Technology/Science
InsurTech Speakers Blaze Trail From Michelin Guides to Smartphones
People who buy gasoline generally don't care for the product or enjoy the experience of pumping gas—they just want to drive. Chris Colborn, chief experience officer for the Lippincott creative ...
Nationwide Eyes Q4 Rollout for Spire, a Digital Auto Insurance Platform
Nationwide is striking hard against digital insurer upstart competitors with the debut of Spire, a digital auto insurance platform with an eye on millennial customers. Spire rolls out in the 2019 ...
Lockton Joins $32 Million Funding for Bold Penguin, a Commercial Lines InsurTech
Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance technology provider in Columbus, Ohio, said it has completed a $32 million Series B funding round, bringing the total capital it has raised to more than $50 ...
InsurTech CEO Viewpoint: 3 Startup Hacks to Ensure a Successful Pilot
I've been asked to sit on an upcoming panel at InsureTech Connect moderated by the Global Insurance Accelerator to discuss ways to ensure startups don't mess up pilot opportunities with incumbent ...
Bold Penguin Touts Expansion of Agent-Friendly Commercial Insurance Digital Storefront Tech
Bold Penguin, an InsurTech startup and commercial insurance technology provider, said it has expanded access to its portal that helps users triage, quote and bind commercial insurance. The company's ...
New InsurTech Financings Focused on Agencies, Cyber and Analytics
Broker Buddha raised $4.5 million to help advance its agency operations technology that simplifies commercial insurance application and renewals. Kovrr, a Tel Aviv-based predictive cyber risk ...
Execs Tasked With Cyber Risk Management Spend Little Time on Task: Marsh
A majority of busy board members and senior executives who are responsible for their organization's cyber risk management spent less than a day in the last year focusing on cyber risk issues, ...
The Hanover’s ‘Digital Assist’ Digital Strategy Explained
As insurers embrace InsurTech in multiple ways, The Hanover Insurance Group's Richard Lavey offers some advice: Not everything works as initially envisioned, and that's OK. "'If you build it, they ...