Tagged: insurance

December 21, 2020 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  battleface, a UK-based insurtech that specializes in travel insurance, recently announced it secured $12 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Drive Capital.  Founded in 2017, battleface offers travel insurance that covers emergency medical treatment, evacuation, and accidents. “Our core… Read More

December 16, 2020 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bestow, a U.S.-based insurtech that delivers algo powered life insurance underwriting, announced on Wednesday it raised $70 million through its Series C funding round from new and existing investors, including Breyer Capital, Valar Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Core Innovation Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, and Sammons… Read More

December 10, 2020 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Next Insurance, an insurtech seeking to transform small business insurance, announced on Thursday it has acquired Juniper Labs, a provider of alternative open data and underwriting technology focused on small businesses. Next Insurance reported that it and Juniper Labs will continue to develop… Read More

December 8, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  At-Bay, a U.S.-based insurtech startup, announced on Tuesday it secured $34 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Qumra Capital with participation from Microsoft’s venture fund M12. The company notably raised a total of $74 million in 2020 alone, having… Read More

December 7, 2020 @ 8:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Luko, a France-based insurtech, announced on Monday it secured $60 million through its Series B investment round, which was led by EQT Ventures with participation Accel, Founders Fund, Speedinvest, and Orange Ventures. Launched in 2018, Luko claims it has reinvented home insurance with social responsibility… Read More

December 2, 2020 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Laka, a collective-based insurer of cyclists, is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with nearly £1.6 million raised. The funding round, which has attracted more than 1380 Seedrs investors, quickly surpassed its initial £1 million funding target. As previously reported, Laka has developed… Read More

December 1, 2020 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nubank and Chubb announced on Tuesday the launch of a fully digital life insurance offering, Nubank Vida, in Brazil. According to the duo, Nubank Vida is underwritten by Chubb and was developed using the integration capabilities of Chubb Studio, the global digital product distribution platform… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 6:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pier, a Brazil-based full-stack insurtech, announced earlier this week it secured $14.5 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Monashees with participation from Canary, Mercado Livre, and BTG Pactual. Founded in 2018, Pier states it adopts artificial intelligence to bring a… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  U.S. insurtech startup Hippo Insurance announced on Tuesday it scored $350 million investment and formed a partnership with Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited, a subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. According to Hippo, the investment will support the insurtech’s product roll out in… Read More

November 18, 2020 @ 8:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

bolt, a U.S.-based insurtech exchange, recently announced it has reached an all-time high of more than $4 billion in active insurance premiums on its platform. The company noted that the premiums get by more than a third since May 2020. Founded in 2000, bolt enables… Read More

November 18, 2020 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bdeo, an established Insurtech firm with offices in Spain and Latin America, has finalized a Series A investment round valued at €5 million. Bdeo’s latest round was led by BlackFin, a European investment company that’s focused on the financial services sector. Existing investors K Fund… Read More

November 15, 2020 @ 10:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S.-based insurtech TrustLayer recently announced it has been named strategic partner for MarshBerry’s connect platform. According to TrustLayer, the connect platform is a new category of independent distribution that helps insurance firms leverage scope, scale, and resources to maximize growth through business intelligence, resource optimization, and… Read More

November 13, 2020 @ 5:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Laka, a collective-based insurer of cyclists, quickly secured its initial £1 million funding target through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs.  As previously reported, Laka has developed an insurance model in which customers only pay for the true cost of cover. At the end of each month,… Read More

November 11, 2020 @ 1:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DealerPolicy, a U.S.-based insurance marketplace solution for dealers, announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with auto retail design and CRM tool provider FRIKINtech to provide car buyers auto insurance within digital retailing. Founded in 2015, DealerPolicy claims to be the most trusted and complete… Read More

November 10, 2020 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Policygenius, a U.S.-based online insurance marketplace, announced on Tuesday the release of its November 2020 Life Insurance Price Index. According to Policygenius, the Index displays average monthly life insurance rates using current data from leading life insurance carriers. New data from this free index is… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 12:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bestow, an Insurtech that delivers algo powered life insurance underwriting, announced on Monday it is expanding access to its entirely digital term life insurance experience. The company unveiled its new product, Protect API, which enables companies to directly offer life insurance coverage within their apps… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BrokerTech Ventures, a broker-led convening platform and accelerator focused on delivering “innovation” to the insurance broker industry, recently announced it has opened the application window for its 2021 BrokerTech Ventures Accelerator program. According to BrokerTech,  the concept of the BrokerTech Ventures Accelerator is to be… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 11:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Laka, a collective-based insurer of cyclists,  recently announced plans to launch its equity crowdfunding through UK-based Seedrs. The upcoming funding round comes less than a year after Laka raised  €4.2 million, which was led by venture capital companies LocalGlobe and Creandum. As previously reported, Laka… Read More

October 25, 2020 @ 10:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coterie, a U.S.-based commercial insurtech, recently announced it has formed a new partnership with Intuit QuickBooks to deliver business insurance to QuickBooks customers through the QuickBooks Online small business platform. This news comes right now after Intuit Quickbook announced its collaboration with Next Insurance. Coterie… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Next Insurance, an insurtech seeking to transform small business insurance, announced on Thursday it has integrated with Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU). Next reported that the integration will enable QuickBooks users to seamlessly obtain a customized quote and easily purchase General Liability, Professional Liability and Workers’ Compensation coverage through the insurtech platform. “Not only… Read More