Technology & Analytics
Broker Investor Group Chooses 12 InsurTechs for First Cohort Program
BrokerTech Ventures, an investor group and accelerator program led by nine insurance brokerages, has selected 12 InsurTechs for its first cohort that convenes March 2 in Des Moines, Iowa, for a ...
Updated: Tractable Raises $25M to Expand Reach of AI Accident Recovery Tech
Tractable, an InsurTech developing artificial intelligence for accident and disaster recovery, nailed down $25 million in new venture financing. The money infusion will be used to accelerate a push ...
Nationwide Teaming Up With Toyota on New Insurance Program
Nationwide is teaming up with Toyota Insurance Management Solutions (TIMS), Toyota's exclusive independent insurance agency for North America, to launch TIMS BrightDrive, a Toyota insurance ...
Dearly Departed InsurTechs: Expect Their Numbers to Rise
For every Lemonade and Root that launches with great fanfare, attracts hundreds of millions of dollars in venture funding and publicizes every facet of its growth, there are many InsurTechs that ...
Kingdollar Comments: Emerging Risk Issues Left Out of Algorithms
Emerging issues occur far more frequently than "black swans" and include more than just "casualty catastrophes." Still, such issues have, and will continue to, cost the property/casualty insurance ...
Majority of Smart Home Device Owners Willing to Share Data With Insurers—for a Discount
While privacy remains a concern, 78 percent of smart home device owners are open to sharing their data with their insurer to assist in policy pricing, but most (65 percent) would only do so if ...
At-Bay Pulls in $34M From Munich Re, Others; Cyber Insurance Expansion Planned
Cyber Insurance startup At-Bay raised a new $34 million venture capital round, CEO and Co-Founder Rotem Iram disclosed in a recent blog posting. Munich Re Ventures and Acrew Capital led the Series B ...
Arch Grabs Majority Stake in Australia Data Company PMAP
Arch Reinsurance, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced it will acquire a majority stake in Precision Marketing Asia Pacific (PMAP), subject to regulatory and ...