Posts Tagged ‘insuretech’
BrokerTech Ventures, Holmes Murphy contributes in co-lead of Highwing funding round
Des Moines-based BrokerTech Ventures and founding company Holmes Murphy closed a co-leading funding effort to raise $4 million in capital for Highwing, a Denver-based insurtech company focused on changing data processing and management for brokers …
Read MoreMercyOne partners with insurtech Oscar to offer health plans in 23 Iowa counties
Oscar, a New York City-based health insurtech company, announced it has partnered with MercyOne health system to offer Oscar’s individual and family health insurance plans in 23 counties in Iowa beginning in 2021, pending regulatory …
Read MoreInsurTech Week 2020 opens registration
Registration is open now for the 2020 InsurTech Week, hosted virtually this year by the Global Insurance Accelerator on Oct. 12-16. Founders from 28 previous GIA cohort companies and 20 selected growth-stage companies will be …
Read MoreBrokerTech Ventures announces five additional agencies, appoints Hatten as COO
The broker-led investor and acceleration program BrokerTech Ventures named former interim director Susan Hatten as chief operating officer, the group announced this week. Hatten joins Executive Director John Jackovin as the accelerator’s inaugural cohort began …
Read MoreTwo startup accelerators announce 2020 cohort members
Two startup accelerators announced inaugural teams for their 2020 cohorts this week.
BrokerTech Ventures of Des Moines and Iowa EdTech Accelerator of Iowa City will both welcome startup founders on March 2 as founders begin …
Read MoreCommerce Bank launches real-time claims payment system for insurers
Kansas City-based Commerce Bank announced it has launched a real-time payments system aimed at enabling property-casualty insurers to provide faster, more convenient claims payments. The new product, CommercePayments PreferPay, provides customers, claimants and service providers …
Read MoreNew accelerator BrokerTech hires Jackovin as executive director, announces cohort
BrokerTech Ventures, a new broker-led insurance accelerator launched by Holmes Murphy in Des Moines, announced the hiring of John Jackovin as its new executive director this week. Jackovin most recently managed the Growth and Internal …
Read MoreGIA announces new seed funding of $75,000 for 2020 cohort
Startups joining the Global Insurance Accelerator’s 2020 cohort will be the first cohort experiencing a newly revamped funding structure and a recently raised investment.
Startups will receive an investment of $75,000 through a post-money Simple …
Rocket Referrals named one of fastest-growing companies in U.S.
Des Moines-based Rocket Referrals is on the 2019 Inc. 5000 annual list of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., the company announced this week. Rocket Referrals, an insuretech startup automating the referral process for insurance …
Read MoreinnovationQ&A: Gregory Bailey
CEO and founder, Denim
In 2015, Gregory Bailey – like many entrepreneurs – struck out and launched a startup from his Urbandale home. He had spent more than two decades in the corporate insurance world, …
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