Before:   After:     The Cincinnati-based insurance agency, established in 1955, is among the largest independent P&C agencies and the largest group health brokerages. Partners include: Acuity, Chubb and Selective;...

White Mountains Insurance Group announced its plans to acquire a majority equity stake in NSM Insurance Group, a specialty insurance program administrator. The transaction values NSM at approximately $388M. White Mountains intends...

Accolade announced $50M in funding led by existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Carrick Capital Partners, Madrona Venture Group and McKesson Ventures, with participation from new investors including Cross Creek Advisors and Madera Technology Partners. The round brings Accolade’s...

MetLife and WeSure, digital insurance provider owned by Tencent, announced a strategic partnership to offer insurance solutions to travelers through Tencent’s WeSure online insurance platform.     This alliance marries...

Seattle-based Tomorrow, a provider of a mobile app (available for iOS devices) that integrates a legal will, trust and life insurance into a single flow, is working on a web...

UK-based Midrive announced that it has raised £1.9M from over 450 investors through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, bringing its total funding to date to ~$9.6M.     The company, established in...

GoBear, Asia’s metasearch engine for insurance and financial products, celebrated its first birthday this month, recording a 50% month on month growth in usage since its launch last March. In...

Munich Re’s digital car insurer Nexible has found a way to make sure policyholders know what to do in the event of a claim. It mails them a label/badge to hand...

Did You Know? Each day in the US, more than 1,000 people are injured in crashes reported to have involved a distracted driver.   Enter Subaru. No kids. No debt. No...

Bunker, the San Francisco-based insurance startup launched to embed insurance directly into the contracting process, announced its partnership with Chubb to offer flexible insurance for the growing flexible workforce. Keyword: flexible.  ...

According to TheBusinessDesk.com, MoneySuperMarket.com has been given the green light to press ahead with a £40m acquisition of Decision Technologies.     London-based Decision Technologies is a team of 54 led by Michael Philips that...

Swedish insurer Moderna, owned by Tryg, announced the launch of UBI for small businesses with up to 9 employees. The two insurance programs – called Smart Flex and Enerfy – were developed in...

The first mobile bank in Switzerland is called Zak and it is brought to you by Bank Cler, the Switzerland-based retail bank engaged in banking products and services for private...

Digital commercial broker Embroker is now integrated with Clio to offer law firms easy access to E&O insurance.     Refresher: Clio, one of Canada’s fastest growing technology companies, was...