Insurtech

Digital Insurance's annual recognition program for women leaders.

The key goal should be to help close the loop between innovation and utility, which is sometimes overlooked in a time of rapid technology expansion.

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Also: Bestow API, Coverhound acquired.

About $5 billion has been invested in insurtech this year, and top-tier insurers have taken part in more than 60 deals.

Also: One Inc., Majesco partner; Mercedes-Benz gets into home automation too.

The insurer is the parent of Aloi Nissay Dowa Insurance and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance.

The Columbus, Ohio-based company sold 24.2 million shares, together with investors selling 2.6 million shares of their own, at $27 each.

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

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