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In other news: Cowbell Cyber releases API; Discount Tire, Motorq offer data analytics platform; and Roamly announces new hire and expansion plan.

Express initiative will cover 24 categories of products.

Similar approaches to technology will help the companies offer a unified customer experience, according to executives for each.

Embedded insurance solutions have become a key strategy that both insurance carriers and brands are turning to in order to stay competitive.

Through its “Partnership Platform,” launched in August, companies interested in leveraging the insurer’s products and brand have a streamlined way to pitch their ideas and begin a relationship.

Company partnered with Assurant Life to launch product targeting freelancers and gig-economy workers.

If insurance companies are to catch up with today’s more mobile and tech-savvy customers and not lose market share to the so-called “insurechs,” they need to digitize - and fast.

Facilitating the banking and financial services sector’s digital makeover serves as a prime example of what’s possible when development-killing barriers are removed and a new era of connectivity is delivered.

Human API will provide the life insurer with easy access to electronic health records to make it easier for prospects to complete the life insurance process.

Denver-based insurtech's goal is to make it easier for customers to access answers to frequently asked questions.

Employers-backed startup leverages cloud for a seamless digital experience, says president Tracey Berg.

Free2Move will use Trov’s Vehicle Activity API to adjust insurance premiums based on data received in real-time from all of its connected cars, based on each vehicle’s current risk state.

Neptune's API will be incorporated into Hippo's distribution process with the goal of getting customers more affordable flood insurance.

The tech giants evolved out of necessity to migrate to a more flexible and responsive architecture by incorporating microservices.

Using APIs and microservices to modernize service offerings results in fewer layers of complexity.

Making it easier to acquire coverage at the point of sale represents a major digitally driven boost to the industry.

Novarica's Impact Awards program identifies companies with leading innovations.

The evolution of these centers are best depicted by insurers’ growing focus on making consumers’ daily lives easier, while building out capabilities addressing core business problems.

Carriers are able to leverage delayed flight information to provide customers with various other options of travel, similar to the hospitality online marketplace.

Incumbents need to think like challengers: They have everything to lose, and not a lot to gain.