Innovation
RenRe, RGA Launch Langhorne Re, a Life/Annuity Reinsurer
Catastrophe reinsurer RenaissanceRe is getting into the life/annuity reinsurance business. The company disclosed that it, along with Reinsurance Group of America, a global life insurer, have launched ...
Hippo, an InsurTech Focused on the Homeowners Market, Readies an Expansion
Hippo, an InsurTech focused on providing super-quick homeowners insurance, said it is gearing up for U.S. expansion enabled by a new strategic partnership. The California-based startup said it has ...
Become a Carrier of Choice for Agents: Five Reasons to Join ID Federation
It's the bane of the modern-day insurance office: keeping track of the many passwords required to log into a myriad of systems and websites. Whenever I talk to anyone in our industry about real-time ...
Jeff Greenberg Helps Back the Launch of Bermuda Reinsurer Armour Group Ltd.
Armour, a Bermuda-based P/C runoff insurance business, announced it has raised up to $500 million to form a reinsurance group called Armour Group Ltd. The equity commitments were made in partnership ...
Preparing for Unimagined Possibilities: A Guide to Future Strategy Planning for Insurers
Imagine that your car, acting on information from your AI-powered virtual assistant that you didn't get enough sleep, suggests driving itself to your morning meeting—and if you refuse, talks to ...
5 Tips for Overcoming a Change-Averse Culture
The environment for change in many organizations is unfriendly at best, creating a challenge for leaders trying to push for innovation. In a recent article for the blog Lead Change, leadership ...
The Institutes Completes Blockchain Proof-of-Auto-Insurance Product; Nationwide to Test
The Institutes' work with insurers in the blockchain space has led to a debut product – a tool designed to establish proof of auto insurance. Nationwide is the first carrier to bring it to ...
Lemonade Secures $120M in New Financing to Fuel Global Expansion
Digital insurer Lemonade Inc. announced a $120 million Series C funding round it will use to help accelerate a global expansion in 2018. SoftBank Group led the round, joined by existing investors ...