Technology & Analytics
Tech Learning Startup Talespin Raises $15M; Farmers Is Early Investor
Talespin secured $15 million in new financing, adding to an investor roster that includes Farmers Insurance. The Los Angeles-based startup plans to use the funding to further develop its extended ...
How Insurance Executives Can Harness the Power of Behavioral Economics
Property/casualty insurers, whether they know it or not, are well-schooled in behavioral economics. We used to intuitively understand business success was about customer relationships and driving a ...
Anthemis Raises $90M Venture Capital Fund for InsurTech Investments
Financial services venture capital firm Anthemis has raised $90 million for a new fund that will invest in fast-growing insurance technology startups, the company said on Thursday. Investors in the ...
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 ...