InsurTech bolt announced a partnership with Bamboo, a property/casualty insurance organization. The partnership brings bolt’s smartphone protection product into Bamboo’s digital ecosystem.

Bamboo is expanding its once homeowner-focused portfolio with the addition of smartphone protection.

bolt’s smartphone protection is designed from the ground up to help insurers overcome complexity and meet the increasing demand for household level smartphone coverage. bolt’s solution is designed to be integrated into existing agent and direct-to-consumer sales journeys.

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VIU by HUB, a digital insurance brokerage platform, announced a partnership with Gonzaga University to provide alumni with the opportunity to shop for and buy personal insurance coverage through a variety of carriers while receiving advice. The partnership supports Gonzaga’s Office of Alumni and Friends by generating ancillary revenue to support alumni programs and scholarships.

Powered by Hub International Limited (HUB), a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, VIU aims to change the personal insurance experience with its embedded broker platform and omnichannel approach featuring a digital-first experience, supported by personalized live agent interactions and advice.

VIU’s technical capabilities allow the platform to be embedded within the workflows, communications, and systems of partner organizations, such as alumni associations. It enables consumers to compare, shop for, and navigate personal insurance policies across auto, home, condo, renters, life and pet, and leverages the expertise of HUB, which has been in business for more than four decades.

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Hub International Limited is a full-service global insurance broker and financial services firm providing risk management, insurance, employee benefits, retirement, and wealth management products and services.

Gonzaga University is a private Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Founded in 1887 by Joseph Cataldo, an Italian-born priest and Jesuit missionary, the university is named after the young Jesuit saint Aloysius Gonzaga.

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Canopius, a global specialty lines reinsurer, and Measured Analytics and Insurance, an AI-powered cyber insurance provider, announced a new capacity partnership to offer cyber insurance and cybersecurity solutions to small and mid-sized businesses in the U.S.

Canopius joins Paris-based reinsurer SCOR, which has been a long-standing lead capacity provider for Measured’s strategic growth. The new partnership will combine Canopius’ and SCOR’s cyber expertise and global reach with Measured’s approach to cyber risk management.

Measured’s solutions leverage artificial intelligence, proprietary threat insights, and behind the firewall data in an effort to identify security threats and reduce businesses’ potential exposure.

Measured’s proprietary analytics and technology-oriented underwriting aims to generate deeper insights for insurers and value for customers at the initiation of a policy.

Sources: bolt, Hub International Limited, Measured Analytics and Insurance