New FTJ/FLS Vice President To Lead Technology Efforts

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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (August 3, 2020) – Forrest T. Jones & Company, Inc. (FTJ) and Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company (FSL) have appointed Chayan Dasgupta as vice president overseeing information technology (IT). Dasgupta, who goes by “CD,” will provide strategic leadership as a member of the FTJ/FSL executive team and manage a department of nearly 50 IT professionals. He will report to Brad Jones, FTJ/FSL Vice President. Dasgupta joins FTJ/FSL after more than 12 years at Overland Solutions, a leading provider of underwriting support services in the property and casualty…

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Lemonade IPO takes off by 132 percent in first day of trading

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The tech-driven insurance company’s initial public offering proved to be a great success. Investors proved highly enthusiastic over the Lemonade IPO that took place on Thursday, sending the company’s share up by more than 130 percent on its debut trading day. The newly public firm is a tech-driven insurance company focused on digitizing the customer experience. The Lemonade IPO placed the spotlight on this insurer that has provided consumers with a fully digitized experience for purchasing and managing various forms of coverage. The company has Softbank’s backing and had originally…

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Nationwide embraces new insuretech partnerships for commercial telematics support

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The insurance company is working with Azuga and Zubie to power their new initiatives. The commercial insurance group at nationwide has secured two strategic insuretech partnerships. These are meant to help the insurer streamline its coverage options using telematics. Their goal is to launch new and refined fleet management programs for human services drivers. To do this, Nationwide has entered into insuretech partnerships with Azuga and Zubie. These two firms provide trip-tracking and analytics capability support technology. They are playing a substantial role in the insurance company’s Vantage 360 Premium…

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Meet META – an Insurtech Start-Up Disrupting Post Sales Experience in Insurance Industry with Their Super App Services

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META is a new age insurtech start-up, which claims to be the “real friend indeed,” for both customers as well as insurance providers, by adding new dimensions to the post sales engagement. For customers, who often struggle with insurance management, it acts as an insurance wallet & has bundled numerous value added services around the same eco-system of auto, health and life. META makes it convenient for the customers to manage multiple insurances from the same app. For Insurance providers it acts as the necessary bridge for them to stay…

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Innovation Group Unveils IG Gateway, A Mobile, Unified Cloud Platform for Property & Auto Claims Coordination

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LAS VEGAS – SEMA Show, Nov. 5, 2019 – Innovation Group, an international insurance claims administrator for auto, property, body shops, fleet and leasing operators with 1,200 global clients, today announced official release of its cloud-based, integrated and scalable mobile claims management application that enables  all parties to track/manage claims processing from FNOL to settlement.   A digital hub for all stakeholders in the claims process, the Innovation Group platform brings complete transparency to the claims process and is accessible by adjusters, contractors, body shops and fleet operators, policyholders and…

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