We took note of some interesting insurtech funding developments this week. (And yes, since we’re not living under a rock, we had our own, “Well, well, well, would you look at that?” moment about the Charles Schwab/TD Ameritrade news.)
Read MoreInsurtech is a booming sector, and deep-pocketed investors show no sign of slowing down in pouring money into the next hot start-up. The latest example is Health IQ Insurance Services, Inc., which this week announced it has raised $55 million in growth capital, bringing its total funding raised to $140 million.
Read More“We’d walk into meetings with VCs and receive a huge number of blank stares from investors who said, ‘I don’t get insurance. I don’t get what you guys are doing. It feels like this probably exists already.’” That was the rough reception delivered four years ago to ex-McKinsey consultant Jennifer Fitzgerald
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