired the assets of Driveway Software Corp., a telematics provider that relies on artificial intelligence. Financial terms were not ...Carrier Management Midyear Update 2021: What’s Next?
As insurance and reinsurance leaders take a deep breath and prepare for a mask-free future, they probably do so with a combination of excitement and trepidation. Challenges ahead are interlaced with ...
Former Tesla Exec Joins Metromile as Head of Data Operations
Metromile hired former Tesla executive Colleen Qiu as its new vice president and Head of Data, representing another recent high-profile executive hire from outside the insurance industry. In May, the ...
Two InsurTechs Merge, With a Focus on Broadening Embedded Insurance Reach
Two InsurTechs plan to merge in an effort to more broadly tap into embedded insurance demand for travel and other e-commerce businesses. Seeto, which focuses on helping e-businesses build embedded ...
Cape Analytics Pulls in $44M in New Financing From Multiple Investors
Cape Analytics has attracted $44 million in new financing, and the provider of property data plans to use the funds for expansion, accelerated product development, and hiring of more machine ...