Innovation
Progressive Adds Pet Insurance Coverage as Voluntary Employer Benefit
Progressive now offers pet insurance, with an eye on selling it by way of an employer-offered voluntary benefit. The Ohio-based property/casualty insurer said the new product comes through a ...
Not Every InsurTech Is a Startup: How Swiss Re Delivers Tech Solutions
It's not just InsurTech startups that have an edge on innovation. Some established reinsurers have developed their own analytics and technology divisions that offer a variety of InsurTech-type ...
Tesla CEO Musk Seeks Actuaries to Help Build New Insurer
Tesla, which has been testing an insurance product for its drivers in California, is preparing to build an insurer, one CEO Elon Musk says will be "revolutionary." And he's inviting actuaries to join ...
The Latest Launches From SSP/Willis Towers Watson, PURE, and Berkshire Hathaway/GUARD
Insurance Software Company SSP joined a Willis Towers Watson program designed to help boost what it can learn from data. Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, or PURE, has launched PURE Gold, a ...
InsurTech NY Is Accepting Applications for October Cohort
InsurTech NY announced that it will be accepting applications for the October cohort of its growth-stage InsurTech accelerator. The application window will be open from July 21 to Aug. 17. The ...
The Latest Launches From Farmers Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway/GUARD
Farmers Insurance has started selling customizable auto, home, condo and renters policies in Kentucky. Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies added Missouri, Washington and Wisconsin to the ...
The Latest Launches From Markel, Coalition and AIR Worldwide
Markel Specialty is launching Risk Solution Services, its newly expanded loss control department. Coalition and Q6 Cyber will partner on a new initiative designed to enhance cyber underwriting. AIR ...
InsurTechs Jupiter Intelligence and ClaimFlo to Represent North America in Zurich Innovation Championship
Zurich North America Insurance has selected two InsurTechs offering climate resilience and claims efficiency to represent North America in its second Innovation Championship. Jupiter Intelligence ...