Strategy
VC Bets on InsurTechs in a World Where Few Will Survive
With 20 years of experience as a professional venture capital investor on his resume, Jonathan Kalman seems well positioned to deliver an expert opinion on the likely forthcoming failure rate of ...
Palomar Specialty’s IPO Rockets Above $15 Per Share Price Launch
Palomar Specialty launched an initial public offering on April 17, with the California-based specialty catastrophe insurer starting to sell on the Nasdaq Global Select Market at $15 per share. Shares ...
CEO Interview: Metromile Shaking Up the Auto Insurance Industry With a Lifestyle Product
Metromile is one of the early InsurTech companies. It is also one of only a few InsurTechs that is really transforming the insurance business. Most InsurTechs focus on operating efficiencies in ...
State Auto, Google Help Back AI Startup Flyreel’s New Financing Round
Flyreel, an artificial intelligence InsurTech startup focused on property insurance, recently raised $3.85 million in new financing from State Auto and several other investors. Gradient Ventures, ...
Make Sure Your Company’s Leadership Development Programs Have Staying Power
Leadership development programs at companies are one thing. But they don't have much staying power outside of the classroom unless executives plan for long-term implementation of the key ideas. A ...
An Explanation About Uber’s ‘Heavy’ Dependence on Insurance
Uber Technologies Inc., on its way to an initial public offering that some media reports say could raise $10 billion, might not be in the position it is in without insurance. "Our business depends ...
The Hanover Starts Offering Customer-Facing Digital Platform Using CoverWallet Tech
The Hanover Insurance Group is debuting a customer-facing digital platform designed to help independent agents acquire new business customers including freelancers, contractors and others. Dubbed ...
Allstate, Starr Companies Join $18M Financing for Amenity Analytics
Hank Greenberg's Starr Companies and Allstate contributed to a new $18 million financing round for Amenity Analytics, a startup developing cloud-based analytics designed to help businesses analyze ...