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Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss.

Synchrony CareCredit Teams With Pawlicy Advisor for Pet Healthcare Financing
Synchrony CareCredit Teams With Pawlicy Advisor for Pet Healthcare Financing
January 17, 2022  |  Partnerships

Consumer financial services firm Synchrony is collaborating with pet insurance marketplace Pawlicy Advisor to introduce pet healthcare financing. Synchrony’s CareCredit, a financing solution for veterinary...

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Study: Pet Owners Spend as Much as $55K on Their Animals
Study: Pet Owners Spend as Much as $55K on Their Animals
January 11, 2022  |  Insurance

Seven out of 10 pet parents think of their pets as family members, although almost half have underestimated the lifetime cost of care, according to...

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Insurity Offers Property, Casualty Insurers Free, Cloud-Based Real Time Disbursements
Insurity Offers Property, Casualty Insurers Free, Cloud-Based Real Time Disbursements
January 06, 2022  |  Insurance

Insurity, a cloud-based software provider for insurance carriers, brokers and managing general agents (MGAs), will provide free digital payments for property and casualty insurance (P&C)...

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CaixaBank Buys Bankia Insurance From Mapfre
CaixaBank Buys Bankia Insurance From Mapfre
December 29, 2021  |  Insurance

Spanish insurance firm Mapfre has sold Bankia’s insurance platform to CaixaBank for 571 million euros ($645 million), although the sides noted that an ongoing arbitration...

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Edelweiss General Insurance, PhonePe Partner on Digital Motor Insurance 
Edelweiss General Insurance, PhonePe Partner on Digital Motor Insurance 
December 22, 2021  |  Partnerships

Indian InsurTech Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI) recently partnered with digital payments platform PhonePe to offer digital motor insurance products.  PhonePe customers can now buy EGI’s...

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Midwest Tornadoes Could Cost $5B in Insurance Payouts 
Midwest Tornadoes Could Cost $5B in Insurance Payouts 
December 17, 2021  |  Disbursements

Insurance companies could make payouts of up to $5 billion from last week’s deadly tornadoes in the Midwest.  As The Wall Street Journal reported Friday...

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Embedded Insurance Streamlines Auto Refinancing Experience for Consumers
Embedded Insurance Streamlines Auto Refinancing Experience for Consumers
December 16, 2021  |  Insurance

In the markets for new and used cars, costs are up and discounts are down. On the recent Black Friday, discounts were at record lows....

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InsurTech Startup Trellis to Team With FinTechs on Auto Insurance
InsurTech Startup Trellis to Team With FinTechs on Auto Insurance
December 14, 2021  |  Insurance

Insurance tech firm Trellis will offer financial technology companies a new way for users to compare and purchase auto insurance, according to a Tuesday (Dec....

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BOXX Insurance Teams With Equifax for Identity Theft Protection
BOXX Insurance Teams With Equifax for Identity Theft Protection
December 07, 2021  |  Safety and Security

Cyber insurer BOXX Insurance is teaming up with Equifax to offer $1 million in identity theft protection coverage as holiday shopping gears up for record...

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