Michael Shashoua is Senior Editor at Digital Insurance. He joined the site in April 2022, after working as a marketing communications writer specializing in financial technology and data management for companies including GoldenSource, FIS, Thomson Reuters, Rimes, Bloomberg, DTCC and Vested. Previous to this, he edited Inside Reference Data at Incisive Media (now Infopro Digital) for five years and deputy edited WatersTechnology at Incisive. He also covered financial technology for Global Investment Technology until 2009. His interests include comedy, podcasting, music, movies and arts and entertainment in general.
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CoverForce, a new insurtech API, has partnered with the ISU network for independent agents to help its members reach new customers.
August 14 -
Bitcoin-denominated life insurer argues against perceptions of volatility, saying it aims to serve only previous crypto investors who are beginning to think about long-term coverage and investment.
August 14 -
High theft risks for Kia and Hyundai cars, and repair cost risks for Teslas, have driven auto insurers to drop or modify coverage of those vehicles, which is forcing more auto policyholders to switch carriers.
August 7 -
Analytics and agent-to-broker communications are becoming more popular applications for cloud data management. Marketing and automation applications haven't yet reached that kind of critical mass. Google and Amazon discuss their cloud services approaches.
July 31 -
The carrier and the payroll services provider are working together to increase the flexibility of workers comp underwriting, based on more up-to-date data.
July 19 -
Co-founders Anthony Marshi and Toby Hung recently secured $2 million in funding for a platform automating cyber insurance coverage focused on medium and large sized businesses.
July 11 -
The chief information and operations officer said the company is working to give customers "seamless pickups" from voice to app to website.
July 11 -
Jim Ryan, who joined State Farm as an innovation executive at the start of 2023, spoke with Digital Insurance about his ideas for how to innovate technology and operations at the carrier, how telematics will continue to change auto coverage, and how tech advances can reduce risk.
July 6 -
Jeff Diem founded the insurtech to fix a problem he encountered as a residential damage contracting estimator: wildly divergent estimates of damage repair costs from contractors and insurance companies.
June 28 -
Digital Insurance spoke with Kieran Stack, head of delivery excellence and insurance operations at Aon.
June 26 -
Virtual worlds can be a means to reduce risks in property, auto, workers comp and health insurance.
June 22 -
Deepa Soni, EVP and CIO at the Hartford gives the keynote address; Nationwide's embedded partnerships; CSAA on workforce trends.
June 15 -
Carrier's strategic enterprise executives tell Dig-In attendees how homeowner and tenant verification, Rivian EV initiatives brought in more underwriting business.
June 14 -
Longtime industry executive Henna Karna joins as entrepreneur-in-residence
June 13 -
Highlights including VYRD Insurance on smart home water damage detection, Principal Financial Group on claims processing and Travelers' work with ServiceNow.
June 12 -
Digital platform automates building towers of business policies
June 7 -
Deepa Soni, EVP and CIO at The Hartford gave the keynote address at DIGIN.
June 6 -
Digital broker aims to remove the "pain" of providing surplus coverage
June 5 -
Former RGA and startup executive joined Legal & General America in 2021.
May 31 -
Insurer adds capability to embed with partners and support agents with data
May 30
