Commercial lines

Amid increased work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, new product to launch with multichannel distribution.

Samsara provides inward- and outward-facing dash cams that provide truck drivers with in-cab feedback on their driving.

Many processes that exist to support insurance, risk, and safety are historically paper-based and rely on ad hoc procedures that are typically solved by walking over to someone’s desk and “figuring it out.” This doesn’t work when everyone is home.

Commercial insurance companies and employers want to understand the current pandemic and how to mitigate the risk of future shocks.

The coronavirus outbreak is impacting the cyber risk landscape, with reports of maritime and offshore energy companies having faced a 400% increase in attempted cyber-attacks since the pandemic began.

Toronto-based company recently raised $3.5 million in seed funding for commercial insurance platform.

When coronavirus began causing many small businesses to view annual liability policies as burdensome, Hiscox hatched the distribution pilot idea to gauge appetite for short-term coverage.

Platform co-developed by carrier and tech company aims to help rebuild small-business books.

All existing and new customers with a Thimble Monthly policy can now access Pause at no cost via the Thimble app for iOS and Android.

When the government instead purports to rewrite the terms of policies already in force, serious problems arise.

Insurtech's new suite is being used by Ascot Insurance.

DI editor Nathan Golia and Celent's Karlyn Carnahan discuss her report, Covid-19: Three scenarios for insurers

A common target of insurtechs, small businesses are likely to demand changes from their insurance providers in the post-covid-19 world.

Couples have begun battling with companies they paid in case of disaster, only to hear back that no policy can cover a global pandemic.

New offering uses technology from IMS.

Working with Zubie and Azuga, carrier launches fleet management product for human services organizations.

Huckleberry, online insurance purchasing and management platform for small businesses, will use its $18 million Series A funding to build out its paperless platform, says CEO Bryan O’Connell.

The opacity of data-analysis tools can make it difficult for workers to fully understand how much employers can see.

Formerly Verifly, company has rebranded to bring short-term commercial policies to a range of professions.

The certification allows drone flights under regulations similar to those for airlines, letting the company vastly expand airborne deliveries.