Innovation
The Latest Launches From CoreLogic and Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance
CoreLogic said it is bringing to Canada its Flood Risk Score and Weather Verification Service. Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Co. in China entered into a cooperation agreement that will ...
InsurTech Partnerships: What Insurers Want and Get
Remember the 1989 movie "When Harry Met Sally"? During lunch with Harry at a deli, Sally very publicly fakes a wild orgasm. A nearby patron, when asked what she'd like to order, signals in Sally's ...
The Latest Launches From Slice Labs/AXA XL and Roost
Slice Labs and AXA XL partnered on a new cyber insurance policy. Roost and Iceland's TM Insurance will link up in a deal that will expand access to its home telematics products.
So You Wanna Be an Innovator in a Big Company
Here's what I've learned. 1. Ban the "I" word. Most innovation in insurance companies comes where customers (or distributors) encounter the company. This is one reason that 89 percent of insurance ...
Cyber Risk Management Firm Zeguro Secures $5M Financing From Munich Re, QBE, Others
Cyber Risk management firm Zeguro closed a $5 million seed financing round, attracting insurance industry investors including Munich Re and QBE. Both insurers made the capital contributions through ...
The Latest Launches From Chubb and Next Insurance
Chubb has started using its digital platform to sell insurance products for the small commercial market. Next Insurance now markets a general contractor insurance policy for small businesses.
UBI Insurance Is Not Usage-Based. Sorry, Not Sorry!
Usage-based pricing is a fascinating topic for insurers. A technology that allows persistent monitoring of risk exposure during the coverage period could potentially enable insurers to price each ...
Former Liberty Actuary Talks ‘Openly’ About Launching Upmarket HO Insurer
Keep an eye out for Openly, a new digitally-sophisticated upmarket homeowners insurer catering to independent agents. According to Ty Harris, founder and CEO, Openly will launch in early 2019 in a ...
GM Hits Speed Bumps on $5B Road to Driverless Cars by 2019: Reuters
It's one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars. Since May, General Motors Co. and its Cruise self-driving car unit have landed $5 billion in investment commitments from Japan's SoftBank ...