INSURTECH
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COVID-19 One Year Later: The Digital Transformation of Insurance
Samir Gulati | March 04, 2021
COVID-19 has accelerated digital adoption, especially in the areas of claims adjustment and fraud prevention...
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SIMON Adds Brighthouse Financial to Annuities Platform
Staff Writer | March 03, 2021
Financial professionals can now run powerful allocation analytics on Brighthouse Financial annuities in SIMON’s centralized Marketplace...
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EIS Partners With esure Group to Expedite Its Digital Transformation
Staff Writer | March 03, 2021
Coretech pioneer EIS will deliver a customer-centric platform to support esure’s digital transformation...
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Carpe Data Partners with Unqork to Help P/C Insurers Improve Automation
Staff Writer | March 03, 2021
Integration of emerging and alternative data into enterprise no-code platform brings insurers unprecedented speed-to-market and insight...
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Vertafore and Nationwide Partner on Commercial Submissions to Improve Market Connectivity
Staff Writer | March 03, 2021
Partnership will deliver increased efficiency for Nationwide agency partners and expanded access to Vertafore's real-time commercial policy quoting...
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Next Insurance to Acquire AP Intego
Staff Writer | March 03, 2021
Deal doubles the size of Next Insurance's business and adds 160 team members, over 75,000 small business customers and a leading partner network with...
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Electronic Chat with Michael Kassing, CEO/CVO, insured.io
Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 01, 2021
A former combat medic with an MGA background, he brings a unique perspective to insurtech...
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Buckle Adds Crash Risk Data from TNEDICCA to Auto Insurance Underwriting
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
Using non-traditional data sources from TNEDICCA to fairly underwrite comprehensive auto policies at better rates...
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Donegal Selects CoreLogic’s P&C Claims Workflow and Management Solution
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
Cloud-based digital insurance hub will enable faster processing of claims and enhance customer experience through the claims settlement process...
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Zelros Raises $11 Million in Series A Funding to Bring AI-Powered Responsible Insurance Distribution to North America
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
French insurtech startup paves a path to automation and innovation for insurers...
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BrokerTech Ventures Announces 2021 Cohort Class for Accelerator
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
Startups from across the U.S. and the Netherlands gain access to intentional engagement and distribution offerings through BrokerTech Ventures...
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Veruna Names Sheri Raznick as Head of Implementation
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
B2B SaaS software veteran to lead implementations during company’s high-growth period...
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Ask Kodiak and Coterie Partner for Business Classification and Ease of Integration
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Coterie specializes in commercial coverages for small businesses...
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Technology-Enabled, Premium Homeowners Insurer Openly Enters Indiana
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
Openly looks to capitalize on Indiana’s status as an ideal, untapped market for premium homeowners insurance...
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Talage Releases Wheelhouse Ease of Use Update for Agents
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
This version introduces the ability to launch targeted, industry-specific landing pages which aid in customer acquisition of small commercial clients...
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Majesco Continues Expansion of Majesco EcoExchange Marketplace with Two New Partners
Staff Writer | February 25, 2021
New apps provide claims capabilities for insurers to accelerate business transformation and address the demand for digital claims...
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InsurTech NY and InsurTech Hartford Announce Virtual Joint Conference
Staff Writer | February 23, 2021
Conference will feature speakers from insurers and brokers making strides in innovation insurtech startups that have impacted the industry...
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Flipping the Fraud Triangle
Jeffrey Cirino | February 23, 2021
Identifying pressure and rationalization early on helps eliminate opportunity -- the key to committing fraud...
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Policygenius Welcomes Bill Shepherd as Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | February 18, 2021
Shepherd brings experience from Bridgewater Associates, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America...
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Sapiens Partners with VPay to Extend Digital Payment to Workers’ Comp Insurers
Staff Writer | February 17, 2021
Partnership will help workers’ compensation insurers achieve economies of scale...
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Semsee and Ask Kodiak Partner to Power Agents' New Business Submissions in Commercial Lines
Staff Writer | February 16, 2021
Semsee has integrated Ask Kodiak's appetite and eligibility checking capabilities or technology into its platform, giving agents real-time visibility...
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Marble Secures $2.5M in Seed Round Funding, Launches First Digital Wallet and Rewards for Insurance
Staff Writer | February 16, 2021
Marble introduces loyalty platform where members can earn 5% of the value of their insurance premium in rewards...
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LeaseLock Hires David Hemry as Director of Claims Innovation
Staff Writer | February 16, 2021
Former USAA & Farmers product leader to accelerate innovation for insurtech platform...
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Policygenius Welcomes Megan Pittman as Vice President of People
Staff Writer | February 16, 2021
Pittman was Senior Global Director of Human Resource Business Partners and High Volume Recruiting at Stitch Fix...
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MSO Partners with Martin & Company
Staff Writer | February 11, 2021
MSO member companies should find value with this new strategic partnership and take full advantage of their products and services...
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Wunderite Powers Digital-First Model for Independent Insurance Agencies
Staff Writer | February 11, 2021
Boston-based insurtech digitizes sales process for upstart independent insurance agency Dremca and insurance carrier partner Acadia...
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OWIT Global Announces Website Enhancements for MGAs, MGUs
Staff Writer | February 11, 2021
The website provides content that helps MGAs/MGUs understand options to solve their technology needs...
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The Helper Bees Grows 200% in 2020
Staff Writer | February 08, 2021
THB has helped 12,500 families get reimbursed for over 1.1 million hours of home care, a 2.5X increase over 2019...
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Credit Risk, ESG, Cybersecurity Top Risk Concerns for Financial Institutions, Deloitte Finds
Staff Writer | February 10, 2021
Biennial survey finds financial services firms moved credit risk to the top of the risk management agenda...
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Quadient Announces Release of Version 1.2 of Cloud-based Platform Quadient Impress
Staff Writer | February 08, 2021
Offers real-time intelligence capabilities to optimize multichannel outbound document management...
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EigenRisk to Provide Global Political Violence Alerts on Cat Risk Management Platform
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
New resource available through agreement with ACLED...
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TrustLayer Raises $6.6 Million in Seed Financing to Expand its Insurance Verification and Compliance Platform
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
Next-gen collaborative risk management platform company receives strong backing from the insurance industry to accelerate growth of the industry’s...
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Talage Plans for Growth with Expansion of Engineering Team
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
New technology talent ensures ongoing rapidity of product development and integrations...
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Relay Launches New Digital Quoting Solution for Commercial Insurance
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
I5 enables faster delivery of proposals from panels of P&C carriers to appointed insurance brokers...
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Hagerty’s Expanded Roadside Service Program Goes Digital with Agero, powered by Swoop
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
Enhancements include mobile app-like experience, GPS-enabled service tracking and more...
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Universal Fire and Casualty Insurance Company Selects ClarionDoor to Launch New Commercial Products
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
Invested in ClarionDoor’s API-first, cloud-native technologies to move past legacy limitations, and rapidly launch new commercial insurance products...
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Branch Insurance Launches in Indiana
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
Startup brings auto and homeowners building to Hoosier state...
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American Farmers and Ranchers Selects Sapiens CoreSuite for P&C with ReinsurancePro
Staff Writer | February 04, 2021
Sapiens solutions enable AFR to migrate all lines of business to a single digital platform and automate their manual reinsurance...
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Insurity Expands System Integrator (SI) Program with 14 Major Partners
Staff Writer | February 02, 2021
14 major system integration companies now implementing Insurity’s policy, billing, and claims software across 18 of the world’s leading insurers...
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Vertafore Wins Honors for Innovation, Insurtech Solutions, Culture
Staff Writer | February 02, 2021
Company’s commitment to customers and employees earns slate of new awards...
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Premium Homeowner Insurer Openly Expands into Wisconsin
Staff Writer | February 02, 2021
Independent agents and homeowners in Wisconsin can now benefit from Openly’s personalized coverage...
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Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution Alliance Ecosystem Celebrates 100 Partner Milestone
Staff Writer | February 01, 2021
Guidewire continues to expand the breadth of integrations benefiting its global community of P&C insurers...
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Canadian Insurtech Foxquilt Announces Partnership with Digital Partners, a Munich Re company
Staff Writer | January 29, 2021
Foxquilt launches as a full-service provider of small business insurance...
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Insurtech Rhino Announces $95 Million New Capital Raise
Staff Writer | January 29, 2021
Security deposit insurtech to expand operations to reach its goal of saving renters $500 million in 2021...
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Joshu Raises $3.7 Million Seed Round to Digitize and Modernize Commercial Insurance
Staff Writer | January 29, 2021
Financing led by Blumberg Capital supports Joshu's mission to help insurance carriers launch online distribution channels...
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Wawanesa Selects Guidewire Cloud for Digital Business Growth
Staff Writer | January 29, 2021
Largest Canadian mutual insurer to transition from on-premises deployment to Guidewire Cloud...
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Leaders Rise from a Year Like No Other!
Denise Garth | January 29, 2021
COVID has accelerated digital trends and widened the gap between leaders, followers, and laggards, writes Majesco's Denise Garth...
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Openly Partners with Flyreel on Self-Guided Virtual Property Inspections
Staff Writer | January 28, 2021
Partnership will modernize and simplify the homeowners insurance process...
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Branch Insurance Partners with ADT to Protect Home & Auto
Staff Writer | January 28, 2021
Branch customers using ADT get 29% discount on home and auto insurance...
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Hiscox Chooses Talage’s Wheelhouse to Improve Digital Distribution of Small Commercial Products
Staff Writer | January 26, 2021
Wheelhouse helps agents and carriers sell small business coverage via any channel...
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Ask Kodiak and Vertafore Announce Partnership
Staff Writer | January 26, 2021
Real-time appetite and eligibility information now available via Ask Kodiak integrations with Vertafore insurance software solutions...
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OWIT Global Announces New Version of User Experience Microservice
Staff Writer | January 26, 2021
Advanced version continues to provide no-code option to configure all types of portals...
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The Answer to “So What?”
Bob Frady | February 03, 2021
To sell a product in a saturated market, insurtechs must be able to develop a customized answer to the eternal question...
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Getting Creative to Hit COVID Curveballs Out of the Park
Bob Frady | January 13, 2021
The disappearance of in-person trade shows left HazardHub with no way to communicate. Their solution: videos...
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Electronic Chat with Jonathan Roomer, Co-Founder, YuLife
Laura Mazzuca Toops | January 25, 2021
The YuLife app rewards policyholders for looking after their well-being – if they go for a walk or practice meditation...
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Electronic Chat with Ellen Moser, Senior Client Executive, Origami Risk LLC
Laura Mazzuca Toops | February 08, 2021
Origami recently rolled out new online tools enabling employers to track employee COVID-19 vaccinations and monitor outbreaks...
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Electronic Chat with Eugenio Gonzalez, Plug and Play
Laura Mazzuca Toops | January 11, 2021
Gonzalez is an early-stage venture capital investor at Plug and Play Ventures, focused on insurtech, fintech, AI, and more...
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Nexilis’ Distribution Platform Selected by W.H. Greene and Associates to Drive Underwriting Transformation
Staff Writer | January 06, 2021
Commercial MGA to use Nexilis Distribution in the cloud to create efficiency and cost savings...
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Breeze Adds Critical Illness Insurance to Digital Platform, Growing Partnership with Assurity Life
Staff Writer | January 06, 2021
Strategic move provides consumers with easier access to affordable insurance products in underserved markets...
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New Report Projects Global Insurtech to Grow by $21 Billion During 2020-2024
Staff Writer | January 06, 2021
New Technavio report predicts CAGR of over 36% throughout the forecast period...
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Buckle Appoints Sharon Fernandez to Head of Insurance
Staff Writer | January 05, 2021
She comes from Farmers Business Insurance where she most recently served as President...
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InsurTech NY Announces Global Early-Stage Insurtech Competition
Staff Writer | January 05, 2021
$200,000 in prizes to be awarded...
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Altshuler Shaham Selects Sapiens for the Operation and Automation of its Provident and Pension Funds
Staff Writer | January 05, 2021
Altshuler Shaham is Israel’s largest investment house and fastest growing provident and pension funds...
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The 2020 Virtual Event Wasteland
Kaylee Sandstrom | January 04, 2021
From a sponsor’s perspective, some virtual events got it right; others failed miserably...
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Insurtechs, Investors Optimistic About Post-COVID Future, New DIA/McKinsey Study Finds
Laura Mazzuca Toops | December 28, 2020
88% of insurtechs expect stronger demand for products and services once the COVID crisis is over...
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Finding Grandmas
Marty Ellingsworth | December 23, 2020
Former paperboy Marty Ellingsworth asks the question: What responsibilities come with new data possibilities...
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NetVU Announces Plans for 2021 Accelerate Conference
Staff Writer | December 21, 2020
Decision to use virtual format based on current health environment...
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Openly Secures $40M in Series B Funding Round to Accelerate Rapid Growth
Staff Writer | December 21, 2020
Closes Series B only six months following Series A round...
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No Code / Low Code: The New “Shortest Route” In Insurance Delivery
Denise Garth | December 21, 2020
Majesco's latest white paper looks at how no code/low code enables speed instead of stifling it...
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OCTO Telematics Announces OCTO IoT4Insurance on Salesforce AppExchange
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
OCTO’s customers can now benefit from OCTO IoT4Insurance...
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InterGen Data and Brandeis International Business School Launch COVID-19 Comorbidity Dashboard
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
Interactive tool uses demographic data from 8.4 million records to predict the potential for hospitalization, ICU admittance, and death...
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Bestow Announces $70 Million in Series C Funding
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
The life insurance innovator readies for product, partner and platform expansion, with $145 million in total funding to date...
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Sproutt Partners with SBLI and Afficiency to Expedite Approval Process for Personalized Life Insurance Policies
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
Insurtech startup's AI-driven lifestyle index will be able to identify and determine the most relevant and appropriate client-base in minutes...
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Tinubu® Square’s Acquisition of SuretyWave Streamlines Agent-Carrier Surety Tech Connection
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
Solution complements global firm’s Tinubu eSURETY carrier software...
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Origami Risk Unveils New Online Tools to Track COVID Vaccination
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
As vaccines roll out, risk software firm brings solution to employers in all sectors...
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BrokerTech Ventures Announces Expanded Insurance Company Partnerships
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
CRC, The Hanover, Grange Insurance, and Merchants Bonding Company Join BrokerTech Ventures Mission...
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Sapiens Partners with TruthMD to Offer Insurers Advanced Data Analytics on Medical Providers
Staff Writer | December 16, 2020
Partnership will provide clients access with real-time visibility into provider data, enhancing risk assessment, underwriting and claims management...
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Electronic Chat with Nino Tarantino, CEO- Americas, Insurance and Mobility Solutions (IMS)
Laura Mazzuca Toops | December 15, 2020
Nino Tarantino is CEO – Americas of IMS. a global provider of connected car solutions, services, and analytics to insurers, mobility operators, OEMs...
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Efma and Accenture Launch 6th Annual Innovation in Insurance Awards
Staff Writer | December 14, 2020
Awards celebrate the most innovative projects and ideas in insurance and provide a forum for organizations to share best practices...
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Next Insurance Acquires Juniper Labs
Staff Writer | December 14, 2020
The company's first acquisition will further innovation in workers' compensation and general liability product offerings through advanced machine...
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Dallas Venture Capital (DVC) Invests $3.5 Million in PLNAR's Series A Round
Staff Writer | December 14, 2020
AI/AR-enabled insurtech provides virtual, touchless processing for interior property claims...
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Quadient and Duck Creek Collaborate to Accelerate CX for Insurers
Staff Writer | December 14, 2020
Partnership will deliver enhanced omnichannel distribution capabilities to Duck Creek Claims users by leveraging Quadient’s CXM solutions...
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PruVen Capital Launches as Independent Venture Firm in Partnership with Prudential Financial
Staff Writer | December 09, 2020
Global, multistage venture fund led by Ramneek Gupta to invest $300 million in transformational startups in insurance, financial services, real estate...
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Noyo, Namely Partner to Power Connections with Insurers
Staff Writer | December 09, 2020
Noyo’s API infrastructure solution for fast, secure data exchange enables enhanced insurance experiences for Namely clients...
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Transverse Insurance Group Selects Cloverleaf Analytics for BI
Staff Writer | December 09, 2020
Transverse is a P&C insurance company specializing in program business and providing commercial and personal lines products through program...
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Talage Adds New Account Management Hires
Staff Writer | December 09, 2020
Company is investing in customer experience with the hiring of two new account executives...
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Driving Life Insurance:Tech Alone Won’t Solve Business Problems
Barbara Peterfi | December 09, 2020
COVID has highlighted the need for a more digital approach to life insurance. How can insurers avoid the pitfalls of modernization...
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Orchid Insurance Partners with Betterview to Enhance CAT-Exposed Property Underwriting
Staff Writer | December 08, 2020
Orchid Insurance will leverage Betterview’s technology to build on its underwriting capabilities for commercial properties...
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Kovrr Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type II Certification
Staff Writer | December 08, 2020
Completion highlights company’s commitment to advanced security and process standards...
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Sapiens Releases New Version of IllustrationPro and ApplicationPro Modules for Life & Annuities Market
Staff Writer | December 08, 2020
Provides strong, digital, end-to-end experience and advanced self-sufficiency for agents and brokers...
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Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies Selects IMS for Commercial Fleet Insurance Telematics Program
Staff Writer | December 08, 2020
GUARD turns to IMS to deploy complete insurance telematics program...
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Electronic Chat with Robin Roberson, Managing Director, North America, Claim Central Consolidated
Staff Writer | December 07, 2020
Services include virtual inspections as a service (VlaaS), managed repair, and other building blocks that improve technology and service accessibility...
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Ignatica, DouBao & EasiTech Ink Deal to Digitise APAC Insurance Sector
Staff Writer | December 04, 2020
New platform will speed innovation and new product development in APAC region...
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CLARA Analytics Unveils Its AI-Based Litigation Avoidance Solution for Commercial Auto
Staff Writer | December 04, 2020
CLARA Litigation for Commercial Auto reduces attorney involvement and litigation rates, improves loss ratios...
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Sapiens, LifeScore Labs Team Up to Innovate Life Insurance Underwriting
Staff Writer | December 04, 2020
Partnership will bring machine learning models to life insurers' mortality risk assessment, boosting accuracy and reducing underwriting costs...
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OWIT Global Announces New Version of Bordereaux Management Solution for North American Market
Staff Writer | December 03, 2020
Advanced version continues to provide immediate ROI for processing Bordereaux data...
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MSO Partners with Athenium Analytics
Staff Writer | December 02, 2020
Insurtech provides software solutions that empower clients to manage and measure insurance risk and quality...
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Ask Kodiak Partners with CIP for Real-Time Appetite and EligibilityReal-Time Appetite and Eligibility
Staff Writer | December 02, 2020
CIP delivers a bolt-on efficiency solution through digital partnerships focused on lead acquisition, conversion, and risk appetite management...
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Agentero Announces Partnerships with Digital Insurance Carriers
Staff Writer | December 02, 2020
Agency-driven company provides access to homeowners, auto, flood, and life insurance, and is continually adding tech-forward carriers...
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AgentSync Raises $6.7M to Scale Insurtech for Agencies
Staff Writer | December 02, 2020
Funds earmarked to scale insurtech solutions for agencies, carriers and MGAs, build Denver-based team...
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How Do You Make It Happen?
Bob Frady | December 02, 2020
A startup owner asks HazardHub CEO Bob Frady what it takes to make it in the world of insurtech. Here's his checklist for success...
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Appalachian Underwriters Partners with Slice Labs to Build and Distribute Digital On-Demand Insurance
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Enhancing insurance experience with access to fast, digital quotes and coverage...
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eMaxx appoints Governor Mary Fallin-Christensen to Board of Directors
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Former Oklahoma governor aligns with eMaxx’s focus on delivering insurance and technology solutions to policyholders and members...
