Innovation
ReinsurTechs Break Through: Reinsurance May Finally Be on InsurTech’s Radar
InsurTech startups targeting the property/casualty insurance industry proliferated in multiple ways over the last few years. Relatively few of them focus on reinsurers, however, and Will Dove has ...
The Latest Launches From Sompo International and BHSI
Sompo International in Asia plans to use an InsurTech startup's on-demand cloud platform to bring on-demand insurance to Asia. Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance says it updated its Asia ...
Carriers and InsurTechs Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate
If you had visited the Berlin Industrial Exposition of 1879, you would have been transfixed by a new kind of train that seemed to move by invisible means. It was powered not by steam but by ...
Data Science Startup DataCubes Is Ramping Up Carrier Partnerships
InsurTech DataCubes raised its first funding round of $2.5 million just under two years ago and continues on a growth trajectory today. (Hint: more fundraising is planned in the near future.) The ...
InsurTech Product News: A Carrier Partnership and Workflow Management Pilot Project
The Hartford is working with Cape Analytics to apply artificial intelligence to its property insurance quote and renewal process. An InsurTech focused on streamlining workflows for independent ...
Mobile Sales Assistant Vymo Raises $19M; AXA, Allianz Among Customers
Vymo, a technology company whose mobile app captures and automates data for insurance sales reps and others on the go, has raised $18 million in new financing. The India-based SaaS (software as a ...
Root Insurance Enters California Market, Where Telematics Underwriting Tool Doesn’t Apply
Root Insurance, an auto insurance startup that does business via smartphone, has entered the California market. But there's a catch. Root's app uses smartphone technology, telematics and data science ...
The Latest Launches From Munich Re and Willis Towers Watson
Munich Re is now marketing new hurricane response tools designed to better help carriers assess widespread damage after a hurricane. Willis Towers Watson released an updated version of its Radar ...