InsureTech

US news: InsurTechNY Kicks Off Start-Up Comp 2020

InsurTechNY, the largest InsurTech community in the New York metro area, spanning carriers, brokers, startups, and investors, has opened the application window for the 2020 InsurTech Startup Competition (www.insurtechny.com/competition). The competition has two tracks and will award $300,000 in […]

Global insurance trends

US Market: Ontellus, Aquiline & CapStreet Agree Partnership Deal

Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces that it advised Ontellus, a portfolio company of The CapStreet Group (CapStreet), on its majority investment from Aquiline Capital Partners LLC (Aquiline). The […]

InsureTech

Deals: Volvo and REIN Partner Up on Commercial Transport Insurtech

Just in case you missed it – as we did – here’s an interesting snippet of news from the USA, which was released mid-December; Volvo Financial Services has invested in REIN, a leading insurtech start-up company, to […]

Global insurance trends

US News: Liberty Appoints New Terrorism Risk Specialist

Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has appointed Jennifer Rubin to a newly created role as Senior Underwriting Executive and Head of Terrorism Underwriting in North America. Rubin, who reports to […]

Opinion

Opinion: Business Travel Tips & Advice For Women

With over 90% female travellers stating that safety concerns affected what they did in their personal time when travelling for work (GBTA/AIG Travel survey 2018), there’s a need for women to be security-savvy. Suzanne Sangiovese […]

News

Travel Report Identifies Claims Hotspots; USA, Dominican Rep Both There

When you’ve booked your holiday and are busy preparing to make memories to last a lifetime, the possibility of what could go wrong is often the last thing on your mind. However, as thousands of […]

Technology

Farmers Union Mutual Ditches 30-Year Old Legacy System, Chooses Sapiens

 Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, announced today that Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company (FUMICO), the largest domiciled property & casualty (P&C) insurance company in Montana, has selected Sapiens CoreSuite […]