Personal Lines
Lemonade Debuts Auto Insurance Cover, Initially in Illinois
Lemonade has formally entered the auto insurance markets, seven months after the New York-based digital insurer disclosed initial plans to do so. Illinois is the first market where customers can ...
Zurich North America Seeking Startup Applications for Third Annual Innovation Championship
Zurich North America is inviting InsurTech startups to apply for the third annual Zurich Innovation Championship. Registration via www.zurich.com/zicis open through Dec. 23, 2021. Zurich will select ...
Insurers Increasingly Relying on Non-Traditional Investment Assets to Increase Yield
Insurers are increasingly turning toward non-traditional assets to increase their yield, according to Clearwater Analytics' annual Insurance Investment Survey Report. "The search for yield amid low ...
AIG Closes Sale of Life & Retirement Unit Stake to Blackstone
Part of American International Group's plans to spin off part of its Life & Retirement business have come to fruition. AIG and Blackstone said they have closed on a previously announced agreement ...
Russia’s Yandex Follows Tesla Route With Safe Driver Insurance Discount Program
Russian tech giant Yandex plans to reward responsible drivers on its car-sharing platform with cheaper insurance this year, it told Reuters, using machine learning in a pilot program similar to one ...
InsurTech Lessons From ITC: Take the Stock App Off Your Phone
Alex Timm, the chief executive officer of Root, has some advice for InsurTechs that go to the public markets: "You cannot let the stock price or Wall Street tell you what your value is." When ...
ITC Reporter’s Notebook: How Next, Root and Swiss Re Are ‘Adapting’ and Innovating
Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its product offerings. Coming up next, the InsurTech aims to offer "adaptive ...
Generali Seals $1.4B Deal to Grab Italian Rival Cattolica
Italy's top insurer Generali sealed its 1.17 billion euro ($1.36 billion) takeover of smaller rival Cattolica on Friday in a move aimed at cementing its domestic market leadership. On the last day of ...