VIU by HUB, an omnichannel insurance brokerage platform, announced its partnership with HoneyQuote, a Florida home and condo insurance marketplace.

The partnership provides expanded regional carrier options and specialized advice for Floridians seeking personal insurance. VIU provides customers with the ability to shop for and compare personal insurance coverage options from a variety of carriers. Customers can also purchase policies and receive ongoing advice from a team of experts.

In addition to homeowners and condo insurance, VIU offers quoting alongside personalized coverage and advice for auto, renters, landlord, pet and life insurance.

VIU can be integrated into the systems of partners involved in the consumer purchase journey, such as real estate and property management companies, and is available to consumers by phone, online and via a mobile app.

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Selective Insurance, a business, home, and auto insurer, announced that it is working with Phyn, an intelligent water solutions provider, to offer Phyn Plus, a smart water monitoring device to eligible homeowners policyholders.

Phyn’s technology monitors a property’s plumbing system to detect and mitigate leaks before they can cause extensive damage to homes and possessions.

Professionally installed on a home’s main water line, Phyn Plus is designed to protect and constantly monitor a property’s entire plumbing system to automatically detect all types of leaks, from pinhole and drip leaks to frozen pipe bursts. Phyn alerts homeowners in real-time when a leak is detected. If there is a catastrophic leak, Phyn can remotely and automatically shut off the property’s main water supply. The Phyn mobile app also gives homeowners detailed insights into water use to help them conserve water and save money.

Phyn Plus is available to eligible Selective homeowners policyholders in select states.

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Phoenix-based program administrator Universal Insurance Programs announced a new partnership with INSTANDA to streamline the organization’s operations and improve speed to market for product enhancements and additions within its niche insuring tanning salons, salons, day spas and self-storage facilities.

INSTANDA’s no-code insurance technology will enable UIP to make real-time updates to its products and integrate third-party technologies to ease the process and enrich the experience for their brokers and insureds.

Through INSTANDA’s digital platform, UIP plans to introduce an improved broker portal with a streamlined submission process and online quoting. At the same time, UIP’s insureds will see improvements at the front-end including access to quotes, financing and invoicing in one platform, according to a company press release.

UIP writes products nationwide primarily, but not exclusively, on a non-admitted basis.

Sources: Hub International, Selective Insurance, Universal Insurance Programs