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EIS Introduces Usage-Based Insurance Solution that Unifies Personal, Commercial Car Use
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Includes ridesharing solution enabling insurer to cover drivers based on inclusive set of variables...
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BrokerTech Ventures Announces International Expansion
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
BTV to fuel inaugural Israeli insurtech accelerator...
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One Inc Announces Strategic Expansion of Senior Executive Team
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Industry-leading digital payments insurtech expands C-suite to drive next phase of growth...
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AssuredPartners Selects Vertafore’s Insurtech Solutions for Next Phase of Growth
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Vertafore to fuel leading broker’s initiative to unlock new levels of...
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Xceedance Expands Actuarial and Analytics Services for Insurance Organizations
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Insurance industry veteran and actuarial expert Matthew Duke...
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Buckle Selects Sapiens Digital Financial Solutions for Gateway Insurance Company
Staff Writer | December 01, 2020
Buckle-owned insurer selects Sapiens integrated financial solutions to streamline and automate processes...
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IMS Launches Telematics App Development Framework
Staff Writer | November 30, 2020
IMS One App counters “driver feedback fatigue” by making telematics more accessible, boosting engagement, and improving program ROI...
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Electronic Chat with Jason Liu, CEO, Zywave
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 30, 2020
With two major acquisitions in the last month alone (Advisen and ITC), the cloud-based sales tool provider is on a solid growth trajectory...
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Neptune Flood Completes Residential Product Roll-Out and Launches New Policy Management Engine
Staff Writer | November 30, 2020
Residential, commercial, and RCBAP flood insurance now instantly available nationwide on Poseidon policy management system...
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Innoveo and HazardHub Announce Strategic Partnership
Staff Writer | November 25, 2020
Delivering HazardHub’s property risk data powered by Innoveo Skye no-code platform...
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Hippo Secures $350 Million Capital Investment
Staff Writer | November 25, 2020
Investment will fuel Hippo’s expansion and accelerate transformation of home insurance experience...
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Insurity Announces New "Bridge Specialty Suite" Templates
Staff Writer | November 25, 2020
New templates simplify professional liability, marine cargo, and commercial package policy LOBs...
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Zywave Acquires Insurtech Frontrunner ITC
Staff Writer | November 24, 2020
Partnership enables Zywave to deliver its operations, sales and marketing solutions to agencies selling employee benefits, commercial or personal...
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New IMS Engagement Toolset Helps Insurers Improve ROI on UBI
Staff Writer | November 24, 2020
Toolset allows insurers to craft and configure engagement campaigns that blend reward programs, which incentivize change, with practical coaching and...
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Bluefire Insurance Successfully Implements insured.io for Customer Engagement
Staff Writer | November 23, 2020
New platform consolidates Bluefire’s customer experience across multiple core administration systems...
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eMaxx Names Amy Lussier as Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | November 23, 2020
Experience includes audit, financial management and corporate strategy for Fuze, Inc. Deloitte & Touche, LLP, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Fidelis...
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ML/AI Socialeads Raises $1.7 Mil in New Funding
Staff Writer | November 23, 2020
Funds designated to expand sales team in response to increased demand from domestic and international insurance marketplace...
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New Partnership Models Take Program Business to the Next Level
Denise Garth | November 20, 2020
The insurance industry in general -- and the program and affinity business, in particular -- has much to gain from ecosystems and partnerships...
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New Study Finds Less than Half of Consumers Trust Insurers to Respond to Their Needs
Staff Writer | November 19, 2020
EIS Customer Compass Report finds online transactions, dynamic pricing, and mobile apps are top three consumer priorities...
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Guidewire Integration with Betterview Provides Insurers with Access to Superior Property Data and Visual Analytics
Staff Writer | November 18, 2020
Upgraded integration with Betterview, a Silver Sponsor for Guidewire Connections Reimagined will allow P&C underwriters to access and act on...
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Flyreel Announces $10 Million Series A Financing
Staff Writer | November 18, 2020
Acceleration of AI-assisted property underwriting, risk management, and claims, now serving 15 major insurance providers...
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Startup Branch Insurance & Cambridge Mobile Telematics Team Up to Launch Community Drive
Staff Writer | November 18, 2020
Startup and telematics company collaborate to create community of safe drivers, with kickoff starting in Ohio...
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Guidewire Announces Banff Release and Vision for the Future of P&C Claims
Staff Writer | November 17, 2020
Banff will be unveiled at Connections Reimagined, Guidewire’s customer conference on November 18 and 19...
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Zywave Acquires Insurance Data and Tech Provider Advisen
Staff Writer | November 17, 2020
Advisen's data, media and technology solutions will amplify Zywave’s existing product portfolio and accelerate its global footprint...
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Hansard Global PLC Implements Majesco Life AdminPlus, Majesco IllustratePlus and Majesco DistributionPlus
Staff Writer | November 17, 2020
Implementation sets the foundation for Hansard to transform and expand its international business model...
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Carpe Data Expands ClaimsX Partnership with The Hanover
Staff Writer | November 16, 2020
ClaimsX, Carpe Data’s innovative claims monitoring solution, leverages publicly available web data for real-time assessment and decision making, from...
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MAPFRE MSV Life Goes Live with Sapiens’ CoreSuite for Life and Pensions
Staff Writer | November 16, 2020
Platform includes policy administration, digital portals and advanced analytics...
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Electronic Chat with Andrew Mauritzen, CFO and Head of Insurance Industry, Exactuals
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 16, 2020
Exactuals is a SaaS payments, data analytics, and reporting platform for the payment of commissions, claims, and vendors...
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Orchid Insurance and Homesite Group Partner to Launch TRUE
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
New insurance carrier to protect homeowners in cat-prone states...
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INSTANDA Launches New Integration Marketplace
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
New system allows insurers access to multiple platforms in one place...
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Premium Homeowners Insurer Openly Enters Ohio Market
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
Ohio homeowners and independent agents can now buy Openly’s premium insurance, obtaining quotes in 15 seconds...
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Insurity Acquires CodeObjects
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
The move broadens Insurity's market offerings with cloud-based personal lines solutions, AI technology...
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Hiscox USA Expands Ask Kodiak Engagement
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
Ask Kodiak will now support Hiscox’s direct small commercial product appetite and eligibility in the U.S...
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Crawford Technologies Introduces Smart MailHub
Staff Writer | November 13, 2020
New tool addresses work-from-home challenges at large organizations...
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Capgemini Achieves Guidewire PartnerConnect Cloud Specialization
Staff Writer | November 12, 2020
Partners with specializations can better promote their capabilities across Guidewire products and solutions...
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Nationwide and IMS Partner on Mileage-focused Insurance Telematics Offering
Staff Writer | November 11, 2020
IMS is mileage-based technology partner for Nationwide’s SmartMiles program...
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ClarionDoor Hires InsurTech Expert David Cartagena to Lead Product Development
Staff Writer | November 11, 2020
Clear knowledge of insurer problems and IT environments will drive future innovation, flexibility, and interoperability...
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You Want Us To Do WHAT For Free?
Bob Frady | November 11, 2020
HazardHub CEO Bob Frady revisits the truism that there is no free lunch -- even in insurtechland...
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SIMON Expands Annuities Marketplace as Global Atlantic Joins Platform
Staff Writer | November 10, 2020
Global Atlantic joins SIMON’s insurtech platform, which offers powerful allocation and income analytics to wealth managers in one centralized location...
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Axio Announces Partnership with NFP to Expand Cybersecurity Capabilities, Launches New Platform for Community Banks
Staff Writer | November 10, 2020
New platform to provide a holistic view of how insurance policies would respond to cyber events, identifies losses to bank’s earnings and balance...
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Majesco Supports Launch of HSB Total Cyber™ for Digital Distribution on Majesco CloudInsurer® in 16 Weeks
Staff Writer | November 10, 2020
MVP launch rapidly brings new & innovative products to the market...
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Pie Insurance Launches Partner API
Staff Writer | November 10, 2020
Partners can integrate Pie into their systems for a seamless workers' comp insurance experience...
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BrokerTech Ventures Co-Leads Highwing Funding Round
Staff Writer | November 10, 2020
$4 million in funding secured from brokers and renowned insurtech Venture Capitalists...
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MAPFRE Deploys Guidewire for Personal Lines Business Innovation and Growth
Staff Writer | November 09, 2020
Largest auto and home insurer in Massachusetts implements Guidewire to enable digital transformation and accelerate product launches...
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Flueid Announces Appointment of EVP and General Counsel
Staff Writer | November 09, 2020
Jerry Burditt joins Flueid from Realty.com where he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel/Brokerage Operations...
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Pet Insurer Wagmo Expands to Texas
Staff Writer | November 09, 2020
Strategic partnership with Boost enabled Wagmo to build new pet insurance experience from the ground up...
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Solution enables Harford Mutual Insurance Group to roll out new products, automate business processes and enhance operational efficiencies...
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Real-time FRISS solution combines risk and fraud indicators with predictive models, network analysis, and text mining...
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Staff Writer | October 29, 2020
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Insurtech Propeller Partners with ISU Insurance Agency Network
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Surety and fidelity bond partnership will automate entire bonding process for agents...
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The move expands commercial lines opportunities to EZLynx AMS customers...
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More than $500,000 in seed funding at stake for selected broker-centric, early-stage startups...
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New commercial solution quickly delivers direct quotes across multiple carriers...
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Denise Garth, Chief Strategy Officer at Majesco, Named a Top 50 Woman Leader in SaaS
Staff Writer | October 28, 2020
Annual publication celebrates some of the most accomplished women in SaaS, based on analysis of their character, contributions, and expertise in the...
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Breckenridge Insurance Services Selects ClarionDoor to Modernize MGA Distribution
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CD MGA Hub enhances MGA experience by...
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Slice Labs and AXIS Insurance Collaborate to Bring Home Based Business Insurance to Small Businesses
Staff Writer | October 28, 2020
Providing small businesses a digital simplified experience for comprehensive coverage...
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The "Luke Skywalker of Insurance Policies" talks about the company's merger with Bold Penguin, COVID's impact on commercial insurance, and more...
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New MIT Sloan Study Finds Few Companies Gain Big Benefits from AI
Staff Writer | October 26, 2020
Findings reveal that success is linked to an organization’s ability to learn with AI...
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Staff Writer | October 23, 2020
Bolsters end-to-end billing and payments offering, further enhancing speed-to-value for carriers, MGAs, and brokers...
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Hyland Completes Acquisition of Alfresco
Staff Writer | October 22, 2020
The acquisition furthers Hyland’s vision to become the world’s leading content services provider, expanding its global footprint with additional...
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Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Implements Majesco Digital1st Insurance and Majesco Policy for P&C
Staff Writer | October 22, 2020
Insurer implements Majesco Digital1st Insurance and Majesco Policy for P&C on Majesco CloudInsurer in 11 weeks to support initiatives in the Mexico...
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Sandra Wijnberg Joins Hippo’s Board of Directors
Staff Writer | October 22, 2020
Wijnberg brings experience in insurance and financial services and currently serves on the boards of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Cognizant...
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Liberty Mutual Selects CoreLogic for Deployment of New Property Estimation Platform
Staff Writer | October 22, 2020
Next-generation cloud-based digital insurance hub will enable faster processing of claims and meet future needs of customers...
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Insurtech Coterie Teams Up with Intuit QuickBooks
Staff Writer | October 22, 2020
Integrated API helps small businesses access and obtain affordable business insurance...
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Life.io and Unqork Announce Partnership to Power New Digital Capabilities
Staff Writer | October 21, 2020
Life.io's solution can be designed to reflect and promote a company's unique brand and suite of products while actively engaging their target audience...
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HazardHub CEO Bob Frady shares why even when they do everything right on a POC, insurtechs sometimes strike out...
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Convr Launches Convr Insider, Complimentary Underwriting Tool for Commercial P&C Carriers
Staff Writer | October 20, 2020
Using Convr Insider, commercial insurers can access insights on recent trends impacting a business, including COVID-19, supporting better underwriting...
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Founder of Kiwi Introduces Pilotbird, an Insurance Analytics Product Company
Staff Writer | October 20, 2020
New company empowers carriers to make the insurance experience more relevant...
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Majesco Announces New Addition to Leadership Team with Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
Staff Writer | October 20, 2020
Seasoned financial expert Joe Aho joins established Majesco Leadership Team...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 19, 2020
Amit Ranjan is executive VP and CAO of Xceedance, a global provider of strategic operations support (SOS), including consulting, managed services...
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SageSure Launches New Line of Small Commercial Insurance Products for Coastal Businesses
Staff Writer | October 19, 2020
Residential MGU takes continuous capacity and product stability into commercial markets...
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Seibels Appoints Rao Tadepalli Chief Information Officer
Staff Writer | October 19, 2020
Tadepalli most recently served as Chief Information Officer at Great American Insurance...
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Denise Garth | October 16, 2020
Majesco's Denise Garth talks to Rob Galbraith and Bryan Falchuk about how insurance is rethinking strategic planning in light of tremendous change...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 15, 2020
The chatbot/voicebot insurtech is part of this week's GIA Insurtech Week...
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Crawford Technologies Launches CrawfordTech Accessibility Academy
Staff Writer | October 15, 2020
Program will help clients better navigate document accessibility regulations...
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Quadient Launches Revamped Partner Program Focused on Customer Experience
Staff Writer | October 15, 2020
Quadient Experience Partner Program will offer partners recognition based on revenue and technical skills through four different levels...
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Majesco Releases Version 11 R2 of L&A, Group Core Suite
Staff Writer | October 15, 2020
The new version expands pre-built lines of business and innovative and new capabilities to accelerate insurers’ customer and growth strategies...
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Cloverleaf Analytics Updates BI and Analytics Platform
Staff Writer | October 15, 2020
Updates include data architecture upgrade which enhances data load capabilities and the introduction of stronger data encryption...
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Sapiens Announces Proposed Public Offering of its Common Shares
Staff Writer | October 14, 2020
Proceeds earmarked for acquisitions or investments in companies, products or technologies and additions to working capital...
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TrustLayer Announces Lauren Karagozian of IMA Financial to Join Advisory Board
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She will provide technical and strategic advice to the board and management as they scale their customer base...
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Pie Insurance Sees Record Growth and Surpasses $100M in Premium
Staff Writer | October 14, 2020
Company becomes fastest insurtech to reach milestone...
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OWIT Global Provides Advanced Version of Integration Microservice
Staff Writer | October 14, 2020
New cloud-based microservice provides a single, configurable interface that will massage, convert and transform incoming and outgoing data...
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Nationwide and Generali Global Assistance Partner to Enhance Identity Theft Protection
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ID Theft Insurance offers opportunity to agents whose customers need the coverage...
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Majesco Releases Version 11 R2 of P&C Core Suite
Staff Writer | October 13, 2020
New features accelerate insurers’ business transformation, drive operational effectiveness and innovation of new products, process and business models...
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IMS Technology Powers Utah’s Road Usage Charge Program
Staff Writer | October 13, 2020
IMS is only solution provider to power all production deployments across North America...
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EMPLOYERS Integrates with IBQ Systems to Provide Quotes for Workers' Compensation Through New Distribution Channel
Staff Writer | October 13, 2020
Agents save time and increase efficiency by accessing EMPLOYERS quotes in a multi-carrier rating environment...
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InsurTech NY Announces its 2020 Accelerator Cohort
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For traction, 18 member corporations will work closely with the startups to establish proof of concepts and partnerships...
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Gelato is great. Gelato with sprinkles is even better. Celent's Marty Ellingsworth continues his look at new and improved risk analytics...
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Bold Penguin Reaches Definitive Agreement to Acquire RiskGenius
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Company adds qualitative policy review capabilities as it continues to be the dominant leader in small commercial connectivity...
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Bob Frady | October 07, 2020
The first of a new exclusive blog for ITA Pro by HazardHub CEO Bob Frady looks at how insurers are taking time to learn about insurtechs during COVID...
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GIA 100-Day Accelerator Program Goes Virtual for 2021
Staff Writer | October 07, 2020
The world's first insurtech accelerator program announces a fully immersive 100-day program held in Des Moines, Iowa, virtually in 2021...
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Buckle Announces Top Financial and Insurance Executive Kristi Matus as Corporate CFO and COO
Staff Writer | October 06, 2020
During nearly a decade with USAA, Kristi also served as President of Life Insurance and Investment Services and as President of the Life Insurance...
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Beyond Insurance and TrustLayer Announce New Strategic Partnership to Provide BIGN Members with Access to Risk Management Platform
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BIGN members can combine their professional risk transfer expertise to provide best-in-class, value-added services...
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In 2020, trees' leaves changing from green to yellow may be the only change that is occurring as expected...
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Arrowhead Simplifies Workers' Comp Processing
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Majesco Expands Capabilities in Distribution Management Platform Release
Staff Writer | October 06, 2020
For insurers expanding distribution channels to drive growth, self-service onboarding accelerates speed to market...
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Agero Improves Accident Experience for Insurers, Drivers with addition of Alternative Transportation by Lyft
Staff Writer | October 01, 2020
Dispatch of complimentary Lyft rides boosts customer satisfaction and...
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Acuity Integrates with Talage’s Wheelhouse to Provide Better Digital Tools to Agents
Staff Writer | October 01, 2020
“Digital transformation is critical not only to carriers, but to agents as well,” said Ben Salzmann, president and CEO of Acuity...
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Quadient Announces Inspire Days Virtual Experience
Staff Writer | October 01, 2020
Annual event will be virtual for the first time and includes six tracks accommodating global time zones...
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For P&C Insurers, accelerating their digital transition and increasing their flexibility to the “new normal” are crucial steps to take...
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Bill Chval Named Vice President of Sales to Lead Growth at Metromile Enterprise
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Insurtech veteran joins AI-driven insurer as company ramps up licensing its claims platform...
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Spruce Partners with Munich Re's Digital Partners to Offer Title Insurance Fueled by Automation
Staff Writer | September 30, 2020
U.S. homeowners, investors, and lenders will continue to have access to Spruce's digital real estate transaction process...
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Next Insurance Expands Workers' Compensation to 24 Additional States
Staff Writer | September 30, 2020
Helping small business owners meet state requirements with instant online coverage...
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Industry Veteran Chuck Fillizola Joins Instec Senior Executive Team
Staff Writer | September 29, 2020
Fillizola brings over 20 years of leadership experience to software provider as the company expands in the commercial P&C market...
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Majesco Announces the Launch of Majesco L&A Insurance Data & Analytics Platform
Staff Writer | September 29, 2020
Platform captures, analyzes and monetizes data with predictive and ML analytics, intelligent reports, and prescriptive actions...
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PLNAR Joins Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution Alliance Program
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PLNAR’s Ready for Guidewire add-on is now available in the Guidewire Marketplace to transform the interior property claims process to self-service...
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Jake Tamarkin is co-founder and CEO of Everyday Life, a Boston-based online life insurance “concierge” delivering financial solutions to mass market...
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Canal Insurance Selects One Inc for Digital Payments
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The increasing need for more robust digital payment capabilities prompted the search for a technology partner to provide a full inbound payment...
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Insurance leaders have accepted the fact that we're never going back to pre-COVID "normal." And it's a great opportunity, says Denise Garth of Majesco...
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Trillium Mutual Insurance Company Selects Guidewire for Business Innovation and Growth
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Ontario agri-business mutual insurer to leverage Guidewire for digital transformation and accelerated product launches...
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Covr Financial Technologies Names Scott Ewing Head of Direct Distribution
Staff Writer | September 24, 2020
Responsible for Covr Consumer platform and involvement in account management, product development, business development, and setting vision for...
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Sapiens Partners with GreenRoad Technologies to Improve Driver Safety & Personalize Driver Insurance Premiums
Staff Writer | September 24, 2020
Partnership enables auto insurers to excel through digital transformation, customer-centric services, and joint risk-prevention solutions...
