Technology & Analytics
How On-Demand Tech Will Help Insurers Show Their Value Post Crisis
Since I started this series, the world's perception of insurance and its value has changed. There are countless stories bashing the inability of insurance to protect during a pandemic. Hopefully, the ...
Turning Intelligent Sensors and Signals Into Insurance Customer Value
Amazon's futuristic Go stores caught the world by storm with a new vision for advanced shopping customer experiences. In fact, 7-Eleven felt the heat and recently announced their plans to build ...
New InsurTech Venture Capital Financings Dropped by Half in Q1
Already, the coronavirus pandemic has taken a big bite out of InsurTech venture capital financings. Venture capital investments in the sector reached $760 million in the 2020 first quarter, about 50 ...
Lemonade Enters the Netherlands Insurance Marketplace
Lemonade is now doing business in the Netherlands, its second European country after debuting in Germany nine months ago. The New York-based InsurTech said that Dutch customers can purchase contents ...
Ageas Goes AI for Claims Process Via Tractable Partnership
UK insurer Ageas will start using artificial intelligence to create end-to-end assessments and estimates of vehicle damage during a claims process. The move comes thanks to a partnership with ...
Hippo Partners With SimpliSafe to Give Customers Home Alarm Options
Hippo Insurance will enhance its customer offerings through a new partnership with home alarm company SimpliSafe. Hippo, an InsurTech and managing general agent, said the arrangement will add ...
InsurTechs Focused on Claims Handling, Business Insurance Raise New Venture Funding
A Berlin-based InsurTech that provides artificial intelligence for cognitive claims handling pulled in an additional $13 million for a Series A financing. A Cincinnati startup raised an ...
Using Behavioral Economics to Improve P/C Insurance Outcomes
The sensors in your house track your habits and convey them to your insurer, who underwrites your homeowners policy. A customer signs an "honesty pledge" and then reports a claim to the insurer. ...