Life/Health/Critical illness

Willis Re Appoints Dan Melanson in Senior Health Practice Role

Willis Re, the reinsurance business of Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, announces the appointment of Dan Melanson as senior vice president and Health Practice leader. In this […]

InsureTech

US News: Coterie Raises $8.5m to Boost Development of Commercial Lines

Coterie is pleased to announce that, in our continuing efforts to modernize the way commercial insurance is built and distributed, we’ve closed an oversubscribed Series A financing round totaling $8.5 million from RPM Ventures, Allos […]

Insurance & Reinsurance

Oscar’s Online Corona Test & GP Advice Blazes a Trail for the NHS

Last Friday, Oscar, an insurtech health insurance company based in the USA, launched the first testing center locator for COVID-19 in the U.S., featuring more than 100 centres where the public can get a Corona […]

Technology

Climate Change: Lloyd’s Report Looks at Renewables Sector in Detail

As energy systems change globally to incorporate renewable technologies, opportunities are arising for insurers to innovate products and to support this industry. In 2018 China, US, Europe and India invested more than £230bn in new […]

News

Getting COVID-19 Advice from Caprice? Try Scientists & Researchers Instead

The search for a Corona Virus vaccine is underway and clinical trials are being conducted in the USA – actual news here for you, rather than idle speculation; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sanofi today announced […]

News

Bold Penguin Marks Its Turf With Hartford Airport Branding

Bold Penguin, the insurtech platform that operates the world’s largest commercial insurance exchange, is unveiling an installation that brings the city of Hartford, Connecticut back to its roots as the country’s first hub of insurance providers. The […]

InsureTech

Insurtech Shows Cancelled as CoronaVirus Restrictions Tighten Up

UPDATED 18.03.2020 AI in Insurance, etc Venues, Bishopsgate, London March 31st – April 1st – Cancelled Managing Assets for Insurers – Hilton Tower Bridge, April 2nd – Postponed AXA pulls out of BIBA show. All […]

News

#CancelEverything: Travel Insurers Begin to Exclude CoronaVirus Risk

Updated 13.03.2020; Admiral, Churchill and Direct Line have suspended the sale of travel insurance until further notice. Existing policyholders ARE covered, no new policies are being offered. AXA, CoverWise and Insure & Go have all […]