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SBLI and Afficiency Inc. Announce Strategic Partnership
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New instant issue and 100% digital term life products for worksite and retail markets...
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Flueid Announces Appointment of New Chief Information Officer
Staff Writer | September 23, 2020
Technology systems strategy expert Ryan Jaeger joins the insurtech company...
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Vertafore Announces First Release of Commercial Submissions Platform
Staff Writer | September 23, 2020
AmTrust Financial joins Vertafore's initiative to transform commercial insurance...
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Next Insurance Raises $250 Million in Series D Financing
Staff Writer | September 23, 2020
New financing solidifies Next Insurance as the one-stop-shop for small business insurance and brings the company's valuation to more than $2 billion...
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Insurer Tech Investment Priorities See Major Shift in a Post-COVID World
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 23, 2020
New Celent study finds innovation taking a back seat to improving operations...
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Personal finance site adds investing to deepen its portfolio...
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Pie Insurance Launches Automated Bind Requests in Partner Portal
Staff Writer | September 22, 2020
New functionality allows partner agents to instantly request to bind policies...
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Plug and Play Selects 25 Insurtech Startups for Winter Batches
Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 21, 2020
The insurtech "Batch 9" lists 25 cohorts, including Cake, Friss, and Vero...
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Digital Transformation – A Top Strategic Priority and New Reality
Denise Garth | September 21, 2020
Future market leadership will be defined by a new digital foundation and business model that embraces customer, technology and market boundary changes...
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Hippo Selects One Inc for Digital Claims Payments
Staff Writer | September 16, 2020
Digital payments platform will allow home insurance leader to deliver claims payments in near real-time...
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Prudential Names Susan Somersille Johnson CMO
Staff Writer | September 17, 2020
Award-winning CMO brings deep experience in technology and financial services to new role, joins with mandate to expand markets and drive business...
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Clearlake Capital to Acquire Zywave from Aurora
Staff Writer | September 17, 2020
New buy and build platform investment in the SaaS insurance technology leader...
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Pacific Specialty Selects One Inc for Premium and Claims Payments
Staff Writer | September 17, 2020
Property insurance provider enhances overall payment experience by moving to a single inbound/outbound payments platform...
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The Paladin Group Successfully Implements Veruna
Staff Writer | September 17, 2020
New agency management system puts the power of customization in Paladin users’ hands...
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MetLife Digital Accelerator Partners with 10 Startups to Develop Financial Wellness and Engagement Solutions for Customers and Families
Staff Writer | September 16, 2020
This year’s class will focus on developing financial wellness and engagement solutions...
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Hub International Partners With InsuraGuest, Inc. To Lower Insurance Premiums And Transfer Risks For Hotel Clients
Staff Writer | September 16, 2020
InsuraGuest's platform enables hotel operators to transfer small claims, lower premiums...
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Staff Writer | September 16, 2002
InsuraGuest's platform enables hotel operators to transfer small claims to lower premiums...
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While most IT teams view migrations as a “necessary evil” required to modernize current technology, a solid migration plan will provide a better...
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Zywave Expands Commercial Content Offering with Additional Third-Party Resources
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New subscribers gain access to searchable library of more than 30,000 content pieces...
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Xceedance and Oasis LMF Offer On-Demand Exposure Analysis Services for U.S. Earthquake, Flood, and Hurricane Catastrophe Models
Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
Xceedance-Oasis LMF On-Demand Catastrophe Modelling Services deliver as-needed loss analysis to re/insurers, brokers, and MGAs...
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COVID-19 Accelerates Insurance Digitalization to Meet Customer Demand: World InsurTech Report 2020
Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
Adopting a new mindset, leveraging intelligent processes and collaborating with ecosystem partners will be crucial to meet rising business and...
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The Helper Bees Launches Independence Care Concierge
Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
New service lets carriers offer value-add services to the insured, enabling quality care to 40+ million aging Americans...
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Policygenius Launches Life Insurance Price Index Showing Monthly Pricing Data
Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
September data show life insurance prices remain stable during pandemic...
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Pie Insurance Announces Agency Channel's Growth to 1,000 Partners
Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
Partner agents play critical role in expanding distribution of Pie's workers' comp offering...
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Sagicor Life Insurance Company and Vida Life Announce Partnership
Staff Writer | September 14, 2020
Partnership creates quality bi-lingual experience, allowing both companies to provide a new, innovative life insurance purchasing experience...
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Staff Writer | September 15, 2020
The fast-growing insurance broker's unique business model focuses on providing its agency partners with autonomy and an array of high-tech tools to...
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Hyland Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Alfresco
Staff Writer | September 10, 2020
The transaction, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, is subject to usual and customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals...
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Openly Expands Operations Team to Enhance the Customer and Independent Agent Experience
Staff Writer | September 09, 2020
Openly strengthens operations team with the addition of seven new team members to ensure operational efficiency...
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Insurity Strengthens its Predictive Analytics Claims Solutions with ODG by MCG Partnership
Staff Writer | September 09, 2020
Combination of ODG guidelines for workers' comp and Insurity’s Valen Data Consortium provides predictive insights for claims management...
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Sapiens Releases New Version of Cloud-based P&C Core Suite for EMEA & APAC
Staff Writer | September 09, 2020
Enhanced business processes, API integration and cloud readiness improve operational efficiencies, customer experience and business outcomes...
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Zywave Launches New Platform to Help Educate & Train Users
Staff Writer | September 09, 2020
Revamped Zywave University empowers users to maximize investment in Zywave solutions...
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California FAIR Plan Implements the One Inc Digital Payments Platform
Staff Writer | September 08, 2020
New digital platform enables California FAIR Plan to accept credit card payments for the first time in the organization’s 50+ year history...
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Prudential Selects Vitech's V3locity for Cloud-Based Group Insurance Administration
Staff Writer | September 08, 2020
Choice aligns with Prudential's overall growth and transformation strategy...
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Aviva Canada Selects CoreLogic’s Next-Generation Digital Insurance Hub to Power its Claims Business
Staff Writer | September 08, 2020
Market leader transitions to CoreLogic solution to enhance customer experience...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | September 08, 2020
Partner at IA Capital Group, a private investment firm specializing in insurance and financial technology, talks about the current state of insurtech...
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SynchronoSure® Launches New Insurance Product GigBOP, Geared For The Gig Economy
Staff Writer | September 04, 2020
Focus is on meeting the needs of small businesses operating in and around the Gig Economy, which may be home based, operate out of small offices as...
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SafeButler and Liberty Mutual Partner to Offer Instant Renters Insurance
Staff Writer | September 04, 2020
Integrated API helps to automate, simplify process...
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New ACORD report looks at how the 130 top global carriers are using digitalization to reach consumers. The results are surprising...
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The future of insurance distribution is multi-channel, says Denise Garth of Majesco...
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Staff Writer | September 03, 2020
Standalone, admitted cyber insurance expands across U.S. and adds coverage for banking, financial services, insurance and hospitality industries...
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Metromile and Ford Team up to Bring Highly Personalized Car Insurance to Ford Owners
Staff Writer | September 03, 2020
Partnership will create a better experience for drivers beyond savings...
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USAA Insurance Agency Selects Veruna for Agency Modernization
Staff Writer | September 03, 2020
Customization and integration, as well as agent/carrier collaboration opportunities, key to selection...
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Fielding Norton Joins Pricing Platform Advisory Board
Staff Writer | September 02, 2020
Norton is former Chief Enterprise Risk Officer of XL Group, a global P&C insurer and reinsurer...
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Insurtech Leader FastTrack Completes Migration to the Microsoft Azure Cloud
Staff Writer | September 02, 2020
New model allows for a system that will seamlessly scale computing needs to match the growth of FastTrack, who has seen a 60% increase in insurance...
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CapSpecialty Upgrades Majesco Billing for P&C on Majesco CloudInsurer®, Implements Majesco Enterprise Data Warehouse and Digital1st® Electronic Billing and Payments App
Staff Writer | September 02, 2020
Upgrade and implementation will strengthen CapSpecialty’s focus on delivering responsiveness, speed and innovation to agents, brokers and customers...
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Sapiens Strengthens Presence in DACH Region with New Hire
Staff Writer | September 02, 2020
Mathias Harrassowitz brings 20 years' experience to role of new regional director...
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Hyland Announces New Platform Enhancements
Staff Writer | September 02, 2020
Latest releases improve user experience, empower mobile workforces and unlock additional value...
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FRISS launches Insurance Is A Beautiful Thing campaign
Staff Writer | September 01, 2020
According to research from the Insurance Information Institute, barely half of those surveyed have a positive perception of the insurance industry...
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Travelers Enhances Traverse App With Image Recognition Technology
Staff Writer | September 01, 2020
Traverse offers coverage options for a range of items, including laptops, mobile phones, musical instruments and jewelry, as well as personal...
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Root Inc. Appoints Julie McPeak as Senior Deputy General Counsel
Staff Writer | September 01, 2020
Led the insurance regulatory and transactions practice at a global law firm and helped establish an additional office for the firm in Nashville...
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Innoveo Launches eBro for the SME Broker Market
Staff Writer | September 01, 2020
Scalable, fully configurable end-to-end turnkey solution can digitize an agency in less than a week...
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A little education about this software development approach can open the door to a natural industry evolution -- especially post-COVID...
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Staff Writer | August 31, 2020
The insurtech specializes in working with both carriers and agents to grow and manage their business digitally...
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Denise Garth | August 28, 2020
Denise Garth of Majesco discusses how life insurers can leverage technology to transform the buyer experience into value-added protection at the point...
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Former Texas Instruments Executive David Heacock Joins The Detection Group Board of Directors
Staff Writer | August 28, 2020
Heacock has more than 30 years’ experience in new product development and business management across several semiconductor companies...
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ACORD's 2020 Insurance Digital Maturity Study of Top Global Insurance Carriers Finds That Fewer Than 30% Have Truly Digitized the Value Chain
Staff Writer | August 27, 2020
Among the world's biggest insurers, fewer than 30% have truly digitized the value chain...
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ClarionDoor Partners with Vertafore to Modernize MGA Distribution
Staff Writer | August 27, 2020
Partnership will expand and enhance AIM’s capabilities for more real-time interaction with carrier channels...
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Talage Partners with State Associations for Insurance Agents
Staff Writer | August 27, 2020
The partnership agreement with select Big I state chapters to access Talage’s digital distribution software solutions for commercial insurance...
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Nearly 50 insurtechs, including 20 featured companies and 28 GIA cohort alums, will participate in this year’s virtual program...
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Vertafore Introduces RiskMatch Retention Prediction to Help Independent Agencies Improve Client Retention Rates
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Industry-first analytics tool uses data modeling & adaptive machine learning to surface at-risk polices, equipping agents for proactive client...
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Marty Ellingsworth | August 26, 2020
Marty Ellingsworth of Celent weighs in on how nesting hybrid resources enables insurers to achieve sustainable data, AI, and cloud success...
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Staff Writer | August 26, 2020
Sales Cloud will help standardize sales processes and more across the organization...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | August 25, 2020
"There is no clear, unanimous consensus about the ownership or specific scope of CX, with a diversity of opinion about importance, focus, and...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | August 25, 2020
New reciprocal program and plans for national expansion put this startup on the fast track for competition and growth in the personal lines market...
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The Fedeli Group And TPA Stream Announce Partnership
Staff Writer | August 25, 2020
Partnership will provide small employers with data and insight that is often unavailable in the insurance marketplace...
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Veruna Finalizes Partnership with S-Docs
Staff Writer | August 24, 2020
New integration will bring more robust document generation capabilities to Veruna customers...
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Claim Central Hires Former WeGoLook Execs to Lead North American Platform and Marketplace Development
Staff Writer | August 24, 2020
Roberson and Knoll join as Managing Directors in the U.S...
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Topa Insurance Successfully Implements Cloverleaf Analytics for Business Intelligence
Staff Writer | August 24, 2020
Better insights into new data and activation of legacy data are the ultimate goals...
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Sonny Patel | August 24, 2020
Much of the industry’s ability to appeal to future generations of employees lies with insurers themselves—and their ability to embrace digital...
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Startup Branch Insurance Launches Reciprocal Exchange in Ohio to Lower the Cost of Insurance
Staff Writer | August 21, 2020
The Branch Insurance Exchange is owned by its members and professionally managed by Branch for a fixed 5% fee...
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Origami Risk and LineSlip Join Forces on New Risk Management Products
Staff Writer | August 21, 2020
AI-driven solutions provide timely access to loss, exposure, and policy data and analytics...
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Majesco Announces Latest Release to Majesco Life AdminPlus
Staff Writer | August 21, 2020
Enhancements extend digital capabilities for Child Trust Funds to retain and grow Gen Z customers...
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Willis Towers Watson Appoints Tech Director for P&C Insurance Consulting Business
Staff Writer | August 21, 2020
Alexander Van Gorden served as senior sales executive for Guidewire Software and held leadership positions at RMS and Duck Creek...
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Hyland Acquires RPA Software Provider Another Monday
Staff Writer | August 21, 2020
Acquisition complements Hyland’s platform and rich product portfolio of automation and integration tools...
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Lloyd's Lab Selects Thimble to Develop Pandemic Business Interruption Insurance for SMBs
Staff Writer | August 19, 2020
The insurtech startup, known for its instant, scalable insurance policies, will build a new type of coverage to protect small businesses from COVID-19...
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Vertafore to be Acquired by Roper Technologies
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Roper will acquire Vertafore from Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners with the acquisition expected to close in the third quarter...
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Series B round supports the insurtech’s efforts to modernize insurance...
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Majesco Taps NetSuite to Modernize Operations as it Powers the Future of Insurance
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Carrot UBI platform recognized as Top Automotive Insurance Product of the Year and Best Data Product of the Year at the virtual TU Automotive Detroit...
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Sapiens Partners with Gradient AI to Apply Predictive Insights to Workers’ Compensation Underwriting and Claims Processes
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Gradient AI’s artificial intelligence-powered solutions to be integrated with Sapiens’ core workers’ compensation offerings to help reduce claims...
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Vertafore Launches New Insurtech Solutions to Power Distribution Management
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Vertafore unveils industry-first products to facilitate improved market connectivity, surface and capture data insights and enhance relationships...
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Bridger Insurance Selects BindExpress Suite from SpeedBuilder Systems to Launch in Texas
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Xceedance systems integration, configuration, strategic support services align with BriteCore implementation strategies...
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Policygenius Launches Wills and Trusts Through New Mobile App
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Climate Risk Insurtech The Demex Group Closes $4.2 Million Funding Round
Staff Writer | August 12, 2020
Anthemis and IA Capital Group participate in round; Nephila Capital and Munich Re to provide risk capacity...
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Haven Life Launches New Term Life Product, Haven Secure
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New product features 100% no medical exam buying experience and will initially be sold through fintechs, insurance brokers, parenting sites and more...
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eMaxx Appoints Eileen Currie to Lead Insurance Operations
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Currie to lead the insurance operations in underwriting, client services, and distribution for its alternative risk captive insurance programs...
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Insurity, WorkersCompensation.com Partner to Streamline Administration of Claims Forms and Disability Rates for ‘Workers’ CompXPress Suite’
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The integrated policy, billing, and claims administration suite has the largest market share of monoline workers’ compensation insurance clients in...
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Veruna Announces New Partnership with Imperial PFS
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Common customers will benefit from streamlined implementation and onboarding processes...
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Majesco Announces Record First Quarter
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License, subscription, and maintenance revenue of $19.9 million, up 24.6% for the same period last fiscal year, and constituted 48.2% of total revenue...
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Zywave Enhances Content Offering with New Features
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Latest updates include content management tools, customization options and more...
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New Empire Group Implements INSTANDA for Policy and Billing
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Encova Insurance Launches New Suite of Personal Lines Products
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Digital-first approach was designed for seamless online access for agents and policyholders...
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Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Expands Lines of Business on Majesco Policy for P&C
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One Inc Acquires Invenger Technologies, Including Invenger-InsurPay
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Acquisition of high-growth insurtech will enhance claims payment functionality in One Inc’s industry-leading digital payments solution...
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Latest release brings breakthrough handwriting recognition, increased cadence of enhancements...
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Guidewire Software Announces Promotion of PartnerConnect Consulting Partner
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Relationship with Stratus Technology Services will support insurer system implementations and ensure optimal effectiveness and project efficiency...
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Sapiens CoreSuite for Life Insurance Now Available on Microsoft AppSource
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The life insurance platform is designed to promote growth, with extensive multicompany, multibranding, multicurrency, and multilingual capabilities...
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OneConnect and Swiss Re to Partner on Smart Claims to Europe
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The two companies will collaborate to introduce OneConnect’s Smart Claims Solution to Europe...
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Auto-Owners Insurance Now on IBQ's Commercial Platform
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Independent agents can send customer data to Auto-Owners from IBQ's platform, saving time and increasing efficiency...
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CoverWallet Announces New Digital Insurance Package for Venture-Backed Startups
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Management liability package includes Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability, and Fiduciary coverage offered instantly online...
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Gig Worker Insurtech Buckle Gets $31 Million Series A Funding
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New model uses fresh sources of data to underwrite risks and fills gaps in conventional policies, while making insurance affordable, accessible for...
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Digitalization, COVID-19 Spurring More IT Investment in Cybersecurity
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New Deloitte study finds financial institutions spending more on IT protection in 2020 than previous years...
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IAT Insurance Group Selects One Inc for Digital Claims Payments
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Upgrading outbound payments will optimize the customer experience for IAT policyholders...
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Majesco Implements Oracle Cloud HCM
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Leading cloud software company for insurance carriers improves organizational productivity and increases employee engagement...
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Ohio Mutual Insurance Group Partners with Centric Consulting to Develop New Mobile App
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New mobile app designed to improve user experience and capabilities...
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U.S. Consumers Significantly Underestimate Flood Risk, New Survey Finds
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New survey by AI-driven insurer Neptune Flood and University of South Florida Institute for Data Analytics and Visualization uncover timely data and...
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Acrisure Acquires Tulco’s Artificial Intelligence Insurance Business
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Global insurance broker and AI provider combine to deploy insurtech at scale...
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Wolverine Mutual Insurance Company Goes Live on the BindExpress Suite from SpeedBuilder Systems
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Insurer is also adding personal auto for Indiana, with support for the homeowners line of business in both states soon to follow...
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IMS Extends Telematics SDK Partnership with Onlia
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Incorporation of IMS telematics technology via SDK integration with...
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Risk Placement Services Implements Instec Policy System for Public Entity Program
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New program is RPS's second strategic expansion on Instec...
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Protective Insurance Selects Majesco for Commercial Auto, Workers' Comp
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Insurance provider for transportation industry replaces legacy systems from three different vendors with Majesco solutions...
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Sapiens Acquires Delphi Technology to Accelerate its North American Expansion in the Medical Professional Liability Market
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Built for mid-tier brokers and broker aggregators, eBro is designed to provide complete functionality and digitization...
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Thimble Recognized as "Best for the Smallest Businesses" by Money.com
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The insurtech's speed and breadth of coverage caught the attention of Money's editors, along with its "cut the cord" approach to policy length...
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The Helper Bees Secures $6 Mil Series A Funding Round
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Series A round led by Silverton Partners; data-driven insurtech startup aims to improve the lives of adults through better caregiver experiences...
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Majesco Updates Billing for P&C
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Sapiens Announces Launch of P&C, Reinsurance Core Platform in DACH Region
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Germany is expected to become a leading strategic market for Sapiens cloud-based IDITSuite and digital offerings...
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Penn National Insurance Selects One Inc for Digital Claims Payments
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P&C insurer modernizes the customer experience with real-time, contactless claims payments...
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Quadient, Infosys Announce Global Partnership for CX Management Solutions
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Zywave Introduces New Employee Benefits Quoting & Proposal Solution
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Zywave CPQ delivers a complete, integrated platform for quoting, renewing and managing employee benefit plans...
