The Latest Launches From CFC and Legal & General
CFC debuted updated cyber insurance coverage that addresses some emerging risk areas. Legal & General plans to bring robotic intelligence into its customer service.
Innovation
The Latest Launches From Marsh and Travelers
Marsh debuted what it is billing as a "next-generation online cyber self-assessment tool." Travelers will start providing U.S. auto claims services for a major ridesharing startup.
Slice Labs Opens Innovation/Product Development Hub in Toronto
Slice Labs Inc., maker of an on-demand insurance cloud platform, launched an innovation hub in Toronto designed to help it test new on-demand insurance products. The company, which began as a seller ...
Cambridge Mobile Telematics Attracts $500M SoftBank Investment
Cambridge Mobile Telematics, whose technology is used globally by insurers and others, attracted a $500 million investment from the SoftBank Vision Fund designed to fuel global growth. "This ...
The Latest Launches From Zurich Insurance and JLT Re North America
Zurich Insurance is launching a new app designed to help give distributors its general risk appetite across multiple industries. JLT Re North America is partnering with personal auto InsurTech Pact ...
American Family Invests in TicketGuardian, Provider of Specialty Insurance for Events, Ticket Holders
American Family Insurance co-led the $8 million Series A financing round for TicketGuardian, an InsurTech startup that helps insure concert and event organizers, as well as customers who buy tickets ...
Between an Ant and a Grasshopper, Lemonade’s Results ‘Most Improved’
The three U.S. venture-backed InsurTech carriers we have been tracking for several quarters have more money, more premium and more losses as we head into the last quarter of the year. During the ...
Can an InsurTech Startup Compete With Progressive and GEICO?
The most common refrain of startups is that insurance is broken and their solution will fix it. Oui, c'est vrai. But two companies have their act together more than almost any other insurers: GEICO ...
Startups vs. Incumbents Revisited: Q32018
We first pointed out in a second quarter analysis of VC-backed startups Root, Lemonade and Metromile that companies run or led by well-known underwriters were growing slowly but far more profitable ...