Leadership & Strategy
Digital Startup Neptune Flood Raises $2M to Fuel Private Flood Insurance Market Expansion
Neptune Flood, a digital startup private flood insurance provider, has secured $2 million in seed round funding and has plans to "aggressively expand" nationwide by offering its platform to carriers, ...
Want Innovation? Don’t Aim at Distribution
Having spent the better part of the last decade learning, practicing and, in many ways, participating in the creation of innovation as the new discipline in business, I've come to the conclusion that ...
Safe Driving App Developer Nexar Raises $30M From Nationwide, Others
Nexar has raised a $30 million round of new funding from Nationwide Insurance and other investors, money that will help expand the reach of its technology startup centered around a dashcam app to ...
The Content, Not the Technology, Determines the Success of Transformational CX Projects
News about ever-increasing dollars of InsurTech funding can't help but drive property/casualty insurers to seriously consider tech modernization projects to drive growth and efficiency in 2018. That ...
The Latest Launches From Beazley and Allstate
Beazley is adding more new options to its Breach Response coverage for small and midsize policyholders in the United States. Allstate Roadside Services is expanding a pilot program with Lyft designed ...
Cybersecurity Firm Optiv Expands Into Europe, Seeks Acquisitions
Optiv Security, an acquisitive Denver-based company backed by private equity firm KKR, is expanding into Europe, where it will offer its cybersecurity management and consultancy services, executives ...
AXIS Capital Weaves Greater Tech Use Into New Reorg Plan
AXIS Capital Holdings is reorganizing its operations in a bid to focus more on technology and innovation, with an eye on long-term profitable growth. Executives hope to put the new changes in place ...
Root Expands Into Four More States With Telematics-Based Auto Insurance Cover
Root, a telematics-based auto insurance startup, has expanded into four additional states, bringing the total in which it operates to 10. New state approvals to operate are from Pennsylvania, Texas, ...