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SageSure Names Lisa Bernstein as New Chief Administrative Officer
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Bernstein will provide strategic and operational leadership and oversee HR, office operations, and legal functions...
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MGA Foresight Selects Convr Underwriting Platform
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New workers' comp MGA selects Convr’s underwriting decision automation platform for underwriting quality, speed and efficiency...
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Clyde Owen Joins ClarionDoor to Accelerate Insurance Innovation
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Owen has held multiple executive roles focused on strategy, product development, and customer excellence...
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Insurtech Hippo Closes $150 Million Funding Round
Staff Writer | July 22, 2020
Funding will accelerate expansion to 95% of the U.S. homeowner population in the next 12 months...
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Majesco to be Acquired by Thoma Bravo
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Shareholders to receive $13.10 in cash per share...
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Lemonade Launches Health Insurance for Cats and Dogs
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Starting at $12 per month, coverage available to new and existing Lemonade customers...
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Thimble Launches Partner API to Automatically Quote Small Business Insurance on Any Platform
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SMB-facing marketplaces, SaaS companies and others can now deliver liability insurance quotes immediately to small business customers, delivering...
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Operational innovation using embedded RPA reduces underwriting time to completion process...
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OWIT Global’s microservices solutions support processing of all of SpottedRisk’s specialty lines insurance business...
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AgencyKPI Secures Series A Funding from Insurance Industry Leaders
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API enables insurtech platforms to quote level funded group medical plans across multiple carriers...
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The core offering will enable Petplan to provide an enhanced digital customer experience and support new product growth...
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miEdge Founder Mark Smith Joins Zywave Advisory Board
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New mailing solutions are in line with postal compliance across the globe...
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Hi Marley Raises $8 million for AI Messaging Platform
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First COVID employer testing platform with key decision-making for employees upon a return to the workplace...
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London Market insurer sees TCO benefits in cost efficiency and speed...
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Aclaimant Raises $10 mil in Series A Financing
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Workflow platform for safety and risk management plans aggressive growth in partnerships and product development...
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Product enhances Quadient Inspire platform to strengthen customer experience capabilities...
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Milliman Wins 3 InsuranceERM Americas Awards for Insurtech Products and Risk Consulting Services
Staff Writer | June 25, 2020
Milliman consultants win "Risk Team of the Year," insurtech product Nodal named "Analytics Solution of the Year" and Milliman's Arius Enterprise wins...
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Insurity Acquires Epic-Premier to Advance Leadership in the MGA Market
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Deal adds to Insurity’s suite of digital core systems solutions...
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CNA Launches The View From Home, Providing Long-Term Care Policyholders Added Support While Aging in Place
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InsurTech NY Announces First NYC InsurTech Accelerator Coming in October
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Scheduled to begin operations in October, the accelerator will start taking applications from growth-stage startups that have revenue and customers in...
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Hyland and Duck Creek extend partnership, release OnBase Accelerator for Duck Creek Policy and Billing
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Accelerators provide a complete view of information to make better decisions and automate processes...
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Sapiens Announces a New Version of its Life Core Suite with Cloud-Native Architecture
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Version 9 features enhanced library of pre-configured products and improved self-service configuration tools...
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Breeze Partners with Assurity Life to Launch Online Disability Insurance
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SIMON Announces Integration With EbixExchange’s AnnuityNet
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Company expands insurtech platform with new e-App capabilities...
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Data Management Firm Fluree Announces Close of Multiple Enterprise Partnerships and Blockchain Integrations
Staff Writer | June 23, 2020
The blockchain startup also broadens investment team and wins key partnership with the U.S. Air Force...
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HawkSoft Adds Integration with Agency Revolution to Deliver Marketing Automation to Independent Agencies
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Agency Revolution allows agencies to personalize their customer communication and drive powerful automated campaigns...
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Sapiens Completes Raising of $60m in Non-Convertible Debenture
Staff Writer | June 19, 2020
Proceeds earmarked for loan repayment, strengthening liquidity, and M&A pursuits...
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Sollers Consulting Supports Amica in Modernizing Insurance Pricing
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Business and IT consultancy winstender to implement a new rating engine at Amica Mutual...
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Pacific Life to Optimize Market Penetration with Next-Generation iPipeline/Atidot Analytics
Staff Writer | June 19, 2020
Predictive Analytics Models Provide Real-Time Analysis of Impact from Product and Pricing Changes Based on Prior Sales...
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Personal Care and Assisted Living Insurance Center Implements INSTANDA for Policy and Billing
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Origami Risk Appoints General Counsel Daniel Silverthorn to Additional Role of Chief Administrative Officer
Staff Writer | June 19, 2020
Silverthorn will oversee the firm’s legal, human resources, and information security affairs, while also providing strategic insight as a member of...
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Payfone Raises $100 Million Led by the Apax Digital Fund
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Investment accelerates privacy-first customer ID platform with strategic acquisitions...
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Denise Garth, a judge for the 2020 Innovation in Insurance Awards, takes a look at the top trends...
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Independent Agents Divided on Digital Experience, New Survey Finds
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Independent insurance agencies are at a crossroads when it comes to ease of doing business, diverging between agents who value the personal touch and...
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The Detection Group Receives FM Approval for Trident™ Wireless Water Leak Detection System
Staff Writer | June 18, 2020
The Detection Group’s Trident Wireless Water Leak Detection System, is the first company to receive the FM Approvals’ certification mark for a...
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Roadside Assistance Provider Agero Expands Market Share with Purchase of Road America from MAPFRE Asistencia
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Agero will take over roadside and accident support for Road America’s more than 100 U.S.-based insurance, auto reseller, fleet, RV and other diverse...
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Farmers Edge, Palliser Insurance Partner on Crop Monitoring and Risk Management Solutions
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Canadian partnership establishes new levels of protection from the financial impact of hail...
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Efma and Accenture Announce Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards 2020
Staff Writer | June 18, 2020
Efma, an association of more than 3,300 retail financial services companies in 130 countries, and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) have announced the winners of...
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Samantha Chow Joins EIS as Life, Annuities and Health Markets Lead
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Chow will lead the go-to-market strategy that propels EIS’ expansion in markets experiencing a high degree of disruption and seeking to accelerate...
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Guidewire Reimagines Insurance Core Platforms with Aspen Release
Staff Writer | June 17, 2020
Unifying digital and analytics with core, Aspen empowers business users to rapidly design and release new products in days...
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Buckle Acquires Gateway Insurance Company
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Acquisition includes 47 state insurance licenses for commercial auto policies, including full-time taxicabs, non-emergency para-transit, limousine/...
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Pagaya Announces $102 Million Series D Funding Round
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Mega funding round amid global economic crisis signals heightened demand for Pagaya’s data-driven investment strategies...
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Next-generation platform to accelerate their digital transformation and growth...
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A new partnership between Buddy and Berkley Accident and Health underwriting company, Star Net Insurance Company, will enable nationwide rollout of on...
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Flueid Appoints Jay Gaskill to Board of Directors
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Michael Jones is co-founder and CEO of Combined Ratio Solutions...
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Worldwide Entrepreneurs Accept Insurtech Hartford’s Innovation Challenge
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Finalists set to virtually showcase business ideas through cutting-edge solutions...
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Majesco Digital1st® EcoExchange Expansion with New Partner Apps and Unveils New Partner Self-Serve Capabilities
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40 partner apps from 14 partners Majesco’s Digital1st® EcoExchange reflects the growing traction with incumbent and insurtech partners...
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Powerlytics Announces Series B Fundraising Round Led By Brewer Lane Ventures
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Deal highlights strong investor interest in actionable intelligence during uncertain economic times...
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Sapiens Completes Raising of $60m in Non-Convertible Debenture
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Sapiens has completed the public offering of non-convertible series B debenture for $60M...
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Lemonade Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Proposed IPO
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Lemonade, Inc. has filed a registration statement with the SEC relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock...
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Policygenius, Brighthouse Financial Launch SimplySelect
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New product features convenient application process, streamlined underwriting...
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Vertafore Unveils New Insurtech Solutions for Agents
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Summer of Accelerate kickoff attendees get first look at features and products built on Vertafore's exclusive new Titan Technology...
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Insurtech Farmers Edge Adds New Agency Partnerships
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Agtech leader digitally transforms insurance businesses by pairing field-centric data with intelligent automation and predictive analytics...
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Integrating CLARA analytics’ predictive analytics and AI tools with Sapiens’ core workers’ compensation offering will lead to faster and better...
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A Channel Harvest Research survey of U.S. independent insurance agencies reveals about half expect to make no permanent transition to working at home...
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Electronic Chat with Paul VanderMarck
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Paul VanderMarck, Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, SageSure, has been involved in insurance data and analytics for more than 25 years...
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Powerlytics Announces Series B Fundraising Round Led By Brewer Lane Ventures
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Deal highlights strong investor interest in actionable intelligence during uncertain economic times...
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Veruna Brings Aboard Mark Johnson as Head of Product
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Veruna, developer of the insurance industry’s only agency management system (AMS) built on the Salesforce platform, is pleased to announce Mark...
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GuideOne Insurance Selects One Inc for Digital Premium and Claims Payments
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As Auto Insurance Premiums Shrink, Insurers Need Mobility Ecosystem, New Study Finds
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“Rethinking Auto Insurance: From a Transactional Relationship to a Mobility Customer Experience,” a new white paper by Majesco examines the history of...
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Guidewire Announces Q3 Results, Leadership Changes
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Guidewire Software, Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2020...
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Hippo Acquires Spinnaker Insurance Company
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Veruna Forms Strategic Partnership with Insuritas
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BrokerTech Ventures and InsureTech Connect Announce Strategic Alliance
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BrokerTech Ventures to fuel Agency Connect: Virtual for 2020...
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MSO Promotes Megan Townley
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MSO, Inc. (The Mutual Service Office, Inc.), has promoted Megan Townley to the position of Assistant Vice President Operations and Program Management...
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33% of organizations using RMIS invest more than $100,000 annually...
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Origami Risk Appoints Sean Salvas Senior Marketing Strategy Lead
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Messagepoint Announces Availability of a Connector for Sefas’ Customer Communications Management Solution
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Messagepoint announces connector that enables customers to leverage Sefas Designer, an end-to-end omnichannel customer communications management (CCM...
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Property & Casualty Insurers Raise Digital Games as COVID-19 Elevates Customer Expectations, J.D. Power Finds
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GEICO Ranks Highest in Service Satisfaction, National General Ranks Highest in Shopping Satisfaction...
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Staff Writer | June 01, 2020
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Pie Insurance Raises $127 Million in Latest Financing
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Small business-focused insurtech will use funds to increase growth and expand operations...
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Sapiens’ Decision Management Platform Selected by American Family Insurance
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Company will use the Decision platform to standardize business processes and decision-making logic across the organization...
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BrokerTech Ventures (BTV) announced the addition of its first carrier partner, The Travelers Companies, Inc...
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Traders Insurance has selected the Cloverleaf business intelligence (BI) solution to enhance real-time data capabilities...
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Root Insurance Extends Digital Business Model to Roadside Assistance with Agero, Powered by Swoop
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Marissa Buckley is a member of ITA's advisory board. As Vice President, Marketing and Branding Experience for Security First Insurance Co., she...
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IMS Announces New Industry Partnership with Conversational AI Platform Provider, SmarTek21
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Deployment by IMS sister company, Carrot Insurance, demonstrates the effectiveness of digital self service within connected insurance programs...
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PLNAR Announces Allan C. Robinson III Has Joined the Board of Directors
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Robinson Brings Essential Expertise and Experience to Virtual Claims Revolution...
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The North American provider will utilize the fully integrated financial & compliance and reinsurance offerings to modernize and automate their...
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New name reflects the company’s evolved vision and position at the convergence of innovative technology and traditional insurance...
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ClarionDoor Unveils New MGA Hub
Staff Writer | May 20, 2020
ClarionDoor, a provider of cloud-only, frontline insurance distribution solutions, launches ClarionDoor MGA Hub (CD MGA Hub) to help further...
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FRISS Partners with eviid to Help Prevent Fraud
Staff Writer | May 20, 2020
FRISS, provider of AI powered risk and fraud solutions to P&C insurers, announced their partnership with eviid, leading provider of innovative...
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Without a very strong focus on data as a strategic and vital corporate asset, insurers will struggle to keep up with the necessary changes in the “new...
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James Merz | May 19, 2020
Insurance has always relied on large volumes of data to gauge customer behavior and more. But as big data has gotten bigger, insurtech has empowered...
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Messagepoint Launches Rationalizer
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AI-powered content migration and optimization software enables the modernization of customer communications management systems...
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Arrowhead Deploys Small-to-Medium Commercial Portfolio on Instec Policy System
Staff Writer | May 14, 2020
Instec’s system simplifies Arrowhead’s delivery of a complex offering consisting of more than 70 custom coverages and seven lines of business...
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Traditional Insurers Need Open Ecosystems, Partnerships to Remain Competitive, CapGemini Report Finds
Staff Writer | May 14, 2020
World Insurance Report 2020 finds consumers favor "bigtech" insurance providers over traditional insurers...
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Anadolu Goes Live with Sapiens’ P&C Suite for its Motor Line of Business
Staff Writer | May 14, 2020
Turkish insurer is an existing customer that seeks to manage millions of customers and all of its business from one innovative platform as part of a...
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Greg Murphy Joins INSTANDA to Lead North American Expansion
Staff Writer | May 14, 2020
INSTANDA positioned to help facilitate positive change and greater speed-to-market...
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Pie Insurance Named a Winner of the Colorado Top Workplaces 2020 Award
Staff Writer | May 13, 2020
Pie Insurance, one of the nation's leading insurtechs providing workers' compensation insurance to small businesses, is a Colorado Top Workplace 2020...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | May 13, 2020
We spoke with HazardHub Founder John Siegman on how insurance’s reliance on data has changed over the years, and the role of technology in its...
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Messagepoint Named a Customer Communications Management Leader for Third Consecutive Year in the Aspire Leaderboard
Staff Writer | May 11, 2020
Messagepoint Inc. has been named a leading provider of customer communications management (CCM) solutions in the 2020 Aspire Leaderboard for the third...
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Lockton Re Adopts Insurity’s SpatialKey Solutions to Bolster Risk Advisory Services
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nsurity, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based core system solutions and data analytics for the world’s largest insurers, brokers, and MGAs...
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Quadient Ranked as an Overall Leader in 2020 Aspire Leaderboard for Customer Communications for Third Consecutive Year
Staff Writer | May 08, 2020
Independent consulting firm Aspire Customer Communications Services has recognized Quadient as an overall leader in the 2020 Aspire Leaderboard for...
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Milliman PinPoint Selected by N.C. Rate Bureau
Staff Writer | May 07, 2020
Milliman PinPoint offers location-level geospatial data and premium calculations customized for unique rating plans and underwriting rules in both...
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Cover Whale Newly Approved Lloyd's Coverholder to Expand Insurtech Trucking Program
Staff Writer | May 07, 2020
Insurtech broker Cover Whale was approved as a new coverholder at Lloyd's of London. Cover Whale is collaborating with Lloyd's syndicates to provide a...
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Branch Launches Homeowners/Auto Bundle in Texas
Staff Writer | May 07, 2020
Insurtech startup Branch has launched operations in Texas, the company's fifth statewide expansion since launching in Ohio in August 2019...
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Buckle Temporarily Adds Food and Delivery Insurance Coverage to Member Policies at No Additional Cost
Staff Writer | May 07, 2020
As gig economy rideshare drivers step up to deliver food and supplies during COVID-19 crisis, Buckle responds with comprehensive protection for...
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HazardHub develops the first national LUST database (Leaking Underground Storage Tanks)
Staff Writer | May 06, 2020
HazardHub, the USA’s fastest-growing supplier of geospatial risk data and a 2019 Insuretech 100 company – announced that they have developed the first...
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ClarionDoor, InsureZone Partner on MGA Quoting Tool
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Standard and surplus lines get boost from new partnership...
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Reliance Standard Selects EIS Group’s Insurance Platform for Voluntary Benefits
Staff Writer | May 06, 2020
Modern, open technology platform will support transformation and innovation in insurer’s voluntary benefits business...
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Quadient Supports "Dress for Success" During COVID-19
Staff Writer | May 05, 2020
Quadient, a leader in helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels, is allocating funds to support...
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Xceedance and Xemplar Partner to Advance Mobile Capabilities for Insurance Organizations
Staff Writer | May 05, 2020
Xceedance and Xemplar Insights announced a strategic partnership to bring innovative, mobile-based insurtech solutions to global property/casualty...
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Arrowpoint Capital Upgrades its Cloud-Based Reinsurance Capabilities with Sapiens
Staff Writer | May 05, 2020
The North American insurer and financial services company migrates to Sapiens ReinsurancePro version 8 in the cloud, which offers faster processing...
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6 Big Changes to Insurance from the COVID-19 Crisis
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COVID-19 is already shaping the future of how the insurance industry operates in the areas of automation, beneficiary management, and digital services...
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Aon Affinity Expands Use of Instec Policy System for Transportation Program
Staff Writer | May 04, 2020
Technology provides an improved customer experience and rating accuracy for the underserved small fleet market...
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Staff Writer | May 04, 2020
Christopher Ewing is President and CEO of One Inc. One Inc offers a single platform for processing premiums and claims payments, designed to integrate...
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Novarica Names Quadient as a Dominant Provider of Customer Communications Systems
Staff Writer | April 28, 2020
Insurance customer communications management software provider included in Novarica’s report that outlines document management/enterprise content...
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Sapiens Announces a New Version of its Insurance Underwriting Solution
Staff Writer | April 28, 2020
The upgrade to the cloud-enabled life & annuities offering includes a new reinsurance interface to facilitate data transmission and enhanced...
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Hyland Releases Latest Versions of OnBase and Content Composer
Staff Writer | April 28, 2020
Enhancements offer additional modern UI components and give users a tailored view of the information they need to provide meaningful interactions...
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Guidewire Software Announces Donan as New Solution Alliance Partner to Streamline Claims Investigative Services
Staff Writer | April 28, 2020
Donan’s technology and services help to increase efficiency of claims adjusters and mitigate risk...
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Staff Writer | April 28, 2020
Brad Epker is Chief Revenue Officer at Prompt.io (formerly Chatbox), a text messaging provider that allows businesses to transform text messaging from...
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning are increasingly moving from the lab or back-office to having a strong impact on the daily front-line...
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IMS Announces Availability of Low-Cost, Quick-Start Auto UBI Program
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The global pandemic has altered driving behaviors and exposed a need for a more flexible, data-driven, pay-as-you-go auto insurance model...
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Crawford Technologies to Host Customer Communications Virtual Summit on May 6
Staff Writer | April 21, 2020
Crawford Technologies, provider of innovative document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, is hosting a free...
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Insurtech Startup Branch to Aid Auto Insurance Clients with Community Giveback Program
Staff Writer | April 21, 2020
Columbus-based startup Branch announced they are giving back 15% of monthly insurance premiums to auto policyholders in response to the current health...
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FRISS Fraud Detection Add-on for ClaimCenter Now Available in Guidewire Marketplace
Staff Writer | April 21, 2020
Automated risk assessment enables insurers to detect and investigate suspicious claims and fight fraud...
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FINEOS, Cigna Group Insurance Collaborate on Employee Benefits Platform
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Cigna Group Insurance and FINEOS collaborated to develop and implement the FINEOS Policy and FINEOS Billing components of FINEOS AdminSuite...
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ITA Pro Magazine March/April 2020 issue is here...
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Staff Writer | April 16, 2020
New capabilities, integrations with claims management vendor ecosystem saves insurers time and money...
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Wellfleet and EIS Group Partner on Innovative Insurance Solution
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Workplace benefits insurer and core processing platform provider aim to bridge the digital gap for brokers and their clients...
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New survey shows shift to remote work, telemedicine as solutions...
