“We place our products on our partners’ platforms so that people can have easy access. They usually contact us for further information” –  Henky Oktavianus, AXA Mandiri alternative channel director....

Berlin-based cross-selling platform Simplesurance announced it has raised an undisclosed funding from Rakuten and its existing investors (think: Route 66, and Allianz, to name two) – stating that the total funding of the...

Before. After. Let me explain. Israeli startup Atidot announced the launch of a predictive analytics platform for the life insurance sector that allows insurers to load data into the platform to later slice...

Irish broker Find Insurance NI announced the launch of Aviate Protect, a digital brand that looks to offer commercial drone coverage to the UK market. At this point, it is still working on its digital...

I gave Next Insurance’s latest Facebook bot for personal trainers insurance a try. Have a long look .                         Try...

Data and analytics company Arity, the one that’s kind of like a startup but with the full funding of Allstate, has announced its plans to open two additional offices in San Francisco...

Basel-based Baloise Group is making progress with the launch of its digital auto insurer Friday, which is now in private beta mode . The German brand is looking to offer car insurance quotes in...

Finland’s Mandatum Life is marketing its life insurance product to entrepreneurs. Specifically to entrepreneurs. Perhaps because one survey found that women think ‘Entrepreneur’ is the sexiest profession. Perhaps not. Either way, have a look. Oh...

Travelers announced its plans to acquire London-based small business insurance aggregator Simply Business for $490 million; only a year after it was acquired by NY-based Aquiline Capital Partners for £120 million. That’s >3X...

Meet SureBuddy . Think: a mobile app that provides customers with free phone insurance or funeral insurance in exchange for watching sponsored ads. Fast five, below. (1) Available in Uganda and...

UK’s home emergency and repair experts HomeServe announced a partnership with RSA to trial a smart water leak detector, LeakBot, which will be offered to More Th>n (a subsidiary of RSA ) customers. Recall: LeakBot...

Recall. Last year Berkshire Hathaway launched a D2C commercial brand called Cover Your Business. Since then, it had a change of heart. Meet biBERK. Same value proposition. Way better branding. Bottom...

Before. After. Note: “And financial industry”. Retail banks, SPIXII has something for you.

Earlier this week London-based OINKY raised $1 million in seed. The startup is basically an automatic savings plan, which offers a mobile app that connects to one’s bank account, calculates how much he-slash-she...