Science and technology non-profit First Street Foundation and Compass Inc. announced a partnership to integrate Risk Factor, a provider of property specific, climate risk intelligence, into Compass listings.

Risk Factor aims to improve the agent and client experience by enhancing the understanding of property climate risk for homes across the U.S. Compass, a residential real estate brokerage, will integrate climate risk analytics as part of the home buying and selling process for both agents and clients.

Using the Compass platform, Compass agents will be able to view property-specific, climate-adjusted data to understand the 30-year risk profile for more than 140 million homes covered by RiskFactor.com. The partnership provides Compass agents with valuable information while working with homebuyers and sellers who are interested in better understanding the impact of environmental changes when making long-term purchasing decisions.

Compass selected Risk Factor after a market search to find a physical climate risk provider in direct response to agent and client requests. The integration will initially include Flood Factor and Fire Factor data for all properties on Compass.com and will be added to with subsequent Risk Factor data launches.

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International Medical Group, a global insurance benefits and assistance services company, has partnered with bolt, an InsurTech with a technology-enabled insurance exchange for property/casualty, to offer device protection with travel medical insurance.

The partnership adds optional device protection to IMG’s travel medical insurance, the Patriot Travel Series, providing the repair or replacement of travelers’ smartphones if lost, stolen, or accidentally damaged during their trip.

IMG and bolt are offering coverage for less than $0.60 per day. With bolt’s device protection added to their travel medical insurance, IMG’s customers can access coverage with instant claims approval through the myIMG member portal from anywhere in the world. IMG plans to extend the add-on product to other insurance offerings in the future, offering device protection as an essential part of travel coverage.

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InsurTechs Ascend and NowCerts announced that they will be teaming up to provide customers with an integrated service that combines agent workflow management with payments and premium financing.

Ascend is an insurance payments platform that provides automated all-in-one financing, collections, and payables. NowCerts is a software development company concentrating on the design and implementation of insurance-related services.

The integration allows agents to automatically pull customer and policy information directly into Ascend to create agency bill payment checkout links with premium financing built-in via Ascend.

Ascend said in a company press release that it will be investing in more partnerships to deepen its relationships with other InsurTechs, MGAs, AMS, and embedded insurance carriers to complement the strategic ambitions of companies in the insurance market. In March 2022, Ascend announced an anchor partnership with digital ecosystem Stere.

Sources: First Street Foundation, International Medical Group, Ascend