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Origami Risk Introduces Online Solutions to Help Hospitals, Healthcare Systems Manage Issues Related to COVID19
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Origami Risk, the industry-leading risk, safety and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, introduces four online solutions to help...
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New web- and mobile-enabled solution provides end-insureds with real-time, 24/7 self-service access to policy documents, claims info & more...
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Vitech Announces Strategic Partnership with Innovation Underwriters
Staff Writer | April 13, 2020
Vitech Systems Group has formed a strategic partnership with Innovation Underwriters (IU), a not-for-profit collaborative focused on promoting...
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Kin Insurance Partners with Cape Analytics to Improve the Insurance Experience with Geospatial, Predictive Property Insights
Staff Writer | April 13, 2020
Cape Analytics is announcing that Kin Insurance – a fully licensed home insurance technology company that provides easy, affordable coverage to...
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INSTANDA Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Staff Writer | April 13, 2020
Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to INSTANDA to take advantage of the scalability, reliability and agility of Azure to drive...
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Staff Writer | April 09, 2020
Allstate is providing a Shelter-in-Place Payback to help its personal auto insurance customers in these challenging times. Allstate is also offering...
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Service Insurance Holdings Selects Cloverleaf Analytics
Staff Writer | April 08, 2020
Service Insurance Holdings, Inc. has selected the Cloverleaf business intelligence (BI) solution...
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Covr Financial Technologies Announces New President and Head of Innovation
Staff Writer | April 08, 2020
Ron Alexander to lead Covr's market-leading, digital life insurance innovation platform...
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ACORD Releases Next-Generation Digital Standards to Enable Streamlined Insurance Data Exchange
Staff Writer | April 08, 2020
New Data Standards Will Support Emerging and Future Technologies Across All Geographies and Lines of Business...
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Vitech Announces Strategic Partnership with Innovation Underwriters
Staff Writer | April 08, 2020
Vitech Systems Group announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Innovation Underwriters (IU), a not-for-profit collaborative...
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Prescient Taps Data Gumbo to Transform Insurance Underwriting in Marine & Energy
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Blockchain Network to Deliver Real-Time Analytics for Onshore and Offshore Customer Base...
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Origami Risk Launches Online COVID-19 Advice for Employers
Staff Writer | April 06, 2020
Leading Risk Software Firm Adds Pandemic Mapping, Tracking, Communication, and Audits...
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Staff Writer | April 06, 2020
Illinois Mutual Life Insurance chose multiple Sapiens life solutions as part of its digital transformation project...
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Steve Comer, Director of Financial Services and Insurance at Hyland Software, discusses his company's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how Hyland...
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Majesco Acquires InsPro Technologies
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Expands growth potential and enhances domain depth as insurers see successful digital and business transformation...
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Sapiens Partners With SPLICE Software to Improve and Automate the Customer Communication Process
Staff Writer | March 30, 2020
Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) and (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today...
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Root Inc. Appoints Annette Reavis as First Chief People Officer
Staff Writer | March 30, 2020
Reavis has joined the fast-growing insurtech, leveraging her experience in high-value tech...
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RiskGenius Releases COVID Coverage Checklist to Help Commercial Insurers Evaluate Coronavirus Exposure
Staff Writer | March 27, 2020
RiskGenius, an Insurtech company using artificial intelligence (AI) to enable property and casualty (P&C) carriers to analyze policy language across...
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A new report by Forrester discusses the need for insurers to reshape and accelerate their digital roadmaps during the pandemic...
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Intellagents Adds Infinilytics to Marketplace for Next-Generation Claims Processing Capabilities
Staff Writer | March 26, 2020
Infinilytics’ AI platform will lower costs, improve customer experience, and increase efficiency of claims management in a remote environment...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 24, 2020
Hartwig spoke with ITA about how the insurance industry is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the insurtech sector...
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Sancor Seguros do Brazil S.A. Deploys Guidewire InsurancePlatform to Increase Operational Efficiency
Staff Writer | March 20, 2020
Brazilian insurer implements Guidewire Core, Data, and Digital products to automate manual processes...
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Covid-19: James Allen Creates Pandemic Policy for U.S. Businesses
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S-based James Allen Insurance has created a pandemic policy for business enterprises to protect themselves in the event of a pandemic outbreak such as...
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Zywave Launches COVID-19 Resource Center
Staff Writer | March 19, 2020
Offers industry access to free, downloadable compliance, HR and employee-facing content...
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Sapiens Partners with HazardHub on Real-Time Geographic Risk Data
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Integrating HazardHub’s comprehensive data with Sapiens CoreSuite for Property & Casualty will facilitate more accurate underwriting and straight-...
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Celent Study: Most Small Businesses Still Unclear on Importance of Cyber Insurance
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And risk increases as more employees work from home during coronavirus quarantine...
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Encova Insurance Selects One Inc Digital Payments Platform
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Encova Insurance has selected the One Inc Digital Payments Platform as part of the organization’s ongoing innovation efforts...
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The January/February 2020 ITA Pro is here!
Staff Writer | March 16, 2020
The latest issue of ITA Pro magazine is now available in digital format...
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Next Insurance Named One of Forbes' Best Startup Employers 2020
Staff Writer | March 16, 2020
Leading Insurtech company recognized for employee satisfaction, reputation and growth...
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CLARA Analytics Adds to Leadership Team
Staff Writer | March 16, 2020
Dustin Oxborrow, Brian Sullivan and Chris Koverman Join Company in Key Roles as CLARA Transforms Insurance Industry with AI...
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Zurich Partners With Carpe Data to Combat Fraud and Increase Claims Efficiency Through New Data
Staff Writer | March 16, 2020
Insurer working with Carpe Data to automate and accelerate their claims processes...
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Shift Technology’s Force Add-on for ClaimCenter Now Available in Guidewire Marketplace
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Real-time analysis to help insurers to combat estimated $40 billion in industry annual fraud losses...
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ID Federation Announces Board of Directors for 2020
Staff Writer | March 16, 2020
Insurtech-Driven Leaders Renew Push for Efficiency, Security in IA Channel Using 'SignOn Once...
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InsurTech Leader's Distribution and Compliance Management Solution Sees Rapid Adoption Among Carriers
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Vertafore's 2019 acquisition of Vue Software is simplifying insurance distribution...
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Deloitte: New C-Suite Roles Mean More Opportunities for Women
Staff Writer | March 11, 2020
Today’s C-suite includes a host of new designations virtually unheard of before 2010, focusing on diversity and inclusion, sustainability, innovation...
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Origami Risk Appoints Scott Plummer Director of Strategy, Core Solutions Division
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Exec Brings Vast Experience Driving Tech Innovation on Behalf of P/C Insurance Carriers...
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Claim Central Announces Full Release of TradesPlus Platform
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
The connected claims platform is now available to P&C insurers throughout the U.S...
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OWIT Global Names Joel Otfinoski as Chief Customer Engagement Officer
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
Otfinoski brings years of insurance and technology experience to OWIT Global...
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Crawford Technologies Shares Document Accessibility Tools at the 2020 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
Crawford Technologies, provider of innovative document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, announces it will be...
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INSTANDA Raises $19.5m to Support Global Expansion
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
Series A Funding Will Support Global Expansion Following Successive Years Of Growth For The UK-Based Insurtech...
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Cloverleaf Analytics and Streff Insurance Services Announce Partnership
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
A shared interest in enabling P&C insurer clients to get better insights through access to data and analytics drove this alliance...
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BrokerTech Ventures Announces Five Additional Agencies, Appoints Hatten as Chief Operating Officer
Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
BrokerTech Ventures now represents more than $2.1 billion in collective agency distribution...
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Staff Writer | March 10, 2020
Solartis continues to innovate Solartis Administer, the insurance BPO service that helps insurance carriers and MGAs...
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Laura Mazzuca Toops | March 05, 2020
Pankaj Parashar is co-founder and CEO of Purple Ant, a subscription-based, cloud-based home monitoring platform that integrates with commercially...
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Xceedance Launches Life Insurance and Reinsurance Consulting Practice, Centered in Liechtenstein
Staff Writer | March 03, 2020
Xceedance, a global provider of insurance consulting, managed services, technology, data sciences, and blockchain solutions, today launched its life...
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Grange Insurance Association Selects Roost® Home Telematics
Staff Writer | March 03, 2020
Smart sensor deployment to mitigate water leak claims and build digital engagement in the Boise, Idaho and Treasure Valley areas...
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BrokerTech Ventures Selects 12 Startups for 2020 Accelerator
Staff Writer | February 26, 2020
BrokerTech Ventures, the industry’s first broker-led investor group and accelerator program, announced that 12 insurtech startups will participate in...
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Weston Insurance selects Prima XL to support P&C CAT activities
Staff Writer | February 26, 2020
Prima Solutions Group, a global insurtech group that designs software solutions for insurance and reinsurance professionals, announced that Florida-...
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Ethos Risk Services Joins Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution Alliance Program
Staff Writer | February 26, 2020
New partner’s risk mitigation technology and services to help insurers streamline claims investigations...
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Crawford Technologies Continues Aggressive Investment Strategy with Acquisition of Composition Research Technologies, Inc. (CRT)
Staff Writer | February 25, 2020
Crawford Technologies, provider of innovative document solutions that streamline, improve and manage customer communications, announces it has...
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CIAB Picks ExdionPOD as a Top Insurtech Solution for Helping Brokers Automate Policy Checking and Issuance
Staff Writer | February 25, 2020
ExdionPOD has been recognized by The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) as one of the top 16 Insurtech solutions to watch in the category of...
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Insurance Board Selects Origami Risk for Automation and Apps to Streamline Underwriting Process
Staff Writer | February 25, 2020
Insurance Board, which administers property and casualty insurance for more than 4,500 churches throughout the U.S., has selected the insurance...
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Blackboard Insurance Receives Approval in Virginia
Staff Writer | February 25, 2020
Blackboard Insurance has received approval of its commercial insurance package in Virginia, bringing capabilities to middle market customers in 47...
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Great Hill Partners Completes Recapitalization of One Inc
Staff Writer | February 24, 2020
Leading payments investor partners with One Inc to support continued growth...
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n2uitive Secures $1.3 Million in Funding to Fuel Growth in InsurTech Market
Staff Writer | February 14, 2020
Growth Capital from Cascade Seed Fund to Drive Expansion of SaaS-Based Claims Interview Workflow and Intelligence Platform...
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Plug and Play Start-Up Accelerator and the Society of Actuaries Working Together to Inspire Innovative and Financially-Sound Technologies in Insurance
Staff Writer | February 14, 2020
Mutually beneficial insurtech partnership combines the rigor and technical insights of actuaries with the innovation and technology of start-ups...
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Boost Insurance Expands Infrastructure-as-a-Service Platform with Suite of Products
Staff Writer | February 11, 2020
Closes $14 Million Series A Led by Coatue and Greycroft...
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Sapiens Complete Its Acquisition of sum.cumo English
Staff Writer | February 11, 2020
Germany's antitrust authority has approved the acquisition...
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Cowbell Cyber and Advisen Announce Data Partnership
Staff Writer | February 11, 2020
Cowbell Cyber Continuous Underwriting Platform incorporates Advisen's Cyber Loss Data...
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INSHUR Partners with Drivers Benefits to Provide Rideshare Drivers With Benefits Access
Staff Writer | February 11, 2020
Partnership will provide rideshare drivers easy access to benefits such as eye examinations and legal assistance through the integration of Drivers...
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Ed Rochfort Brings Successful UBI Track Record to IMS as Chief Product Officer
Staff Writer | February 11, 2020
IMS changes also include brand extension across Trak Global Group’s worldwide insurance and mobility B2B divisions, and the launch of a Boston...
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Electronic Chat with Chuck Wilson
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Chuck Wilson is co-founder of Avolanta, a privately held insurance computer software company based in Columbia, S.C...
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OWIT Rolls Out Contract Builder Solution Built on Microservices
Staff Writer | February 07, 2020
New solution will expedite the configuration and assembly of customized insuring agreements and policy forms...
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ITA, InsNerds Collaborate to Enhance ITA LIVE 2020 Content and Coverage
Staff Writer | February 07, 2020
ITA is partnering with Insurance Nerds at this year’s ITA LIVE 2020 executive event with the aim of enhancing content and engagement...
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Hyland acquires blockchain-credentialing provider Learning Machine
Staff Writer | February 06, 2020
Hyland, a leading content services provider, announced its acquisition of Learning Machine, an innovator in blockchain-anchored digital credentialing...
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Cloverleaf Analytics Partners with HazardHub
Staff Writer | February 06, 2020
Industry need for better data drives integration and delivery of deeper insights for improved risk selection and underwriting...
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Global Insurance Accelerator and State of Iowa Collaborate to Improve Insurance
Staff Writer | February 06, 2020
The Iowa Insurance Division recently met with the 2020 cohort of the Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), which includes eight insurtech startups...
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Veruna Names Jennifer Carroll as New CEO
Staff Writer | February 06, 2020
Insurance agency management system developer Veruna has named Jennifer Carroll as the company’s new CEO...
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Ask Kodiak and Tarmika Announce Partnership
Staff Writer | January 29, 2020
Ask Kodiak, an API platform providing real-time appetite and eligibility for commercial lines insurance companies, agents, and brokers, and Tarmika, a...
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Slice Announces Four Slice Mind Services
Staff Writer | January 29, 2020
Leading insurance influencer indicates Slice services mark new era of customer insights and risk management...
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Protecht promotes Patrick Zhang to new CTO position
Staff Writer | January 29, 2020
Protecht, the award-winning insurtech company, has appointed Patrick Zhang of Irvine, California to the newly created position of Chief Technology...
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Pie Insurance Named a Top Colorado Company in 2020
Staff Writer | January 29, 2020
Built in Colorado includes Pie on lists of top 100 workplaces and top 50 startups...
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Slope Software Raises $1 Million to Scale Its Actuarial Modeling Platform
Staff Writer | January 29, 2020
Slope Software, an insurtech startup aiming to modernize actuarial software, today announced that it has raised a $1,000,000 seed round investment led...
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American Crop Insurance Partners with Farmers Edge on Growers Insurance
Staff Writer | January 29, 2020
American Crop Insurance, a provider of insurance services in the Northeast region of the United States, has partnered with Farmers Edge™, a global...
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Insurify Raises $23M, Expands Into Home and Life Insurance, and Hires Former SVP of Engineering at KAYAK as its CTO
Staff Writer | January 27, 2020
AI-powered insurance comparison platform Insurify is expanding into home, renters, and life insurance comparison. To help drive this expansion, the...
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DocVentive Joins Quadient Partner Advantage Program
Staff Writer | January 27, 2020
Quadient, a leader in helping businesses create meaningful customer connections through digital and physical channels, announced today that DocVentive...
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How does a small- to medium-sized business (SMB) begin attempting to understand the digital ecosystem customer...
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BrokerTech Ventures Hires John Jackovin as Accelerator Executive Director
Staff Writer | January 22, 2020
Hiring comes as 20 early-stage startups gear up for BrokerTech Ventures’ Selection Series in Des Moines...
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Xceedance Acquires Activer Solutions
Staff Writer | January 21, 2020
Acquisition enhances onshore insurance managed services and technology capabilities of Xceedance in North America...
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IMS Brings Carrot UBI Platform to North American Insurers
Staff Writer | January 21, 2020
Approach focused on engagement and reward already proven to deliver increased customer participation, better insurance outcomes, and safer drivers...
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4 Ways Insurance Can Prepare for New Data Privacy Laws
Philip Gow | January 21, 2020
Though it only took effect on Jan. 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, has already changed the way corporations view consumer data. And...
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SPLICE Software Included in "10 Most Trustable Insurance Tech Solution Providers to Watch in 2020" by The Technology Headlines
Staff Writer | January 17, 2020
SPLICE Software, which specializes in using big and small data and voice technologies to drive customer engagement, was named one of the 10 Most...
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Insurance Marketing & Communications Association Launches Exclusive Council for CMOs
Staff Writer | January 16, 2020
The Insurance Marketing & Communications Association (IMCA) has launched an exclusive council as a networking and educational resource for top...
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Slice and SOMPO Release First On-Demand Insurance Product in Asia on ICS
Staff Writer | January 16, 2020
New pay-per-use travel product brings together advanced financial services, payments, and insurance platforms in Thailand’s cashless society...
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ClarionDoor Adds Jason Routson as New Director of Sales
Staff Writer | January 15, 2020
ClarionDoor, a proven provider of enterprise-class digital insurance software, is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Routson to the team as the...
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BriteCore Names New Chief Product Officer and SVP of Services
Staff Writer | January 14, 2020
BriteCore, provider of next-generation core software solutions for insurers, named John Davi as Chief Product Officer and Chris Heggelund as Senior...
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Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and kWh Analytics Announce Insurtech Collaboration to Accelerate Solar Adoption
Staff Writer | January 14, 2020
Solar risk management firm kWh Analytics and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (SRCS) today announced an Agency Agreement to accelerate the growth of solar...
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Origami Risk Names David Duden as Strategic Relationships Executive, Core Solutions Division
Staff Writer | January 13, 2020
Industry Exec to Focus on Technology Needs of Risk Pools, TPAs...
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The Co-operators Selects Guidewire InsuranceSuite Cloud
Staff Writer | January 13, 2020
Canadian insurer to transition from on-premises deployment to Guidewire Cloud...
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Insurity Acquires SpatialKey, Inc., a Leader in P&C Geospatial Analytics
Staff Writer | January 09, 2020
Insurity, Inc., a provider of cloud solutions and data analytics for the world’s largest insurers, brokers, and MGAs, has acquired P&C geospatial...
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Brewer Lane Ventures Launches and Hires Insurtech Vet Martha Notaras as Managing Partner
Staff Writer | January 09, 2020
Brewer Lane Ventures, a new venture capital firm focused on investing in the insurtech and fintech industries, today announced it has brought on...
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2020 GIA Cohort Launches on January 14
Staff Writer | January 08, 2020
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) announces the launch of its sixth cohort on January 14, with eight insurtech companies coming to Des Moines...
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Brylianze and Cloverleaf Analytics Form Alliance
Staff Writer | January 08, 2020
Insurance-focused IT services company Brylianze, and Cloverleaf Analytics, a business intelligence technology provider to the insurance industry, have...
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SIMON Markets LLC Adds Great American Life to Annuities Platform
Staff Writer | January 07, 2020
SIMON Markets LLC has added Great American Life Insurance Company as the second insurance carrier to offer products on SIMON’s new annuities platform...
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Sapiens Acquires German-Based Insurtech sum.cumo to Expand its Footprint in the DACH Region
Staff Writer | January 07, 2020
Acquisition of one of Intelligent Insurer’s “Insurtech: Hot 100” companies will enable Sapiens to enhance its digital offerings globally...
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The November/December 2019 ITA Pro is here!
Staff Writer | January 06, 2020
The latest issue of ITA PRO magazine is now available in digital format...
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Electronic Chat with Joshua Snead
Staff Writer | January 06, 2020
Joshua Snead is co-founder of Rainwalk Technology, a SaaS cloud-native platform provider for pet insurance. The company uses machine learning to price...
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Volvo Financial Services Invests in Insurtech for the Commercial Vehicle Sector
Staff Writer | January 03, 2020
Volvo Financial Services has invested in REIN, an insurtech start-upmpany, to deploy connected insurance services to the commercial transport industry...
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Workers Comp Insurtech Hourly Secures $7.15M Seed Round
Staff Writer | January 02, 2020
Hourly, a Palo Alto-based startup that simplifies workers’ comp insurance, payroll and time tracking for small business owners, announced today that...
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Bold Penguin Acquires Multi-Quote Platform xagent
Staff Writer | January 02, 2020
Bold Penguin today announced its acquisition of xagent, an independent, multi-quote platform for standard and surplus lines business insurance market...
