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About Cake Insure’s CEO
Rob Norris is the CEO of Cake Insure Inc., a digital provider of workers compensation insurance. Cake is a subsidiary of Pinnacol Assurance, a Colorado-based insurance company. Cake's approach to ...
Nationwide Vet Miller to Launch E&S-Focused Specialty Insurer
Ex-Nationwide veteran executive Mike Miller plans to roll out a new digitally-focused specialty property/casualty insurer. Dubbed Ategrity Specialty Insurance Company, the fledgling insurer will ...
B3i Blockchain Industry Collaboration Morphs Into a Startup Company
An international multicarrier collaboration focused on testing the potential of blockchain in the industry has incorporated as a startup company. The Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i) ...
Lemonade Expands Again, Into D.C. and Pennsylvania
Lemonade, an insurance startup that relies on artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, has launched in both Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. It announced the expansion on social media. These ...
UK InsurTech Startup Inzura Raises $1M to Fuel Machine Learning/AI Growth Plans
Inzura, the London-headquartered InsurTech startup, announced the completion of its first major funding round, raising $1 million to pursue what it said will be ambitious growth plans. Investors ...
Armed With a $25M Infusion, Hippo Envisions National Homeowners Insurance Expansion
Hippo has nailed down $25 million in new Series B funding, a cash infusion the provider of super-quick homeowners insurance will use to fuel a hiring and geographical expansion. Comcast Ventures and ...
Want to Innovate? Empower Low-Level Employees, NYIT Research Says
Companies that can quickly respond to external changes are more likely to achieve long-term success, and by this measure, small firms excel. New research by New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) ...
Insurance Startup Root Hires Ex-State Auto Exec Powell as Its CFO
Insurance startup Root is tapping a former State Auto executive Cindy Powell as its chief financial officer. Powell had been at State Auto Insurance Companies for 26 years, and served as its first ...