Innovation
Next Insurance Portal Allows Small Businesses to Manage, Cancel Own Policies
Digital small business insurance provider Next Insurance has unveiled a new online portal giving small businesses more control over their insurance policies. The portal offers what Next says are ...
The Latest Launches From Travelers, AGCS and Liberty Mutual/Ironshore
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty launched a new online distribution platform targeted to small commercial business accounts. Travelers is beefing up its coverage for directors and officers ...
Name Change Coming for Sciemus With HSCM Bermuda Partnership
Sciemus, a Specialty Lloyd's MGA, is forming an investing partnership with HSCM Bermuda, a firm that invests in reinsurance and insurance-linked assets across all lines of business. The deal also ...
Liberty Mutual Sees Opportunity in Joining P2P Car-Sharing Startup’s $92M Financing
Liberty Mutual's venture arm is among the investors backing the new $92 million funding round for Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. Dan Robinson, managing director of Liberty Mutual ...
Survivors and Game-Changers: Lemonade’s Schreiber Explains What Disruption Looks Like
During an insurance conference in late March this year, a chief executive officer shared the following separate ideas with an audience of InsurTech leaders and analysts: "If you set out to compete ...
InsurTech Drone Startup Betterview Raises $2M From Maiden Re, Others
Betterview, an InsurTech startup focused on capturing and analyzing data from drones, has raised just over $2 million in venture financing. Compound Venture Capital led the $2.05 million seed round. ...
The Latest Launches From Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance and Verisk/PCS
Verisk Analytics business Property Claim Services is launching a global cyber industry loss index. A Division of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance will pair with another company to offer travel ...
Embracing Mindfulness: Conquering Cognitive Overload in a Hyper-Digital World
Insurance leaders play a key role in building resilience by helping communities to mitigate the impacts of climate change, disaster and many other global risks. But in today's disruptive, ...