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Heartland Farm Mutual Insurance Selects Guidewire InsurancePlatform with EY iNexus Cloud Delivery
Staff Writer | December 30, 2019
Heartland Farm Mutual, Inc., an Ontario-based mutual insurer, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property...
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ClarionDoor Announces the 2nd Annual ClarionDoor Experience (CDX) Conference
Staff Writer | December 30, 2019
ClarionDoor, a provider of API-first distribution solutions for insurance, is pleased to announce the dates and agenda for the company’s second annual...
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BIMA Develops New Life and Health Insurance Products with Low-Code Platform Leader OutSystems
Staff Writer | December 17, 2019
Insurtech BIMA is using the OutSystems low-code platform to build customer engagement web and mobile apps for its new direct-to-consumer life and...
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ACORD Names Top Ten InsurTech Leaders of 2019
Staff Writer | December 17, 2019
Individuals Recognized for Driving Change in Global Insurance Industry...
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Electronic Chat with Wendy Aarons-Corman
Laura Mazzuca Toops | December 16, 2019
Wendy Aarons-Corman has more than 30 years’ experience in both IT and insurance, from her earliest days as a software developer on the underwriting...
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AXA XL Announces Collaboration with Slice Labs and Microsoft to Improve Cyber Risk Management
Staff Writer | December 13, 2019
Collaboration gives Microsoft customers access to on-demand, cloud-based cyber insurance for the first time...
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DropIn, Inc Announces Joseph Shemesh as New CEO
Staff Writer | December 12, 2019
DropIn, Inc., provider of the on-demand, live video platform for the insurance industry, announced the appointment of Joseph Shemesh as its new Chief...
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Insurtech MGA Cover Whale Launches "BigRigInsure.Com" Trucking Platform
Staff Writer | December 12, 2019
Insurtech MGA Cover Whale has launched its commercial truck insurance platform, www.BigRigInsure.com...
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Axiom Debuts Axiom Connected
Staff Writer | December 12, 2019
Axiom Product Administration has established a dedicated technology services organization, Axiom Connected Technology LLC, which is focused on the...
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Policygenius Releases Two New Tech Tools
Staff Writer | December 10, 2019
Online life insurance marketplace Policygenius has released two new tech tools to improve and simplify customer experience...
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Trov and Sompo Partner to Expand Global Mobility Solutions
Staff Writer | December 10, 2019
Insurtech provider Trov is partnering with Sompo Holdings to launch Mobility Solutions, a new Powered by Trov collaboration that expands the company's...
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Guidewire Software Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results
Staff Writer | December 06, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property and Casualty (“P&C”) insurers rely upon, today announced its...
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Patriot Life Insurance Company Upgrades its Life & Annuities Underwriting Capabilities with Sapiens
Staff Writer | December 06, 2019
Milliman IntelliScript’s Irix® – Risk Score integrates with the latest version of Sapiens UnderwritingPro for Life & Annuities, which is now generally...
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Zywave Acquires Data Analytics Provider miEdge
Staff Writer | December 05, 2019
Product integration will deliver advanced prospecting and data engine, supporting Zywave’s comprehensive Product Cloud Portfolios...
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Trov Launches White-Label Renters Insurance Application in Partnership with Lloyds Banking Group
Staff Writer | December 04, 2019
Fully digital application delivers renters insurance as a flexible subscription, plus on-demand cover for individual items...
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Bestow Announces Executive Hires
Staff Writer | December 04, 2019
Bestow, the digital life insurance company which uses artificial intelligence and its full stack platform to instantly underwrite, today announced new...
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OCTO Acquires Nebula Systems, Reinforcing Leadership in Intelligent Vehicle Diagnostics
Staff Writer | December 04, 2019
With the integration of Nebula’s solution into the OCTO Intelligent Mobility solution, vehicle health, status and operations can be monitored...
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Eastern Alliance Insurance Group Selects Insurity’s Cloud-hosted “Workers’ CompXPress Suite”
Staff Writer | December 04, 2019
Eastern Alliance Insurance Group, a domestic casualty insurance group specializing in workers’ compensation insurance and a wholly-owned subsidiary of...
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SageSure Insurance Managers Appoints Paul VanderMarck to Accelerate Innovation
Staff Writer | December 03, 2019
New Chief Technology and Innovation Officer will guide the company’s technology initiatives and innovation strategy...
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The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group Deploys Guidewire InsurancePlatform in Deloitte’s InsurCloud
Staff Writer | December 03, 2019
The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group, an Ontario, Canada-based mutual insurer, has successfully deployed Guidewire InsurancePlatform* Core and Data...
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WNS Recognized as a "Market Leader" in Insurance by ISG
Staff Writer | December 02, 2019
WNS (Holdings) Limited, a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) services, announced that the company has been recognized as a "...
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GloveBox Names Scott McNealy as Board Advisor
Staff Writer | December 02, 2019
GloveBox, the recently released mobile and web app, has announced the addition of Silicon Valley legend, Scott McNealy, to their board of advisors...
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Openly Secures $7.65 Million To Empower Insurance Agents And Simplify Home Insurance
Staff Writer | November 27, 2019
With Funding Led by Gradient Ventures, Insurtech Startup is Now Live in Illinois, Arizona & Rapidly Expanding to More States...
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Origami Risk Expands UK/EMEA Operations; Appoints Mary Upshaw as Head of Professional Service and Daniel Efting as Client Exec
Staff Writer | November 26, 2019
Origami Risk, the risk, safety, and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, announced the expansion of its operations in the UK and...
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ACCC Insurance Company Selects One Inc for Digital Claims Payments
Staff Writer | November 26, 2019
ACCC Insurance Company (ACCC) has selected the One Inc Digital Payments Platform’s ClaimsPay® to modernize the company’s outbound payment capabilities...
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Sean Sweeney | November 25, 2019
Harnessing a business objective mindset ensures your team understands what the business strives to achieve, rather than attempting to simply solve...
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Sapiens Recognised as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Non-Life-Insurance Platforms, Europe
Staff Writer | November 25, 2019
Sapiens International Corporation, a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, was positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s...
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Ullico Casualty Group Selects Majesco P&C Core Suite and Enterprise Data Warehouse on Majesco CloudInsurer® for Digital Transformation
Staff Writer | November 25, 2019
Selection will drive business modernization leveraging pre-configured industry leading practices, deliver optimized and operational capabilities and...
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Sun Life U.S. names Paula Bartgis as CIO
Staff Writer | November 22, 2019
Sun Life U.S. announced today that it has named Paula Bartgis as senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO). Bartgis will have...
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Daisy Wins AI Company of the Year at the Canadian FinTech & AI Awards
Staff Writer | November 22, 2019
Daisy Intelligence was named AI Company of the Year at the prestigious Canadian FinTech & AI Awards. Daisy provides AI-powered solutions for the...
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Hippo Expands Its Suite of Offerings
Staff Writer | November 21, 2019
Home insurance company Hippo is adding protective home maintenance services for Hippo customers. Through its acquisition of Sheltr, a platform that...
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Heartland Farm Mutual Insurance Selects Guidewire InsurancePlatform with EY iNexus Cloud Delivery
Staff Writer | November 21, 2019
Ontario mutual insurer to leverage EY-hosted Guidewire Core and Data products to improve operational efficiencies and accelerate business growth...
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CyberCube Secures $35 million in Series B Raise to Accelerate Cyber Risk Analytics
Staff Writer | November 20, 2019
Company secures $35mn additional funding led by Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. (doing its reinsurance business as HSCM Bermuda) and...
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National Western Life Selects Equisoft to Accelerate its Growth Strategy
Staff Writer | November 20, 2019
Equisoft, a global provider of digital business solutions for the insurance and wealth industries, has been selected by National Western Life...
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Zesty.ai Releases Property Change Detection Product Powered By AI
Staff Writer | November 19, 2019
Z-BOOK™ Improves Risk Assessment, Ensures Accurate Insurance Coverage, and Customer Safety by Monitoring Property Changes...
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Next Insurance Appoints Former Fitbit, Yelp Execs to Head Marketing, Product Teams
Staff Writer | November 19, 2019
Following a $250M Funding Round the Small Business Insurance Leader Appoints CMO and CPO from World Renowned Brands...
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WoodmenLife Launches Unified Selling Experience for Agents with iPipeline
Staff Writer | November 19, 2019
iPipeline, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for the life insurance and financial services industry, announces that WoodmenLife has...
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Sapiens Expands Partnership Ecosystem with Lightico
Staff Writer | November 18, 2019
Insurance software provider Sapiens International Corporation has expanded its growing ecosystem by partnering with Lightico, an industry leader that...
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Electronic Chat with Ron Glozman
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 18, 2019
Ron Glozman is the founder of Chisel, an AI solution for the global insurance industry which uses natural language processing and named entity...
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The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Names Andrew McMahon President
Staff Writer | November 15, 2019
McMahon has a history of innovation and leadership in the industry, having launched and strategically advised several insurtech companies. He is also...
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GoAskJay Launches On-Demand Marketplace for Personal and Commercial Insurance
Staff Writer | November 15, 2019
GoAskJay, an on-demand insurance provider fueled by AI, has released its business and individual consumer marketplace in the U.S...
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OWIT Global Partners with Maprisk
Staff Writer | November 15, 2019
OWIT Global, provider of microservices technology for the global insurance industry, has formed a partnership with Maprisk to utilize data services...
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Hollard Group Risk Selects Sapiens
Staff Writer | November 14, 2019
Sapiens International Corporation, global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced that Hollard Group Risk, an...
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DataCubes Raises $15.2 Million in Series B Funding Round
Staff Writer | November 14, 2019
DataCubes, an underwriting decisioning platform for U.S. commercial property and casualty insurers, announced the close of a $15.2 million funding...
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Activer Solutions Expands Sales Team
Staff Writer | November 13, 2019
Vice President of Sales, Rex James, adds Sarah Osborne as Sales Director...
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Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company (FUMICO) Selects Sapiens Solutions Over the Cloud for its P&C Transformation Project
Staff Writer | November 13, 2019
FUMICO will replace its 30-year-old legacy system with Sapiens CoreSuite for Property & Casualty and advanced analytics solution over the cloud...
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Zendrive Names John Kramer New Director of Insurance Sales
Staff Writer | November 13, 2019
Auto data analytics company Zendrive has named John Kramer as Director of Insurance Sales. He brings with him nearly 20 years of insurance experience...
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Guidewire’s Data Guru Mike Byam on How Insurers are Using Internal and Third-Party Data
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 13, 2019
Traditionally, internally stored data – the reams of information buried in policies and claims -- was the exclusive realm of the insurance actuary...
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REIN's DroneInsurance.com and Measure Collaborate to Provide Commercial Drone Operators with Integrated Access to Drone Insurance
Staff Writer | November 12, 2019
Drone teams using Measure's Ground Control app will now have integrated access to DroneInsurance.com's 24/7 ground and usage-based flight coverage...
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Root Insurance Company Launches New Renters Insurance
Staff Writer | November 11, 2019
Insurtech Root Insurance has launched an affordable, streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized around real consumer need, for as low as...
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Electronic Chat with Russ Bostick
Laura Mazzuca Toops | November 11, 2019
Russ Bostick is Managing Partner at MVP Advisory Group, established in 2013 to provide consulting and advisory services specifically for the insurance...
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Trexis Insurance Goes Live with the Duck Creek Core Suite OnDemand and Duck Creek Insights
Staff Writer | November 08, 2019
Trexis Insurance, a Tennessee-based non-standard personal auto insurer with operations in nine U.S. states, is live with the core Duck Creek Suite...
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Roost® Announces Commercial Property Telematics Partnership with Church Mutual Insurance Company
Staff Writer | November 08, 2019
Property carrier telematics provider Roost announced a new partnership with Church Mutual Insurance Company®, the largest insurer of religious...
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Arch Insurance Live with Majesco Billing for P&C on Majesco CloudInsurer™
Staff Writer | November 08, 2019
Majesco, a global cloud insurance software solutions provider for insurance business transformation, announced that Arch Insurance Group, Inc...
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Conning: Life Insurance Sector Catching Up in Terms of Innovation
Staff Writer | November 07, 2019
Both internal and external pressures are weighing on the life insurance sector to drive innovation and technology adoption. Recent flat sales, a need...
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Efma and Accenture Announce Winners of Innovation in Insurance Awards in North America
Staff Writer | November 07, 2019
Efma, an association of more than 3,300 retail financial services companies in 130 countries, and Accenture have announced the winners of the second...
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Guidewire Congratulates 2019 Innovation Award Winners – Aviva Italy, CAA Insurance Company, Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Idaho, and FRIDAY
Staff Writer | November 06, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. congratulates the winners of its 2019 Innovation Awards: Aviva Italy with EY and GFT, CAA Insurance Company, Farm Bureau...
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Burns & Wilcox Implements Majesco Digital1st Insurance™ Platform as the Foundation for Latest Digital Growth Strategy
Staff Writer | November 05, 2019
Burns & Wilcox, North American insurance wholesale broker and underwriting manager, selected Majesco Digital1st Insurance™ platform as the foundation...
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Guidewire Announces 2019.2 Release of P&C Insurance Industry Platform to Enhance Experiences for Policyholders, Agents, and Insurer Staff
Staff Writer | November 05, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. announced the 2019.2 release of Guidewire InsurancePlatform. This latest release extends support for insurers’ imperatives to...
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EMC Insurance Adopts Full Suite of CLARA analytics AI-Based Products
Staff Writer | November 05, 2019
EMC Insurance Companies (EMC) has selected CLARA analytics to help advance its digital initiatives. EMC will integrate the full suite of all three...
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Oxfam, Etherisc, and Aon Deliver Pay-Outs with First Blockchain-Based Agricultural Insurance Policies for Smallholder Farmers in Sri Lanka
Staff Writer | November 04, 2019
Oxfam in Sri Lanka, the organization working to alleviate poverty; Etherisc, the insurtech startup developing a protocol for decentralized insurance...
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San Francisco-Based Kover.ai Raised $1.5M in Seed Round
Staff Writer | November 04, 2019
Kover.ai recently closed a $1.5 million seed round from some big names in the Silicon Valley and Chicago tech ecosystems. The round was led by West...
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SMA Announces Transformation in Action Award Winners
Staff Writer | November 04, 2019
Strategy Meets Action (SMA), a leading insurance advisory firm, has announced the winners for the annual SMA Transformation in Action Awards, which...
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Women in Insurance Technology Gather at the Koger Center in Columbia, SC
Staff Writer | November 03, 2019
The Women in Insurance Technology of South Carolina (WiITsc) hosted a program on Unconscious Bias at the Koger Center for the Arts on October 16, 2019...
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SECURA Upgrades Majesco Policy for P&C and Expands Additional Lines of Business and States
Staff Writer | November 03, 2019
Insurance cloud solutions software provider Majesco announced that SECURA Insurance successfully upgraded to Version 10 of Majesco Policy for P&C...
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Compart Hires Brian Gasteier to Lead North America
Staff Writer | November 03, 2019
With industry-leading software solutions extending into new products and services, Compart AG has expanded its footprint with the hiring of Brian...
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Guidewire Announces InsuranceNow GO for Faster Core System Implementations
Staff Writer | November 03, 2019
Insurance industry platform provider Guidewire Software, Inc.announced the availability of InsuranceNow GO, its new, out-of-the-box, no-code cloud...
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Guidewire Software Recognised as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Non-Life Insurance Platforms, Europe, for Second Consecutive Year
Staff Writer | November 01, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform general insurers rely upon today announced that it has been positioned as a...
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Veruna Founder Jon Lincoln Wins ACORD Leadership Award
Staff Writer | November 01, 2019
Veruna, developer of the insurance industry’s only agency management system (AMS) built on the Salesforce platform, is pleased to announce that the...
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Carpe Data Announces Launch of ClaimsX Platform
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
Carpe Data, a provider of innovative emerging and alternative data products for the insurance industry, is pleased to announce the immediate...
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Slice Joins CTA Small Business Council Board to Advance Awareness of On-Demand Insurance
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
On-demand insurance cloud platform provider Slice Labs Inc. has become a member of Consumer Technology Association’s (CTA)® Small Business Council (...
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GAINSCO Selects One Inc for Digital Claims Payments
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
One Inc, a digital payments platform provider for insurance companies and managing general agencies (MGAs), is pleased to announce GAINSCO Auto...
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Protecht Names Casey Callinsky COO
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
Protecht's president, Casey Callinsky, has taken on a new role as the firm's chief operating officer...
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Truepic Joins Guidewire PartnerConnect Solution Alliance Program; Publishes Ready for Guidewire Add-On
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
Truepic, provider of an end-to-end virtual inspection solution for insurers, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry...
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Majesco Releases Version 11 of P&C Core Suite and L&A and Group Core Suite Platforms
Staff Writer | October 31, 2019
Majesco (NASDAQ: MJCO), a global leader of cloud insurance software solutions for insurance business transformation, today announced the general...
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Guidewire Extends Use of Advisen Data in its Cyber Rating Model
Staff Writer | October 30, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers rely upon, and Advisen, provider of data...
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BrokerTech Ventures Announces 2020 Accelerator Open for Tech Startup Submissions
Staff Writer | October 30, 2019
BrokerTech Ventures, the first broker-led investor group and accelerator focused on delivering innovation to the insurance agent-broker industry, has...
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Chisel AI Expands Leadership Team with Seasoned Software Industry Executives
Staff Writer | October 30, 2019
Chisel AI, a technology provider for the global insurance industry, today announced three recent appointments to its leadership team. The company has...
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EverQuote Partners with Bold Penguin to Launch Commercial Insurance Marketplace
Staff Writer | October 28, 2019
EverQuote, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVER), a leading online marketplace for insurance shopping in the U.S., is pleased to announce a partnership with Bold...
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Church Mutual Insurance Company Selects Guidewire InsurancePlatform Products to Transform Claims Management, Data and Analytics, and Digital Engagement Capabilities
Staff Writer | October 28, 2019
Church Mutual Insurance Company, a market leader providing insurance services for faith-based organizations and other compatible markets, and...
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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Announces Partnership to Roll Out Zipari’s Full Consumer Experience Platform
Staff Writer | October 28, 2019
Zipari, the consumer experience solution built specifically for health insurance, has been selected as the technology partner for CareFirst BlueCross...
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Electronic Chat with John Siegman
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 28, 2019
John Siegman is CCA and Founder at HazardHub, the U.S.’s most comprehensive natural and man-made risk database...
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Campings.com Collaborates With Setoo to Offer Weather Insurance
Staff Writer | October 25, 2019
UK Insurance and protection-as-a-service company, Setoo, today announced that Campings.com, a Europe-wide campsite bookings company, selected its...
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Origami Risk Adds Patient and Staff Survey Tool to Healthcare Risk Management Platform
Staff Writer | October 24, 2019
Origami Risk, the risk, safety and insurance Software as a Service (SaaS) technology firm, has added a new survey tool to its integrated cloud-based...
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Workgrid Software Launches All-In-One Workplace Chatbot To Improve Employee Experience
Staff Writer | October 23, 2019
Workgrid Software, Inc., a startup software provider of intelligent workplace solutions that is part of Liberty Mutual Group, has announced the...
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CLARA analytics Appoints Paul Kim as Chief Medical Officer
Staff Writer | October 23, 2019
CLARA analytics (“CLARA”), a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the commercial insurance industry, today announced that Paul Kim...
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U.S. Insurance Carriers Embrace Artificial Intelligence, Drones and Other Technologies
Staff Writer | October 22, 2019
U.S. insurance companies are rapidly adopting new technologies such as artificial intelligence and drones to better serve their customers, and they...
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Chisel AI Named as an IDC Innovator for Insurance Sales Automation Solutions
Staff Writer | October 16, 2019
Leading Analyst Firm Profiles Chisel AI with Four Other Companies Using Advanced Technologies to Enhance Insurance Sales Processes...
