Technology/Science
Germany’s Getsafe Raises $30M from Swiss Re, Others; Eyes Becoming Full Carrier
Digital MGA Getsafe disclosed $30 million in new financing led by new investor Swiss Re. The Heidelberg, Germany-based InsurTech said the money will help build its market dominance among millennials ...
Middle Market Businesses Represent Untapped Telematics Opportunity: Nationwide Survey
Most middle market business owners are more interested in vehicle telematics insurance products than their agents realize, a dynamic that reveals a significant opportunity to sell the technology more ...
Travelers Will Buy Plymouth Rock’s Digital Agency InsuraMatch for Undisclosed Price
The Travelers Companies has agreed to acquire InsuraMatch, a national digital independent insurance agency, from the Plymouth Rock Group of Companies. Neither side disclosed financial terms. The ...
VIDEO: Experts Urge InsurTech-Like ‘Outside-In’ Thinking From Insurers
Are you using your vehicle to transport people? That's just one of the "archaic questions" that insurers might be still be asking, Chetan Kandhari, Chief Innovation and Digital Officer for ...
Potential Industry Disrupter: Insurance-as-a-Service
How do property/casualty insurers and brokers stack up against other industries in terms of innovation? In short, they aren't sprinting anywhere as fast as "innovation natives" in the high-tech and ...
Hover CEO Altman Eyes Growth, Future as a Standalone 3D Software Company
Often an InsurTech attracts venture investment from at least one insurer, sometimes two. For Hover's recent $60 million Series D round, there were three. Capital contributions came from the insurers ...
Zywave Will Snatch Up ITC
Insurance technology company Zywave said it will acquire Insurance Technologies Corporation (ITC), a provider of marketing, rating and management software and services for the insurance industry. ...
Flyreel Raises $10M for AI Underwriting and Claims Technology
Flyreel, an artificial intelligence startup focused on claims technology for residential and commercial property insurers, raised $10 million in Series A financing from investors including Guidewire ...