March 3, 2021
Digital commercial insurance company Next Insurance has agreed to acquire AP Intego, a Massachusetts-based digital insurance agency providing small commercial insurance products. Through its platform, AP Intego offers property/casualty insurance including pay-as-you-go workers’ compensation to the small business customers of …
March 4, 2020
Over the past decade, selling small commercial insurance directly online to customers has gone from an outlandish idea to a reality. In a new report, research and advisory firm Novarica projects significant growth in the market as insurtechs and major …
November 1, 2019
Massachusetts-based online personal insurance marketplace EverQuote has launched a commercial lines marketplace in a new partnership with the technology platform provider Bold Penguin. EverQuote said it will use Bold Penguin’s terminal and exchange infrastructure to accelerate its path to market …
April 12, 2019
Patricia Ross, Raphael Strumlauf and Kate DeNeveu each have at least one thing in common: They’re generally happy with their business insurance. Each owns a business at the downtown pedestrian mall in Charlottesville, Va. They’re all in their early ’30s …
April 10, 2019
Digital insurance broker Embroker announced its $28 million Series B funding round. Embroker said it will use the funding to scale adoption of its insurance management platform, data-driven service offering, and proprietary insurance policies. The round was led by Tola …
November 22, 2017
Nearly a quarter (23 percent) of America’s small business owners believe workers’ compensation carriers could improve their customer service if they offered more online or self-service tools. Better communication and faster claims resolution also topped the list of small businesses’ …
October 19, 2016
At a time when technology startups are also targeting the small commercial insurance market, giant Allstate has debuted a hi-tech business insurance quoting platform that it says makes it possible for small business owners to buy a policy in about …
May 6, 2016
The new Chubb reported its first quarter results since the Ace Ltd. deal to acquire Chubb closed in January and, according to the man who spearheaded the giant merger, the combined firm is “off to a good start” with “strong …
March 3, 2016
As more small business owners become comfortable buying everything including insurance online, exclusive agent carriers will gain an advantage over independent agency carriers in the highly-fragmented and increasingly competitive small commercial lines insurance market, according to a new report. Overall, …
September 3, 2013
Small commercial lines insurance customers most value having an insurance agent or broker who completely understands their individual business and helps them assess and manage their risk. The highest-ranked small business insurers deliver on both of these metrics for 60 …