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New Majesco Report Emphasizes the Burning Platform for Insurance Transformation and Market Leadership
Staff Writer | October 15, 2019
Incumbent insurers and InsurTech startups are changing the rules of the insurance business with the powerful capabilities of cloud-based platform...
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Veruna Named Insurance Technology Company of the Year
Staff Writer | October 15, 2019
Award presented by the Connecticut Young Insurance Professionals...
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Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company Selects One Inc for Claims Processing
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 10, 2019
Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (VFBMIC) has selected One Inc to consolidate premiums and claims payment processing into one all-...
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Principal Financial Group Partners with EIS Group on Disability Insurance
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 09, 2019
A new partnership with EIS Group will help Principal Financial Group® simplify the process of buying and servicing disability insurance...
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RT ProExec Distributes New Commercial Cyber Product with ClarionDoor Technology
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 08, 2019
RT ProExec, a division of RT Specialty and a leading wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products and services, is delivering a new insurance...
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Guidewire InsuranceSuite Positioned as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for P&C Core Platforms, North America, for Fifth Consecutive Time
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 04, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers rely upon, today announced Guidewire...
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Insurer IT Spending Up for 2020; Portals and Predictive Analytics Investments Are Common, Says Novarica Study of 100 Insurer CIOs
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 04, 2019
Insurer IT spending is growing for 2020 as insurers seek to improve speed to market, distributor service, and analytics capabilities, according to the...
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Slice Announces Duuo Release of Two New On- Demand Insurance Products Built on ICS
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 04, 2019
Slice Labs Inc. announces that digital insurance brand Duuo from The Co-operators Group, has launched on-demand Event and Rent-My-Stuff insurance...
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Global Insurance Accelerator Announces New Funding Structure for Future Cohorts
Laura Mazzuca Toops | October 02, 2019
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), an InsurTech accelerator focused on supporting and promoting innovation for the insurance industry, is excited...
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InsurTech Innovator Avinew Selects Majesco P&C Core Suite on Majesco CloudInsurer™ as its Platform for Growth and Innovation
Staff Writer | September 24, 2019
Majesco’s Track Record for Speed-To-Value, Microservices-Based Capabilities and Cutting-Edge Partner Ecosystem Will Help Fuel Avinew to Deliver New...
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NeuralMetrics Announces Global Corporate Launch
Staff Writer | September 12, 2019
NeuralMetrics, a modern InsurTech data provider using natural language processing (NLP) technologies to power a real-time, alternative data engine for...
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Ask Kodiak and Friends to Host Insurtech Boston on October 29
Staff Writer | September 17, 2019
“Not-your-typical-insurtech event” has become an important ingredient in an evolving insurance ecosystem...
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Bold Penguin's Exchange drives innovation in commercial insurance
Bill Sinn | May 30, 2019
Bold Penguin, a commercial insurance technology provider, has announced that it is accelerating innovation in the sector by working with Progressive...
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Guidewire Software Announces Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results
Bill Sinn | June 04, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property and Casualty (“P&C”) insurers rely upon, today announced its...
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Prudential Financial appoints Roger Putnam to lead U.S. customer service operations
Bill Sinn | June 03, 2019
Roger Putnam has joined Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) as chief operating officer of the company’s Enabling Solutions organization...
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Chisel AI Launches Submission Triage for Commercial Insurance Carriers
Bill Sinn | May 29, 2019
AI-Powered Solution Enables Carriers to Boost Quoting Capacity by 50% and Respond to Submissions in Seconds...
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Quadient Recognized as an Overall Leader in the 2019 Aspire Leaderboard for CCM for the Second Consecutive Year
Bill Sinn | May 28, 2019
Quadient was also recognized as a leader in the Business Automation, Omni-channel Orchestration and Communication Composition categories...
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Spotlight on the 2019 IASA Conference
Bill Sinn | May 23, 2019
Thousands of insurance professionals will descend on Phoenix, AZ, for this year's annual IASA conference from June 2-5, 2019...
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Guidewire Announces Latest Group of PartnerConnect Consulting Program Specialization Recipients
Bill Sinn | May 20, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc., provider of the industry platform P&C insurers rely upon, today announced that Cognizant and PwC have achieved Guidewire...
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Grinnell Mutual Deploys Guidewire InsurancePlatform via Guidewire Cloud to Accelerate Growth
Bill Sinn | May 20, 2019
Multi-state property and casualty insurance provider leveraging Guidewire’s industry platform in the cloud to increase business agility and enhance...
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Messagepoint Named a Customer Communications Management Leader in the Aspire Leaderboard for Second Year in a Row
Bill Sinn | May 22, 2019
Messagepoint Inc. has been named as a leading provider of Customer Communications Management (CCM) solutions in the Aspire Leaderboard for the second...
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New VUE Software Study On Blockchain Probes Uses For Insurance
Bill Sinn | May 03, 2019
VUE Software releases its deep-dive study into the applications and outlook for Blockchain in the insurance industry...
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Messagepoint Adds AI-powered Content Intelligence to Its Leading Customer Communications Management Platform
Bill Sinn | May 06, 2019
New Capabilities Enable Better Content and Improved Content Management...
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Electronic Chat with Dr. Dan Shoham
Bill Sinn | May 02, 2019
ITA interviews Dr. Dan Shoham, Chief Science Officer of Betterview...
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Ayr Farmers Mutual Insurance Company Selects Guidewire InsurancePlatform Products to Transform Core Operations, Data and Analytics, and Digital Engagement Capabilities
Bill Sinn | April 29, 2019
Canadian mutual insurer to leverage Guidewire systems to enhance policyholder experience, improve operational efficiencies, and support strategic...
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ValueMomentum experienced 31% revenue growth in FY 2018
Bill Sinn | April 30, 2019
Notable growth is led by digital, data and core transformation initiatives...
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Aite Group Names EIS Group “Best-in-Class” for Life Policy Administration Data Integration Capabilities
Bill Sinn | April 29, 2019
EIS Group takes top honors in PAS vendor report focused on integration, API development, micro-services, and the ability to integrate and use external...
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Guidewire Achieves Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) Compliance and is Named a VISA Third-Party Agent
Bill Sinn | April 24, 2019
PCI DSS Compliance helps ensure financial data security for P&C insurers and their policyholders...
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Pacífico Seguros first Peruvian insurer to select FRISS for automated claims fraud analytics
Bill Sinn | April 25, 2019
Peruvian insurer Pacífico Seguros selected FRISS, the global provider of fraud and risk software solutions for the P&C insurance industry, to automate...
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Foresters Friendly Society to Replatform its Legacy Systems with Majesco LifePlus Solutions in the Cloud
Bill Sinn | April 23, 2019
Majesco is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement with Foresters Friendly Society to deliver full, end-to-end policy lifecycle support...
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Unique partnership between VMSolution and FRISS enables fast claims process
Bill Sinn | April 18, 2019
VMSolution, a Münster-based start-up specializing in automation and risk calculation for motor vehicle insurance, and FRISS, the global supplier of...
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Roost Joins the IoT Insurance Observatory
Bill Sinn | April 18, 2019
Roost, a leader in Home Telematics for property insurance carriers, today announced thatthey will be joining the IoT Insurance Observatory member...
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Appalachian Underwriters launches world-class billing and payments offering (through Input 1)
Bill Sinn | April 18, 2019
Appalachian Underwriters, Inc., a leading insurance wholesale facility based in Oak Ridge, TN, recently went live with a direct bill offering for...
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Musings on the Future of Autonomous Vehicles – And Practical Implications for Today
Mark Breading | April 18, 2019
What might a future world look like where all transportation is via autonomous vehicles...
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S&P Global Ratings expands collaboration with Guidewire Software to inform cyber component of New ESG Evaluations
Bill Sinn | April 12, 2019
S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI), and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE) today announced an increased collaboration...
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National Life Transforms Customer Experience Program with Cognizant
Bill Sinn | April 16, 2019
Expanded Collaboration Elevates Strategic Engagement across Policyholders, Sales Agents and Employees...
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Majesco Unveils Majesco P&C Core Suite Version 11
Bill Sinn | April 15, 2019
The new version includes 100 new features and 700 new capabilities to accelerate insurers’ transformation to the future of insurance...
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Assurant Selects Equisoft for Multi-Year System Upgrade and Data Migration Project
Bill Sinn | April 09, 2019
Equisoft, a leading global provider of digital business solutions for the insurance and wealth industries, is pleased to announce that it has been...
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Mutual of Omaha Selects Socotra for Increased Flexibility and Agility
Bill Sinn | April 10, 2019
Socotra's open APIs and speed-to-market supports Mutual of Omaha’s new business platform...
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Majesco Announces Plans to Unveil New Brand and Vision for the Future of Insurance
Bill Sinn | April 09, 2019
Launching the new face and future of Majesco at the company’s sold-out customer conference...
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Gold Sponsor Messagepoint Shares How Integration with Salesforce Delivers Personalized, Compliant Customer Communications at Salesforce World Tour Toronto
Bill Sinn | April 09, 2019
Messagepoint Inc., a leader in the Customer Communications Management (CCM) software market, announces it is participating as a Gold Sponsor at...
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Tangram Partners with DataCubes to Improve Agility and Increase Submission Intake Productivity
Bill Sinn | April 08, 2019
Tangram Integrates DataCubes' AI-Powered Intake Technology, d3 Intake™, to Improve Customer Experience and to Lay the Foundation for Continued...
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Martha Notaras: The “Outsider” with an Amazing Inside View
Bill Sinn | April 04, 2019
Martha Notaras is a partner with venture capital fund, XL Innovate. She is one of three keynote speakers at ITA LIVE 2019. Her presentation, titled "...
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ProSight Direct Offers “Effortless Insurance for Today’s Professional”
Bill Sinn | April 04, 2019
Online Direct-to-Consumer Platform Expands to a Broad Range of Small Business Professionals...
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Beazley US Launches New Small Commercial Package on DRC Policy Platform
Bill Sinn | April 04, 2019
Power and flexibility of DRC solutions accelerate program rollout and reduce time to market for new products...
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FireLight® Provides Carriers and Distributors Various System Features and Flexible Workflow Capabilities to Support Compliance with NY Reg 187 Requirements
Bill Sinn | April 02, 2019
Insurance Technologies, LLC, a provider of sales and regulatory automation solutions for the insurance and financial services industries, announces...
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Symmetry Financial Group Selects Vidado to Boost Sales Operations
Bill Sinn | April 02, 2019
Vidado’s AI solutions will process incoming leads faster and more accurately than current human workforce...
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AVYST Joins Vertafore Orange Partner Program
Bill Sinn | April 02, 2019
Bi-Directional Forms Integration Extends Reach of eForms Wizard Submission Tool...
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Chatbots Growing in Importance as Part of Hybrid Service Strategies for Insurers, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | April 02, 2019
Successful implementation will blend both human and automated capabilities...
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The Prima Solutions-Effisoft Group Appoints Christel Thorson Vice President of Sales, North America
Bill Sinn | March 12, 2019
Christel Thorson has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. She began her career in global business with major...
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Guidewire Software Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2019 Financial Results
Bill Sinn | March 06, 2019
Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry platform Property and Casualty (“P&C”) insurers rely upon, today announced its...
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Amica Life Licenses FAST Insurance Components
Bill Sinn | February 26, 2019
Continues trend of multi-line carriers adopting FAST platform...
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DataCubes Achieving Exponential Growth, Set to Reach 70 Employees in 2019
Bill Sinn | February 26, 2019
Capping off a Period of Rapid Growth, DataCubes Expands Senior Leadership Team and Adds Glenn Cannon as VP Sales...
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ClarionDoor Selected to Provide Rating and Issuance for Assurely’s Latest Insurance Solution
Bill Sinn | February 25, 2019
Seamless rate, issue, and forms management capabilities will help Assurely create an application-free process for end users buying insurance...
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Guidewire Software Announces Hexaware as New Consulting Alliance Partner
Bill Sinn | February 21, 2019
Global insurance consulting and services firm becomes latest Guidewire PartnerConnect™ Consulting alliance member...
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Steve Kronsnoble Joins CastleBay Companies as Insurance Principal Consultant
Bill Sinn | February 20, 2019
CastleBay Companies (CastleBay), parent company of CastleBay Consulting and CB Technology Services and specialists in high-impact, business-technology...
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Group Insurers Investing in Tech to Drive Customer Acquisition and Retention, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | February 19, 2019
Digital and Analytics Capabilities Are Competitive Necessities in Growing Market...
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RLI Selects DataCubes to Optimize Certain Underwriting Processes
Bill Sinn | February 14, 2019
Insurtech Startup to Help Specialty Insurer Improve Customer Experience and Productivity...
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Reinsurance Software WebXL Version 4.3 Released by Prima Solutions-Effisoft Group
Bill Sinn | February 14, 2019
New software release optimizes ceded property-casualty and life reinsurance management...
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Direct Online Could Grow to 12% of Small Commercial Insurance Market by 2023, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | February 13, 2019
Changes in business owners' online habits and new market entrants driving market demand...
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David Fisher joins FRISS board as non-executive member
Bill Sinn | February 13, 2019
Today FRISS, the global provider of fraud and risk solutions for the P&C insurance industry, announced that David Fisher has joined their board as a...
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Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Company Selects Roost®Home Telematics Solutions
Jim Daggett | February 12, 2019
Smart Sensor Deployment to Help Drive Policyholder Engagement...
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Promutuel Insurance Extends Guidewire PolicyCenter to Support Personal Lines Including Data Management and Policyholder Digital Engagement
Bill Sinn | February 12, 2019
Promutuel Insurance, one of Quebec’s largest Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers, and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), provider of the industry...
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Global Insurance Accelerator Announces Nicole Cook as Next Managing Director
Staff Writer | February 11, 2019
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) is pleased to announce Nicole Cook will join the GIA full time February 11, and take over as Managing Director...
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ITA Pro Weekly, February 08, 2019
Bill Sinn | February 08, 2019
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Martha Notaras Will Join ITA LIVE 2019 as a Keynote Speaker
Bill Sinn | February 08, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Martha Notaras, Partner with XL Innovate, will be serving as one of three keynote speakers at ITA LIVE 2019...
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ITA Pro Magazine, January/February 2019
Jim Daggett | February 06, 2019
ITA Pro Magazine, January/February 2019...
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Five Things to Consider When Evaluating Your Cyber Risk
Jennifer Dumont | February 07, 2019
Whether your company is private, non-profit or public, all types of businesses are at risk. Here are some basic tips on how to evaluate your cyber...
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60% of Carriers Planning to Increase Quality Assurance Activities in 2019, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | February 07, 2019
Elimination of rework due to defects cuts costs and frees up resources...
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Conifer Insurance Company Partners with InsurTech AI Startup Betterview to Deliver Data & Analytics on Commercial Buildings and Properties
Bill Sinn | January 31, 2019
Betterview, which is quickly becoming the platform essential to every transaction around buildings and properties, today announced a partnership with...
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Synergy Between Insurers' IT and Analytics Teams Key to Operationalizing Insights, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | February 05, 2019
In a new CIO Checklist report, Building IT/Analytics Alignment , research and advisory firm Novarica provides a guide for IT leaders to build and...
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CONTACT Software launches own AI unit
Bill Sinn | January 31, 2019
With the new Data Science Group, CONTACT Software underlines its commitment in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI...
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More Than Half of Insurers are Expanding Their Master Data Management Initiatives in 2019, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 29, 2019
Maintaining control over high-quality data critical for digitalization, growth of analytics, and regulatory compliance...
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Reinsurers Investing in Analytics and Core Systems to Meet Evolving Needs, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 31, 2019
Analytics, BPM/workflow, and auditing, compliance, and control among top tech priorities for the industry...
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insured.io Delivers the Latest in Digital Customer Engagement
Bill Sinn | January 29, 2019
The insured.io Customer Engagement Platform gives insurers the ability to create a superior online experience regardless of existing technology...
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Ajira AI Releases Workers’ Compensation Early Incident Reporting Solution, IntelliFROI™
Bill Sinn | January 29, 2019
New software offering blends AI, speech, mobile, and cloud technologies...
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Global Atlantic Financial Group Invests in Global Insurance Accelerator
Bill Sinn | January 30, 2019
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), the world’s first business accelerator focused solely on innovation and technology for the insurance industry...
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Mutual of Omaha selects VUE Software to Accelerate Distribution Growth
Bill Sinn | January 30, 2019
VUE Software announced today that Mutual of Omaha, a leading Fortune 500 mutual insurance and financial services company founded in 1909, selected VUE...
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ITA Pro Weekly, January 25, 2019
Bill Sinn | January 25, 2019
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Aite Group Gives EIS Suite Top Marks for Insurance Data Integration Capabilities
Bill Sinn | January 22, 2019
Aite recognizes EIS Suite as an “extremely data-focused platform” with no limitations on incorporating data into any core process...
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30% of Insurers Plan to Expand Use of Blended IT Staffing, Novarica Profiles 41 Vendor Solution Providers
Bill Sinn | January 24, 2019
IT services providers fulfill demands for modernization, innovation, and rare skill sets...
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ITA Announces 1st of Three Keynote Speakers at ITA LIVE 2019
Bill Sinn | January 23, 2019
ProSight Specialty Insurance Founder and CEO Joe Beneducci will discuss how insurers can strike the right balance between meeting evolving customer...
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Building and Retaining Human Capital as Critical for Insurers as Investing in Innovation Initiatives, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 22, 2019
In two new briefs, "Innovation in Insurance: Expansion and Key Issues" and "Next Generation Talent in Insurance", research and advisory firm Novarica...
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Ventus Risk partners with HazardHub for location-specific data
Bill Sinn | January 21, 2019
HazardHub, the nation’s fastest-growing supplier of geospatial risk data, is pleased to announce that Ventus Risk Management (www.ventusrisk.com) has...
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New Study of More than 100 Insurers Finds Success Among Early Adopters of Emerging Tech, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 15, 2019
Drones and RPA already delivering real business value; increasing pilot activity in AI, big data, chatbots, and telematics...
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Crawford Technologies Announces Release of ePresentment Gateway for Box
Bill Sinn | January 16, 2019
Prepare, Manage, Index and Store Transactional Documents in Box for Quick Distribution...
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Electronic Chat with Jeroen Morrenhof
Bill Sinn | January 10, 2019
ITA interviews Jeroen Morrenhof, CEO of FRISS, one of the leading fraud and risk mitigation companies serving the P&C insurance marketplace...
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Nearly 50% of US Insurers Are Enhancing Security Capabilities Across the Board, Says Novarica
Bill Sinn | January 08, 2019
IT security consumes more than 10% of insurer IT budgets and even more management bandwidth, according to a new report, IT Security Update 2019, from...
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2019 Global Insurance Accelerator Cohort Reflects Evolution of InsurTech
Bill Sinn | January 09, 2019
Strategic, targeted applications of emerging technologies seek validation and traction in U.S. insurance capital, Des Moines, Iowa...
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Majesco Acquires Exaxe, EMEA Cloud Software Leader for Life, Pensions and Wealth Management
Bill Sinn | November 27, 2018
Majesco (NYSE AMERICAN: MJCO), a global leader of cloud insurance technology, announced today the acquisition of Exaxe, an EMEA based cloud software...
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Kaboodle Announces New Partner Alliance with SPLICE Software
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
SPLICE to provide API-based next-gen digital engagement solutions to Kaboodle’s Collaborative...
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Introducing Jumpstart: A New Hassle-Free Approach to Natural Disaster Recovery
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
New InsurTech Startup Boosts Individual and Community Resilience with Fast, Text Message Driven Insurance Payments Triggered by Real-Time Data...
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Kelly Klee Delivers the First Customizable Online Coverage Plan for Private Client Insurance
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
Kelly Klee, Inc. is announcing the first online coverage plan for private client insurance, including homes, cars, valuables, and umbrella liability...
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Kespry Announces Expanded Insurance Offering to Lower Cost of Claim Resolution with Xactimate Integration and Updated Onsite Drone Inspection Capabilities
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
Kespry now automates roof dimensional analysis to Xactimate estimating application on mobile and desktops, delivering greater flexibility to adjustors...
