Insurtech

Since 2018, 89% of private investment in insurtech has gone into selling more insurance or making more insurance to sell.

The cohort will take part in a five-week virtual curriculum.

The product takes into account the most common risks in a modern young adult’s life: driving a rented, borrowed, or shared car, living in an apartment, and freelancing as a side gig.

MassMutual-owned Haven taps startup to bolster distribution.

Also: Lemonade adds life insurance with Bestow

Our survey of 121 leaders at insurers, insurtechs, and other parties finds an industry excited to apply the accelerated consumer digitalization due to social-distancing mandates and other mitigation efforts to the insurance industry.

Insurance company will more than triple its commitment to insurtech startup investment.

Commercial insurance distribution platform is co-founded by At-Bay veterans.

Also: IoT intruder alarm tech from Church Mutual.

Pandemic-challenged year sees the number of deals increase at a higher rate than the value of those deals, though both still rose.

Also: news from insurtechs Buckle, Foxquilt, Smartcar, True Mileage

Digital Insurance asks funders what we can expect as the world and industry emerge from the coronavirus era.

Also: Amica, AXA, Pacific Life insurtech partnerships, more.

Terms were not disclosed. Employees including Bold Penguin founder Ilya Bodner will remain with the company.

Digital Insurance is surveying our readers to kick off 2021 with late-breaking, actionable industry data.

Also: Three insurtech/insurer partnerships.

Des Moines' Global Insurance Accelerator and Insurtech NY announced online competitions.

Total rounds experienced a holiday lull, but rounds over $10 million ticked higher.

Led by industry veteran Ramneek Gupta, PruVen’s first fund will invest $300 million in transformational startups.

The coronavirus pandemic did little to stop the trajectory of insurtech.