Innovation
Hippo Partners With American Family AI Spinout Arturo to Boost Digital Underwriting Processes
Hippo Insurance hopes to boost its digital underwriting and customer service processes through a new partnership with Arturo, a deep-learning property analytics company spun out from American Family ...
Volvo Makes Viable Limited Use of Commercial Autonomous Trucks
Swedish truckmaker AB Volvo's first commercial autonomous truck deal shows how it is bundling services to generate revenue from a technology that is years away from wide deployment. Driverless ...
Expertise and Investment: What Munich Re Digital Partners Brings to InsurTech Partnerships
Three years may not be a long time, but the head of Munich Re Digitial Partners in North America says his operation has made the most of it. David Brune became CEO of Digital Partners' North American ...
Startup Focused on Digital Customer Interactions for Insurers and Others Raises $14.5M
A startup focused on developing a platform guiding digital customer interactions for insurers and other businesses has raised $14.5 million in new financing. Lightico said that Mangrove Capital ...
Getsafe CEO Predicts Lemonade Will ‘Struggle’ in Germany
Lemonade has promise but won't necessarily face smooth sailing with an expansion into Germany, predicts the head of Getsafe, one of its European rivals. "Lemonade will have to struggle in Germany," ...
UPDATED: Nationwide to Adopt Bold Penguin’s Digital Portal Tech For Commercial Lines P/C Agents
Nationwide is partnering with Bold Penguin, a digital portal startup for commercial lines property/casualty agents, in an effort to speed up the underwriting process for its products. The insurer ...
The Latest Launches From GEICO and Great American Insurance Group
GEICO's insurance agency arm is teaming with Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group to offer its customers a separate jewelry insurance policy. Great American Insurance Group's Alternative Markets Division ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and EverQuote
Chubb is now selling small business insurance for the food service industry. Online insurance marketplace EverQuote said it is expanding into health insurance and renters insurance, building on its ...