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Cover Announces $16M Series B led by Tribe Capital
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
Cover is excited to announce the closing of its $16 million Series B funding round led by Tribe Capital with contributions from Samsung, Y Combinator...
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Parsyl Unveils Innovative Quality Assurance Solution for Shippers and Insurers
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
New supply chain IoT company launches to transform supply chain data collection and analytics, announces partnership with leading cargo insurer AXA XL...
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Hippo Creates A Better Customer Experience With Proactive Approach to Homeowners Insurance
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
Hippo’s Proactive Insurance Puts the Customer in the Spotlight Using Real-Time Data Collection to Combat the Underinsurance Problem...
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Fabric Helps Improve Financial Security for Families with New Digital Sharing Feature for Life Insurance Policies
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
Trusted Contacts feature helps address the >$1B in unclaimed life insurance benefits from misplaced or forgotten policies...
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Credit Karma Makes Significant Move with New Insurance Experience
Bill Sinn | October 02, 2018
New Tool Brings Transparency to Consumers With Potential To Change Auto Insurance Market Forever...
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The Institutes RiskBlock Alliance™ Announces EY as Blockchain Security and Risk Services Provider
Staff Writer | August 20, 2018
Global professional services organization EY will help non-profit consortium evaluate the security of its blockchain applications for insurance...
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Encompass Helps Keep Customers Connected & Safe with Roost Home Safety Devices
Staff Writer | August 16, 2018
Encompass has announced it is helping customers keep track of what may be happening in their home by deploying safety kits that monitor for fires...
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Slice Labs Strengthens Insurance Cloud Focus with Veteran Industry Executive Hire
Staff Writer | August 15, 2018
Philippe Lafreniere joins Slice as Chief Growth Officer...
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AAIS Collaborates With IBM To Transform Insurance Regulatory Reporting Using Blockchain
Staff Writer | August 15, 2018
The AAIS openIDL (open Insurance Data Link) is the first open blockchain platform focused on the collection and sharing of statistical data between...
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InsurTech Startup Betterview Launches New AI Driven Roof Report to Immediately Identify Roof Condition & Characteristics
Staff Writer | July 31, 2018
InsurTech Startup Betterview Launches New AI Driven Roof Report to Immediately Identify Roof Condition & Characteristics...
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XL Catlin to Build World’s First On-Demand Cyber Insurance Solution with Slice ICS
Staff Writer | July 25, 2018
XL Catlin to provide U.S. SMBs with new digital insurance solution...
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New Insurtech Partnership to Provide On-Demand Insurance in Canada
Staff Writer | July 18, 2018
The Co-operators taps into innovative partnership with Slice Labs to create solutions that address unmet insurance needs in the fast-evolving digital...
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DataCubes Completes Plug and Play Tech Accelerator Program
Staff Writer | June 14, 2018
Insurtech Startup Empowers Commercial P&C Insurers to Increase Underwriting Productivity 10x...
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Roost partners with The Weather Company
Staff Writer | May 08, 2018
The Weather Company and Roost Deliver New Emergency Weather Alert Service to Policyholders...
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Westfield Streamlines Commercial Lines Underwriting Through New Verisk and Duck Creek Technologies Integration
Staff Writer | April 19, 2018
Joint Insurtech solution simplifies connections of data and analytics for underwriting and process efficiency...
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MADISON MUTUAL INSURANCE CHOOSES ROOST HOME TELEMATICS SOLUTIONS
Staff Writer | April 18, 2018
Smart Sensor Deployment to Increase Policyholder Engagement...
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SpareBank 1 Selects Roost® For Home Telematics Solution
Staff Writer | April 11, 2018
Smart Sensor Deployment to Increase Policyholder Engagement in Norway...
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AIG and Athene Executive Joins Denim® as CTO
Staff Writer | April 04, 2018
Charlie Turri brings more than 20 years of IT experience to the growing technology company...
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AIG Launches Canada’s First Travel Insurance on Demand Smart App
Staff Writer | March 27, 2018
JAUNTIN’ is proud to officially announce our partnership with AIG Canada on Travel Guard On Demand...
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Industry Insight: 4 Global Insurance Trends in Digital, Data, Content Services and Security
Charlie Hanna | March 08, 2018
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of hosting Mark Breading, partner at Strategy Meets Action, at our headquarters in Westlake to discuss some of...
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Diving Deeper into Prioritizing Your Strategic Digital investments
Oliver Winkenbach | March 08, 2018
Digital disruption is becoming a key trend across the P&C insurance industry...
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Bold Penguin Announces Commercial Insurance Marketplace Expansion
Staff Writer | February 27, 2018
Bold Penguin, a property and casualty (P&C) InsurTech innovator, is pleased to announce the expansion of the Bold Penguin Marketplace’s capabilities...
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Legal & General announce new partnership with technology partner Slice Labs to roll out ‘on-demand’ homeshare insurance
Staff Writer | February 20, 2018
Legal & General, the FTSE 100 financial services group and leading home insurance provider, has today announced a new technology partnership with...
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Erie Insurance Partners with Roost® For Home Telematics Pilot
Staff Writer | February 08, 2018
As part of this new relationship, Erie will offer Smart Water Leak and Freeze Detectors to their policyholders to help mitigate water damage claims...
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Consider Tackling Insurance Fraud Detection Before Claims Automation
Arnaud Grapinet | January 30, 2018
Fraud detection has always been and will continue to be a critical component of claims management. Learning the lessons from current claims Straight...
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State Auto Insurance Joins Roost®’s Home Telematics Program
Staff Writer | January 30, 2018
Roost, a leader in Home Telematics for property insurance carriers, today announced that the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company (State Auto...
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Slice Launches Its On-Demand Digital Insurer-as-a-Service
Staff Writer | January 25, 2018
Slice Insurance Cloud ServicesTM, a first of its kind, fully digital, on-demand insurer, available immediately, with pay-as-you-go pricing...
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InsuredMine Announces Launch of New Consumer Insurance Management App
Staff Writer | January 19, 2018
The company now provides a convenient mobile app to help consumers manage multiple insurance policies on the go...
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Bankers Insurance Selects Roost® for Home Telematics Solution
Staff Writer | January 17, 2018
Smart Sensor Deployment to Drive New Business...
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New Study of More than 100 Insurers Finds Emerging Tech Deployment Still Rare, But Poised for Growth in 2018 and Beyond
Staff Writer | January 16, 2018
Pilot activity mostly in digital, analytics; mobile and predictive analytics approaching ubiquity, according to Novarica study...
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Global Insurance Accelerator Welcomes Largest Cohort
Staff Writer | January 12, 2018
Emerging technologies and business models to be accelerated in U.S. insurance capital...
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Roost® Adds Smart Garage Door Sensor to Suite of Home Telematics Solutions for Insurance Partners
Staff Writer | January 10, 2018
Roost, a leader in Home Telematics for property insurance carriers, today unveiled the Roost Smart Garage Door Sensor...
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Roost Unveils Next Gen Smart Home Products
Staff Writer | October 04, 2017
Roost reveals the second generation of its Roost Smart Battery and Roost Smart Water Leak and Freeze Detector...
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Majesco Announces Digital Engagement and Microservices Platform as a Service
Staff Writer | October 03, 2017
Majesco announces a new micro-services based solution set that enables the next era of customer engagement and supports a new generation of...
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Franklin Mutual Adds Roost Home Telematics Solutions
Staff Writer | October 02, 2017
Roost announce its partnership with Franklin Mutual Insurance in a strategic agreement to drive insurer enrollment, customer loyalty, and engagement...
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LeakBot Enters U.S. Market to Prevent Major Damage from Household Water Leaks
Staff Writer | September 28, 2017
HomeServe Labs, the innovation division of one of the UK’s leading home assistance providers, announces its connected water leak detector, LeakBot...
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Drover and Munich Re Announce Partnership
Staff Writer | September 06, 2017
Drover announces its partnership with Digital unit of Munich Re to launch a tailor-made product for ride-sharing drivers and fleet owners...
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Roost Announces $10.4 Million Funding Round
Staff Writer | August 24, 2017
Roost, a provider of home telematics for property insurance carriers and creator of the Roost Smart Battery and the Roost Smart Water Leak and Freeze...
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Insurtech Has Four Main Area of Focus for Insurers
Rob McIsaac | August 07, 2017
Insurtech activity certainly remains high and Novarica has been working with multiple insurance-focused accelerators in 2017 to keep abreast of...
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Insurtech Firm Veruna Expands Leadership Team
Staff Writer | July 10, 2017
Veruna announces the addition of Marcia Berner as program manager and Nancy Stasyshyn as director of raining to the insurance technology team...
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GWG Names Nodine to Lead Insurtech Division
Staff Writer | June 30, 2017
GWG Holdings, Inc., the parent company of GWG Life, announces that insurance technology expert Tom Nodine has joined as its executive vice president...
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ManchesterStory Selects O’Halleran to Lead Advisory Board
Staff Writer | June 21, 2017
ManchesterStory Group, a venture capital firm focused on insurance-relevant fintech and healthcare companies, announces that Michael O’Halleran has...
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SPLICE Releases Data-Driven Voice Apps for Alexa Skills
Staff Writer | June 19, 2017
SPLICE Software, which specializes in using Big Data and artificial intelligence to drive customer engagement, announces the release of new data-...
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Insurance Trends 2017: A Mid-year Update
Mahendra Nambiar | June 15, 2017
The insurance industry today, long-characterized as lagging behind in technology adoption, is undergoing a rapid and volatile evolution driven by two...
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Bold Penguin Announces Partnership with Hiscox International
Staff Writer | June 14, 2017
Bold Penguin, an insurtech portal provider delivering a more streamlined insurance experience via an online marketplace for commercial lines P&C...
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TomTom Telematics Flows Commercial Driving Data to Verisk
Staff Writer | June 13, 2017
TomTom Telematics Flows Commercial Driving Data to Verisk...
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Notion Raises $10 Million to Take Smart Home Awareness Mainstream
Staff Writer | June 13, 2017
Notion, a home awareness solution powered by an IoT smart home sensor, announces it has secured $10 million in Series A funding...
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Solartis Unveils Sandbox Sites for Insurance Technology Developers
Staff Writer | June 13, 2017
Solartis announces it is unveiling a first of its kind for insurance business and technology teams, no-cost business analyst, developer, and user...
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Slice Launches On-Demand Insurance for Homeshare Hosts
Staff Writer | May 31, 2017
Slice Labs, a technology company offering the first on-demand insurance platform in the United States, announces the launch of its homeshare insurance...
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Insurtech: Today's Most Critical Investment
Deb Smallwood | May 22, 2017
There are now more than 800 companies that fall under the insurtech label...
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Hippo Insurance Partners with Roost on Smart Home Innovation
Staff Writer | May 11, 2017
Roost, creator of the Roost Smart Battery and Roost Smart Water Leak Detector, announces its partnership with Hippo Insurance...
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EIS to Use Microsoft Bot Framework to Deliver AI Services
Staff Writer | May 10, 2017
EIS Group announces the EIS Digital Experience Platform (DXP) has integrated with and is using Microsoft Bot Framework to deliver intelligent...
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BOLT Expands Product Offering to Meet Industry Needs
Staff Writer | April 21, 2017
BOLT Solutions announces its continued growth in all aspects of the business and the industry’s adoption of the BOLT Platform...
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Ask Kodiak Announces Integration with Bold Penguin
Staff Writer | April 19, 2017
Ask Kodiak announces the company’s search engine capabilities specific to appetite, eligibility, and product highlights have been integrated with Bold...
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Pablow Introduces Automation Tool for Travel Insurance
Staff Writer | April 11, 2017
Pablow, an insurtech startup, announces the immediate availability of Pablow Pronto, a proprietary website creation tool which fully automates the...
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Insurance Accelerator Launches Innovation Lab
Staff Writer | March 30, 2017
Silicon Valley Insurance Accelerator (SVIA) announces the launch of its Insurtech Innovation Lab, a research, design, and development center...
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Slice Releases Rideshare App to Select Drivers
Staff Writer | March 29, 2017
Slice Labs, technology startup that launched an on-demand insurance platform, announces it has completed the Slice on-demand pay per use rideshare app...
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Roost Partners with Desjardins on Smart Home Technology
Staff Writer | March 22, 2017
Roost, a developer of smart home technology, announces its partnership with Desjardins, Canada’s third largest property and casualty home insurer...
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Slice Expands Homeshare Product to Five Additional States
Staff Writer | March 01, 2017
Slice Labs announces it has expanded the availability of its homeshare preview release to include five additional states: Colorado, Maryland...
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Field of Dreams for Insurers
Robert Regis Hyle | February 28, 2017
Six insurtech companies are taking part in the Global Insurance Accelerator program to learn if they build a new insurance IT solution, will carriers...
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Insurance Shifts Driven by People, Technology, Market Boundaries: Majesco Research
Staff Writer | February 27, 2017
Majesco published a new thought leadership report, Future Trends 2017: The Shift Gains Momentum, which provides a framework of three forces—people...
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ManchesterStory Group Launches New Insurer-backed VC Firm
Staff Report | February 09, 2017
David Miles and Matt Kinley announce the launch of ManchesterStory Group, a venture capital firm backed by a consortium of leading insurance companies...
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Innovation Creates Life-changing Advances in Insurance
Robert Regis Hyle | February 06, 2017
Whenever organizations are required to innovate, heads naturally turn toward IT due to years of conditioning by over-hyped technology product launches...
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ITA LIVE Offers Attendees Learning, Collaboration Options
Robert Regis Hyle | January 30, 2017
Collaboration, networking, and sharing are the key components to any successful conference...
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ITA Launches Third Annual Conference in the Land of Rockets
Robert Regis Hyle | January 23, 2017
Florida is the home of Cape Canaveral, so it is fitting that the Insurance Technology Association selected the theme Launchpad: Time to Soar for its...
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Electronic Chat – Shashaanka Ashili
Robert Regis Hyle | January 23, 2017
Being a hardware engineer with an entrepreneurial fellowship in the surgical device space, he decided to invent a solution to reduce the incidence of...
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Globally Diverse Class Joins GIA in 2017
Staff Writer | January 13, 2017
The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA) announces its signature 100-day, mentor-driven program will kick off in Des Moines on Jan. 17, with a cohort...
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Willis Re: 2017 to be Demanding Year for Reinsurers
Staff Writer | January 03, 2017
Despite the pressures the global reinsurance market is facing, the industry remains on track to close out another profitable yea...
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AXA Strategic Ventures Invests in One, Inc., Platform
Staff Writer | December 14, 2016
AXA Strategic Ventures (ASV) announces it has led a $20 million Series B for One, Inc., provider of SaaS operating system for insurance companies...
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Insurers Need to Understand ABCs of Insuretech: Novarica
Staff Writer | November 30, 2016
Insuretech is the buzzword of the moment, with billions of dollars of investment flowing into start-ups focusing on the sector...
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Agent-Carrier Connectivity Facing Insurtech Pressure
Staff Writer | November 30, 2016
Strategy Meets Action releases a new research report: Agent-Carrier Connectivity: Personal Lines Insurers...
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ITA LIVE 2017 Registration Open
Robert Regis Hyle | November 17, 2016
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Annexus Closes Strategic Investment in RepPro
Staff Writer | November 14, 2016
Annexus Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on making early-stage investments in insuretech and fintech companies, announces a new strategic...
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At the Tip of the Insurtech Revolution
Robert Regis Hyle | November 10, 2016
People have been anticipating change in the insurance market for the last few years, but not necessarily the change that is currently playing out...
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Enter the World of Insurtech
Jennifer Overhulse | November 10, 2016
Where insurers use technology to not only assist their efforts, but create a vision to achieve strategic goals...
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West Point Launches Cognition Business Technologies with Industry Partners
Staff Writer | November 08, 2016
West Point Insurance Services announces the launch of a new company, Cognition Business Technologies (CBizTech), in conjunction with industry partners...
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Annexus Announces First Strategic Investment in RetireUp
Staff Writer | November 08, 2016
Annexus Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on making early investments in insuretech companies, announces a new strategic investment in Chicago-...
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Insurance Technologies Partners with Cooperative Technologies
Staff Writer | October 25, 2016
Insurance Technologies announces the integration partnership with Cooperative Technologies, a provider of back-office 1035 exchange solutions...
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StoneRiver Joins BlackLine Partner Program to Deliver Financial Controls
Staff Writer | October 21, 2016
StoneRiver announces it is joining BlackLine’s global Channel Partner Program to meet increasing demand from its customers for finance controls and...
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Vermont, North Carolina at Opposite Ends of Insurance Regulatory Report
Staff Writer | December 01, 2015
The R Street Institute has released its annual report card on insurance regulation, awarding Vermont and four other states with a grade of “A” and...
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Fusion Selects One, Inc. Software
Staff Writer | October 30, 2015
Fusion and One, Inc., announce that Fusion will begin utilizing One, Inc.’s ProcessOne, ContactOne, PolicyOne, and AppOne components...
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People’s Trust Gains Advanced Document Capabilities with GhostDraft
Staff Writer | February 25, 2015
GhostDraft announces that People’s Trust Insurance has implemented GhostDraft software to streamline the creation of documents...
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Platform for Success: How to Maximize Legal Technology Solutions
Chris Fields | August 19, 2014
Property and casualty insurers have a multiplicity of concerns that require the attention of legal staff and services...
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Broadridge, Pitney Bowes Launch Platform to Drive Paperless Adoption
Staff Writer | June 13, 2014
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. and Pitney Bowes Inc. announce the formation of a joint venture and launch of a technology platform named Inlet...
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Finding the Cure for Obamacare’s Website
George Grieve | February 12, 2014
The rush to implement the national healthcare website proved once again the danger of rushing a project before it has been tested thoroughly...
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INSURANCE IT NEWS
- SIMON Adds Brighthouse Financial to Annuities Platform
- EIS Partners With esure Group to Expedite Its Digital Transformation
- Carpe Data Partners with Unqork to Help P/C Insurers Improve Automation
- Vertafore and Nationwide Partner on Commercial Submissions to Improve Market Connectivity
- Next Insurance to Acquire AP Intego
- Buckle Adds Crash Risk Data from TNEDICCA to Auto Insurance Underwriting
- Donegal Selects CoreLogic’s P&C Claims Workflow and Management Solution
- Zelros Raises $11 Million in Series A Funding to Bring AI-Powered Responsible Insurance Distribution to North America
ELECTRONIC CHAT
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Electronic Chat with Michael Kassing, CEO/CVO, insured.io
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An Entirely Preventable Disaster
Bob Frady
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Flipping the Fraud Triangle
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Identifying pressure and rationalization early on helps eliminate opportunity -- the key to committing fraud... READ MORE
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Down Market Opportunities Beckon Benefits Insurers
You have surely heard it said that small businesses are the growth engine for America. Today, the phrase has a special ring to it for benefits... READ MORE
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Technology at the Heart of Change in Insurance
With stagnant growth and lingering low interest rates, the life insurance industry faces a challenging future... READ MORE
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Got Policies? IVANS Service Helps Feed Commercial Lines Producers
Finding insurance carriers willing to write commercial lines risks has always been a challenge for producers... READ MORE
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Technology Changes Coming Faster than Ever for Insurers
As Guidewire Software prepares for the start of Connections, its 11th annual user conference that begins on Nov. 2, Brian Desmond, chief marketing... READ MORE
Vendor Views
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COVID-19 One Year Later: The Digital Transformation of Insurance
COVID-19 has accelerated digital adoption, especially in the areas of claims adjustment and fraud prevention... READ MORE
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Partner News
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Big Data and Insurtech: A Carrier Perspective
Insurance has always relied on large volumes of data to gauge customer behavior and more. But as big data has gotten bigger, insurtech has empowered... READ MORE
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