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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.

Credit Karma Powers Auto Insurance Discounts With Karma Drive 
Credit Karma Powers Auto Insurance Discounts With Karma Drive 
December 18, 2020  |  Mobile Applications

Intuit’s financial services platform Credit Karma has introduced a tool called Karma Drive to help people save money on car insurance with a usage-based product. ...

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Deep Dive: How Tapping Instant Payments For Disbursements Can Help State, Federal Agencies Foster Financial Security
Deep Dive: How Tapping Instant Payments For Disbursements Can Help State, Federal Agencies Foster Financial...
December 17, 2020  |  Disbursements

Consumers in the U.S. are still reeling from the lasting financial impacts brought about by the first months of the pandemic. Sweeping unemployment, rising medical...

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WhatsApp Plans To Offer Healthcare Insurance, Pension Products In India
WhatsApp Plans To Offer Healthcare Insurance, Pension Products In India
December 16, 2020  |  International

WhatsApp will debut options for health insurance and micro-pension products in India by utilizing new partnerships, according to a report from The Economic Times. WhatsApp...

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Hippo CEO: More Than Just Insurance, We Want To Be The ‘1-800 Number’ For The Home
Hippo CEO: More Than Just Insurance, We Want To Be The ‘1-800 Number’ For The...
December 14, 2020  |  Real Estate

Home insurance is a product that no one wants to buy — but must. And the insurance companies? Well, they want to sell it, of...

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Digital Car Insurer Metromile To Go Public Through Merger With INSU II
Digital Car Insurer Metromile To Go Public Through Merger With INSU II
November 24, 2020  |  IPO

Digital auto insurer Metromile plans to go public by merging with publicly traded INSU II (Nasdaq: INAQ), a special purpose acquisition entity sponsored by Cohen...

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GM’s OnStar Cruises Into Car Insurance Market
GM’s OnStar Cruises Into Car Insurance Market
November 18, 2020  |  Data

General Motors is moving into the car insurance market with its OnStar brand, promising lower flexible rates for drivers who demonstrate safe habits behind the...

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NEW DATA: Closing The Instant-Disbursements Perception Gap
NEW DATA: Closing The Instant-Disbursements Perception Gap
November 16, 2020  |  Disbursements

Payments speed is a crucial consideration for today’s consumers and microbusinesses when receiving disbursements, with PYMNTS’ research finding that more than half of the former...

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Uber, Doordash, Postmates And Stride Join In Health Insurance Push
Uber, Doordash, Postmates And Stride Join In Health Insurance Push
November 12, 2020  |  Healthcare

Postmates, Uber, DoorDash and other companies with millions of gig workers are teaming up with portable benefits platform Stride in a nationwide drive to boost...

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Sweden’s Folksam Insurance Group Reports Data Breach Involving Big Tech
Sweden’s Folksam Insurance Group Reports Data Breach Involving Big Tech
November 03, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

One of Sweden’s largest private insurers, Folksam Group, says a data breach affected one million of its clients. Folksam said it had accidentally allowed big...

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