Lloyd’s of London wants to infuse artificial intelligence (AI) technology into the daily business it does with its customers. The world’s largest insurance market signed a global deal with Expert System that will bring on cognitive automation, via the company’s …
Clearsurance, a crowdsourced review, rating and educational platform for the insurance industry, has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by its co-founder, Michael Crowe, and includes Davis Capital Partners, a Sausalito, Calif.-based investment …
Slice Labs Inc., a company offering an on-demand insurance platform for rideshare and homeshare risks in the United States, has announced a Series A investment of $11.6 million led by XL Innovate, with participation from Horizons Ventures, Munich Re / …
Oddly-named Pie Insurance took an initial step toward entering the workers’ compensation insurance market at the InsureTech Connect conference in Las Vegas by introducing an interactive pricing tool for small and medium-sized businesses. The pricing tool is the first step …
XL Catlin’s internal innovation team, Accelerate, announced it is working with Cytora, a UK-based insurtech startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and open source data to improve the way insurers quantify, select and price risk. XL Catlin said it will …
State Auto Labs Corp., the innovation arm of Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., has launched a $25 million corporate venture fund to support entrepreneurs and innovations in the insurance industry. State Auto Labs said it is collaborating with …
PartnerRe has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with RemitRadar, a London-based money transfer specialist. PartnerRe and RemitRadar said they have formed this agreement “to capitalize on RemitRadar’s money transfer ecosystem, web presence and social media channels, including AI [artificial …
The Zebra, an online auto insurance comparison marketplace, plans to use $40 million in new venture funding to double down on brand building, product expansion and customer outreach. Company co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Joshua Dziabiak told Carrier Management via …
A wave of insurtech startups are entering the re/insurance market – but that’s not necessarily a disruptive trend, according to a report published by JLT Re. Indeed, the report points to close collaboration between many new insurtech companies and established …
Liberty Mutual’s venture arm is among the investors backing the new $92 million funding round for Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. Dan Robinson, managing director of Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, said he sees solid business opportunities within Turo’s concept. …
