Digital distribution

I see the insurance industry going through many of the same challenges that we faced early on in e-commerce.

The program is built with an SDK from the startup Sensely.

Policyholders’ willingness to buy insurance from technology companies has increased from 2016 to 2020.

Also: Virtual home inspections for social-distancing compliance, digitalizing D&O wholesaling, more.

Also: The Philadelphia Contributionship leveraging Cape Analytics, Jewelers Mutual's new digital platform.

A focus on online acquisition for early entries into new markets will support agents down the road, says personal lines president Keith Daly.

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

The new product operates in largely the same way as the company's signature offerings.

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.

(Bloomberg) --U.K. car and home insurer Admiral Group Plc is considering a potential sale of its price comparison platform Penguin Portals, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ecosystem orchestrators and participants, such as car-sharing service vendors, could also collect and integrate massive amounts of data from different services

South Carolina is the eighth state where Farmers has expanded access to branded products since 2011.

The Massachusetts-based insurtech also has raised $23 million in Series A funding.

Razer is looking to tap into its user base that is largely underserved by traditional financial companies.

The insurer will still sell policies over the internet as it phases out the Esurance name next year and reworks how consumers are directed to its web-based platforms and agencies.

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

Launch of Des Moines-based BrokerTech Ventures shows distributors increasingly interested in digitalization.

As the leader of what’s effectively a startup, “you find yourself doing a lot of things like assembling desks and reloading the copier and washing dishes," she says.

The reinsurer will begin writing policies through an online-only syndicate on Jan. 1.