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GEICO adds auto insurance estimates to ChatGPT

By Shefi Ben-Hutta

GEICO joins U.S. insurers including Allstate, Liberty Mutual, Plymouth Rock, MetLife Pet, EMPLOYERS and ALPS.

Business

Kerr Approves New Flood Insurance Company

By Avi Ben-Hutta ·

LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr today released the following statement announcing that he has granted a Certificate of Authority to Florida-based Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company...

Investments

San Fran-Based Cover Announces Series A to Bring Computer Vision to Insurance

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

San Fran-based Cover announced it has raised $8M in a Series A round led by Social Capital, bringing its total funding to date to $11M. The mobile first insurance...

Business

Young Alfred Expands Product Scope to Addl. Personal Lines

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Philadelphia-based digital broker Young Alfred has expanded its product scope to include most personal lines products. Recall: the startup was launched in 2016 by David Stasie and Jason Christiansen to become one’s ‘property insurance...

Business

CUNA Mutual Experiences Strong Traction With Online Term Life Insurance Product

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

TruStage simplified-issue term life insurance surpasses $500 million in policies written with availability in 49 states TruStage, CUNA Mutual Group’s consumer brand, announced today that its simplified-issue term life product, unveiled...

Business

On the Formation of Zenith-Prudential Life Insurance & Zurich Insurance Middle East, a Cigna-owned company

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

British insurer Prudential announced the purchase of a majority stake in Nigeria’s Zenith Life as it looks to access the country’s fast-growing insurance market . Also, it signed a deal...

Innovation

Uber, Lyft Drivers Can Offset Cost of Insurance With Cargo

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet Cargo, a one-year-old startup offering drivers of Uber, Lyft and the like, a way to earn some extra cash by placing vending machines in their vehicles. Here’s...

Strategy

Generali To Sell $50B German Life Portfolio

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Italian insurer Generali has put its $50 billion German life insurance portfolio up for sale as it restructures in Europe , according to Reuters. “A sale of certain portfolios within...

Business

Commissioner Navarro Issues Statement on Genworth Form A Process

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

The Delaware Department of Insurance (“Department”) is actively reviewing an Application for the Acquisition of Control of Genworth Life Insurance Company (“GLIC”) by China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd....

Strategy

Chinese Online Insurer Zhong An Files For Up To $1.5 billion HK IPO

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

China’s first internet-only insurer, whose current major shareholders include two of China’s largest Internet companies – Alibaba Group’s Ant Financial affiliate with 16% and Tencent Holdings with 12%, has filed...

Investments

Challenger bank Revolut To Enter Travel Insurance

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

London-based ‘challenger bank’ Revolut announced it has raised $66M in a Series B round bringing its total funding to date to $83M since it was founded in 2015. The mobile-first...

Marketing

Sneak Peek into AmTrust’s Digital Project AmVenture

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet AmVenture. Think: the marketing organization for AmTrust Financial Services with a special sweet spot for workers compensation insurance. Also think – an attempt by a Fortune 500 insurer to tap...

Meet The 1st Conversational AI for Data Visualization

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Meet Veezoo. A two-year-old Swiss startup that wants to be the brain of the company by taking over control of its data. It uses AI to teach companies about their...

Strategy

Oscar Partners with Humana to expand Oscar for Business to Nashville

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

NY-based member focused, tech-driven health startup Oscar announced it has partnered with health insurer Humana to bring Oscar for Business to the city of Nashville, Tennessee. This partnership with Humana gives Oscar for...

Technology

The Institutes Announces Formation of RiskBlock

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

The Institutes, the leading education provider for the risk management and property-casualty insurance industry, have announced the formation of RiskBlock, a blockchain consortium for the risk management and insurance industry....

Business

Esurance Co-Founder and former Senior Executive Chuck Wallace joins Clearsurance Board of Directors

By Shefi Ben-Hutta ·

Clearsurance, the first-to-market crowdsourced review and ratings platform exclusively for the insurance industry, is pleased to announce Chuck Wallace has joined the company as an Independent Director effective July 1, 2017 . “We...

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EverPeak® Names Patrick Daley Chief Underwriting Officer

By Elizabeth Johnson, EverPeak Insurance ·

Bindable Enters Next Chapter of Growth Through Acquisition by Franklin Madison

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