Innovation
Nationwide, Nexar Report Telematics Success On Commercial Auto Pilot
One of Nationwide's commercial insurance policyholders is realizing the benefits of venture-capital investment that the insurer made in a telematics startup and a pilot program that is reducing risky ...
Greenlight Re Invests in Hong Kong-Based Blockchain Business
A division of Greenlight Capital Re has invested in a blockchain-related business based in Hong-Kong. The Cayman Islands-headquartered property/casualty specialist reinsurer said it pursued a ...
Global Insurance Accelerator Begins Search for New Director; Hemesath to Take New Role
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) has begun a search for a new managing director. Brian Hemesath, the current managing director who has taken GIA from concept to a leadership role in InsurTech, ...
The Latest Launches From Aon and Marsh
Aon co-developed a policy designed to help provide financial support after a terrorist attack. Marsh is expanding its collaboration with IBM to provide clients access to the industry's first ...
Slice Labs, Marketing On-Demand Insurance Platform, Raises Another $20M From Multiple Carriers
Slice Labs disclosed it has pulled in another $20 million in venture financing, with plans to use the money to accelerate globalization of its platform that enables on-demand insurance. The ...
Berlin-Based InsurTech Startup Debuts Home Content Insurance Cover; Micro Policies Planned
InsurTech startup Coya has launched home content insurance cover, designed to be "affordable, transparent and easily accessible." But Berlin-based Coya said home insurance is just the start and that ...
Cautious Carriers Often Pursue Innovation Warily: A.M. Best
Insurers are reluctant pursuers of innovation, cautious about disruption that new technology and systems can cause, even as they see the need for such changes. A new A.M. Best survey found that most ...
Editor’s Letter: Reflections on the Year Without a Summer
It wasn't until mid-July this year that I had ever heard the term "lava bomb" or thought about the prospect of a Category 6 hurricane. But both were in the news around the time I read about another ...