Do Amazon and Google pose a threat to home insurers?
Amazon has made no secret of its intent to disrupt virtually every industry on the planet, most recently announcing a partnership with JPMorgan Chase and […]
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Insurtech Updates: Launches, expansions, partnerships and more
Quilt. Fabric. Ladder. Root. Lemonade. If you know what these words have in common, you’re doing a pretty good job keeping up with newer entrants […]
Millennials’ love/hate relationship with insurance
Young and for the most part healthy, perhaps it’s not surprising that the vast majority of Millennials readily admit they would rather go without health […]
Minor violations more significant than you think when it comes to auto insurance rates
Everyone knows serious violations like driving under the influence and reckless driving will understandably cause a person’s auto insurance rates to spike. But minor violations […]
Insurify’s “Evia” aims to be the consumer’s virtual auto insurance agent
Auto insurance comparison site Insurify, a tech startup out of MIT in Cambridge, Mass., that recently secured $2 million in its first round of seed […]
2016’s least and most expensive vehicles to insure
Insure.com’s recently released 2016 ranking of the least and most expensive vehicles to insure compares auto insurance rates in every state for more than 2,300 […]
Truthful or not: New consumer study reveals 51% of insurance shoppers don’t disclose correct information
SAN FRANCISCO – Fifty-one percent of consumers provide false information either intentionally or by accident when shopping for an auto insurance quote online. This according […]
Satisfaction with property claims slips for first time in 5 years; Amica again tops rankings
NEW YORK – For the first time in five years, customer satisfaction among homeowners filing a property claim has slipped, largely driven by declines in […]
PIA National releases advocacy and policy priorities for 2016
WASHINGTON – The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) released PIA’s 2016 Advocacy and Policy Priorities on Jan. 29, which include preserving the role […]
Online insurance broker PolicyGenius raises $15M to ‘transform’ direct-to-consumer model
NEW YORK – PolicyGenius announced Jan. 14 that it closed a $15 million Series B funding round led by Revolution Ventures to “further reshape the […]