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Top 10 Takeaways from InsureTech Connect 2017 Conference
More than 3,800 insurance and technology enthusiasts gathered at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas in October for the second annual InsureTech Connect Conference. In addition to insurance executives, the ...
Liberty Mutual Sees Opportunity in Joining P2P Car-Sharing Startup’s $92M Financing
Liberty Mutual's venture arm is among the investors backing the new $92 million funding round for Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. Dan Robinson, managing director of Liberty Mutual ...
P2P Startup Lemonade Closes $34M in New Financing From General Catalyst, Others
Lemonade nailed down $34 million in new venture financing, a crucial, second round of financing as the peer-to-peer InsurTech startup focuses on expanding and growing sales of its renters and ...
Root Debuts; Carrier’s Smartphone App Helps Good Drivers Get Cheaper Rates
Root officially debuts in the U.S. market on Oct. 25. The fledgling auto insurer, just 18 months old, relies on telematics and a customer's smartphone to deliver what it says will be significantly ...
Reporter’s Notebook: 10 Takeaways From InsureTechConnect
You've probably heard there is tremendous investor interest right now in technology-first insurance startups, or InsurTech firms. The first InsureTech Connect Conference in Las Vegas in early October ...
Unusual Move: Lemonade Reveals Data From Initial 2 Days of Operation
Lemonade, the peer-to-peer InsurTech startup that launched only a few weeks ago on Sept. 21 selling renters and homeowners insurance in New York, sold 142 policies and generated $14,300 in gross ...
Lloyd’s, XL Catlin, Munich Re Among Lemonade’s Reinsurance Backers
Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade said it has signed on several global reinsurers, including Lloyd's of London, XL Catlin and Berkshire Hathaway's National Indemnity. Everest Re, Hiscox and ...
P2P Insurance Startup Lemonade Attracts Sagalow, Other AIG, ACE Vets to Exec Roster
An instech startup looking to disrupt the property/casualty insurance industry with a new business model has turned to four seasoned insurance executives from traditional carriers AIG and ACE ...