We’ll admit it; we were caught asleep at the wheel on this one. We had heard of Lemonade a few months ago and how they successfully raised $13M in investor funding, but given that there are 500+ other InsureTech startups out there, we didn’t pay that close attention. Then on September 21st, they opened for business. … Read more
We’ve had an awesome time with NAMIC’s Connect Differently option for their Annual Convention! A few days ago we posted an article about all their Millennials related sessions and today we are focusing on some technology related sessions. We watched three sessions all closely related to the very important topic of Technology: “Emerging Technology and … Read more
I’ve always been an early adopter. Here in the blog I have spent a lot of time talking about how technology might affect insurance in the future. When I moved to Atlanta and had to get a new car and new auto insurance I decided to try telematics for myself to see what it was like. … Read more
This article was written in mid 2015 before the word “InsurTech” was adopted and is outdated now. Many of the companies featured no longer exists. It’s kept here for historical purposes. Insurance is ripe for disruption, and given the conservative nature of the reigning carriers and large brokers, it is a fair guess that … Read more
2018 Update: Google Compare shut its doors. We believe Google will come back with a different insurance effort but for now, this particular effort is no longer active. We have spent a lot of time talking about how Google is very likely entering the US insurance market, as a distribution point, not as a … Read more