Innovation
2020 InsurTech VC Financings: Only A Handful Reached $100M or More
Carrier Management covered more than 30 property/casualty-specific InsurTech venture capital financings in 2020. The rough total of those combined investments surpasses approximately $1.7 billion. ...
Germany’s Getsafe Raises $30M from Swiss Re, Others; Eyes Becoming Full Carrier
Digital MGA Getsafe disclosed $30 million in new financing led by new investor Swiss Re. The Heidelberg, Germany-based InsurTech said the money will help build its market dominance among millennials ...
Communicable Disease Coverage Debuts From Nonprofits Insurance Alliance
Nonprofits Insurance Alliance (NIA), a property and casualty (P&C) carrier exclusively serving 501(c)(3) organizations, has launched a new coverage to protect nonprofits from liability arising ...
The Latest Launches From Slice Labs and AXA XL
Slice Labs is linking with a Nationwide MGA to develop and distribute digital, on-demand insurance. AXA XL's North America Construction insurance business launched a new digital platform.
VIDEO: Experts Urge InsurTech-Like ‘Outside-In’ Thinking From Insurers
Are you using your vehicle to transport people? That's just one of the "archaic questions" that insurers might be still be asking, Chetan Kandhari, Chief Innovation and Digital Officer for ...
Potential Industry Disrupter: Insurance-as-a-Service
How do property/casualty insurers and brokers stack up against other industries in terms of innovation? In short, they aren't sprinting anywhere as fast as "innovation natives" in the high-tech and ...
InsurTechs vs. Incumbents: Trends to Watch
Panelists speaking at a recent Carrier Management Virtual Roundtable agreed that InsurTechs are sprinting ahead of insurance industry incumbents on the innovation spectrum but said that investments ...
A Carrier Management Special Event: Is Insurance Innovation Overrated?
Leaders working in property/casualty insurance and reinsurance agree that innovation is a business imperative for their firms, but each define the term slightly differently, and they say metrics to ...