Leadership & Strategy
Some Argue Blockchain Enthusiasm Is Fading Quickly
For a technology that was supposed to transform and solve seemingly every problem in the world, the enthusiasm is fading pretty quickly. Blockchain, the underlying technology that powers ...
Weather-Tech Startup Understory Launches Auto Dealer Policy Formed Around On-the-Ground Data
Nick Pacifico has been working at his family's Cadillac dealership in Denver since 2003. He's never seen insurance costs this bad. "Getting coverage is nearly impossible," said Pacifico, vice ...
Zego Becomes First UK InsurTech to Win Its Own Insurance License
Zego has become the first U.K. InsurTech to be awarded its own insurance license, which will enable it to build and sell its own products. While Zego will still work in tandem with its growing ...
Happy Together: Yesteryear’s InsurTech Disrupters Are Today’s Broker Partners
A decade ago, startup InsurTech firms startled both insurance carriers and brokers with an expanding array of innovative tools leveraging emerging digital technologies. For brokers, the firms' ...
Neptune Flood’s Albert: InsurTech Enables Cheaper and More Efficient Flood Coverage
While few carriers are in the flood insurance market, Neptune Flood Insurance sees opportunity. Most of the market is covered by the National Flood Insurance Program, but founder and CEO Jim Albert ...
Insurance Distribution Platform Cover Genius Plans Expansion With $10M Financing
Cover Genius, an InsurTech centered around an insurance distribution platform, has raised $10 million in new financing designed to fuel hiring and further global growth. King River Capital, a Sydney ...
James River Dropped Uber Due to Coverage Risks, Particularly in Florida
A Bermuda-based insurer that recently severed ties with an Uber Technologies Inc affiliate said on Thursday the risk of providing driver ride-hailing coverage had become too great and that it had ...
Lemonade, Root and Metromile: Can David Challenge Goliath With No Sling?
Continuing a series in which we evaluate and discuss the financial performance and operating results of the InsurTech carrier trio of Lemonade, Root and Metromile, we find continued growth and ...