Digital Insurance spoke with Brian Poppe, senior vice president for technology modernization at Mutual of Omaha.

Jennifer Helms, Boston Mutual’s executive vice president, will lead the department.

There were about 20 funding rounds in the insurtech sector.

Also: Polly integrates with six mortgage providers; Roostify teams up with Covered.

The sector has leveraged the pandemic as a catalyst to accelerate a broad digital agenda.

Ladder, an insurtech, is focused on making access to life insurance easier.

Munich Re's HSB to offer customers a digitized equipment maintenance platform.

Selecting the best solutions requires a focus on design and user experience.

Customer satisfaction in insurer's digital offerings declined this year, according to the J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Insurance Digital Experience Study.

The Personal Lines Insurance Shopping Report suggests consumers are overcoming fears of surveillance to reduce premiums.

The World Property and Casualty Insurance Report emphasizes the effects of climate change on the insurance industry.

MetLife has hired Carolina Stein, who will be based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

As much as consumers' financial services needs have evolved in the last two years, so have executives' demands and expectations of their innovation initiatives.

Sears Merritt will lead technology-focused strategies to accelerate digital transformation at the company.

Shine will lead technology transformation across personal, commercial and Erie Family Life.

The next few years will determine the insurtech winners in an increasingly polarized competitive landscape.

The digital marketplace brings agents, carriers, customers, MGAs and others involved in insurance distribution together.

Legacy carriers must work to up their digital capabilities and online user experience.

The insurance offering is currently available in just eight states.

Organizations are driving to become fully automated enterprises, but single point solutions are putting that goal at risk.