Remember when digital commercial broker Next Insurance made the news because it was the first to offer a chatbot to enable personal trainers to quote and purchase insurance via Facebook Messenger? Refresher: that was back...

Chicago-based commercial insurer CNA announced the launch of its new Get a Quote feature to allow small business owners to obtain a quote indication for small business and/or workers’ compensation insurance online . Look....

The Travelers Companies, Inc. today launched its Every Second Matters national initiative targeting the distracted driving problem . Through a series of forums held across the country by the company’s public policy division,...

Cambodian Investment Management Insurance Agent, a majority owned subsidiary of Cambodian Investment Management, has launched the first online insurance portal in Cambodia . The platform is available for quoting health,...

Yesterday AIG reported a net loss of $1.7B for the third quarter of 2017, compared to net income of $462M in the prior-year quarter. After-tax operating loss was $1.1B for the third quarter...

85% of today’s banking interactions are done through a smartphone    Telecommunications operator Orange has launched its own bank across France, and has announced its subsequent launch in Spain and Belgium....

CreditKarma announced its new mission to help drivers manage their vehicle finances; insurance included .   The company known for its credit monitoring service is offering an auto-assistant dashboard to allow users...

AIG is introducing Blackboard, the new brand name and logo for its technology-focused subsidiary, formerly operating under the Hamilton USA brand. Recall: AIG completed the acquisition of Hamilton USA on...

MyGearVault (MGV), which launched earlier this year in the US to offer photographers and videographers a mobile app to store their equipment and get insurance too, is now live in...

Zurich Seguros announces the appointment of Blanca Berruguete as Global Relationship Leader of the Zurich Empresas unit. Her responsibility is to manage the relationships with the large corporate clients of the...

Fanhua Inc., (Nasdaq:FANH), (the “Company” or “Fanhua”), a leading independent online-to-offline (“O2O”) financial services provider in China, today announced that, as part of its transition towards the fee-based property and...

The highlight of today’s insurance-slash-insurtech partnerships in 5 words? QBE’s Insurtech Chapter One = RiskGenius. Let me explain. AI-based PaaS provider RiskGenius announced its first industry partnership with QBE Ventures....

First. Denver-based Friday Health Plans is ready to offer plans through the Friday Health Plans brand starting January 1, 2018 . Look.   Second. Speaking of Friday, thinking of Friday. The...

A recent late-night phone call in Tucson propelled GEICO to 16 million policies in force . The record-breaking policy was sold recently at 1:01 a.m. EST by Tucson sales agent...