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  • Lights! Camera! Action! Demo Videos from FinovateEurope Now Available.
  • BlueVine Lands $75 Million Line of Credit.

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  • Yoyo marks 10 millionth transaction milestone.
  • Jack Henry & Associates‘ Symitar division unveils its account opening self-service hub, SymApp.
  • New APIs from Citi to help clients access network with existing treasury applications. See Citi at FinDEVr New York in March.
  • Credit Union of Southern California ($1.2 billion) chooses Fiserv’s Architect digital banking platform.
  • SuiteBox introduces multi-signing of document functionality to its digital workspace technology platform.
  • Ledger releases the Nano S firmware 1.3.
  • Stoneham Bank to leverage Insuritas to launch insurance agency platform to drive fee income.
  • Report highlights Urban FT, Misys, Kony, Backbase, Infosys, Cachet Financial Solutions, and Nymbus, as key digital banking players.

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Insuritas’ Growth Scales with the Popularity of Insurtech

Insuritas’ Growth Scales with the Popularity of Insurtech

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Insurance marketplace solutions company Insuritas released some key growth metrics this week. The Connecticut-based company announced that 2016 marked its third consecutive year of growth.

Below are the company’s 2016 metrics:

  • Its total addressable market with bank and credit union partners grew by 42.4%
  • Policy sales grew by 33.7% in 2016
  • Its platform is now available to 7.4+ million retail households and 1.2+ million small businesses
  • Clients include banks and credit unions ranging in size from $25 million to $70+ billion

In the release, Insuritas COO Matt Chesky said, “as the traditional brick and mortar agency system continues to decline, we are relentlessly focused on enabling our clients to capture an increasing share of that business.” The company attributes its success to its three main offerings:

  1. LoanINSURE, which enables banks to offer insurance quotes with every loan transaction
  2. InsureNOW, which helps customers quote their insurance at their policy’s renewal
  3. E-InsuranceAISLE, an online insurance agency that allows customers to shop, compare and buy policies within their bank’s website

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Above: Insuritas CEO Jeffrey Chesky and then-SVP Matt Chesky debut SmartCART at FinovateSpring 2014

At FinovateSpring 2014, the company’s CEO Jeffrey Chesky, and then-SVP Matt Chesky debuted SmartCART, a technology that allows banks to host an online market for financial products within its own website. The marketplace lets consumers shop, compare and buy consumer and small business insurance products from multiple carriers.

Founded in 1998, Insuritas most recently teamed up with Kentucky-based Paducah Bank. Through the partnership, Insuritas will power the bank’s Paducah Insurance Agency, which is expected to drive fee income.

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  • Insuritas’ Growth Scales with the Popularity of Insurtech.
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  • G2Crowd lists eSignLive as the top eSignature product for mid-market. Come see eSignLive’s demo at FinovateEurope Feb 7 & 8.
  • Blackhawk Network’s customer experience insights featured in Loyalty360.
  • Misys to offer peer lending technology to help banks compete with P2P startups.
  • Thomson Reuters introduces new end-to-end, compliance dashboard, Regulatory Change Management.
  • IBM Security announces plan to acquire business data risk management specialist, Agile 3 Solutions.

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  • CurrencyCloud Taps Former Misys Executive Ed Addario as New CTO.
  • Quicken to Leverage PayNearMe’s Prism API.

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  • Gillian Davies joins Boku as new CFO.
  • Paducah Bank to launch Insuritas insurance agency platform to drive fee income.
  • The Banker interviews Avoka European GM, Richard Austen.
  • Investopedia profiles Chicago-based robo advisor, M1 Finance.
  • Forrester features WorkFusion in list of important AI technologies in 2017.
  • HelloWallet unveils version 5.0 with improved app navigation and streamlined dashboard.

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  • Huron Community Bank of Michigan to leverage Insuritas to launch insurance agency.
  • Experian partners with reporting and analytics platform dv01 to enable dv01 clients to access to richer borrower credit attributes.
  • FIS teams with Verifone to enable consumers to pay at the point of sale using loyalty points linked to a credit or debit card.
  • Business Insider names Gusto, App Annie, and BlueVine as 3 startups to bet your career on in 2017.
  • Token announces strategic partnership with VirtusaPolaris.
  • TransferTo to provide bridge linking between EcoCash and Mama Money mobile money services.

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  • Q2 launches Centrix Dispute Tracking System Fraud Alerts module.
  • UAE Exchange partners with Jumio for identity verification. Read our interview with Jumio CEO Stephen Stuut.
  • Edison TV interviews Martina King, Featurespace CEO, about the company’s ARIC Engine.
  • CoverHound launches CyberPolicy.com to help small businesses protect against cyber attacks.
  • Pendo Systems announces new application for Gainsight and CRM Systems.
  • Yseop to ship Narrative Charts to Information Builders.
  • GuardStreet and WellCard Savings launch products on Insuritas SmartCard insuretech digital platform.
  • Crowdfund Insider reports: Bitbond receives BaFin license.

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  • Darwinex Unveils Mobile App for Android
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  • Fidor Bank teams up with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank to launch first community-based digital bank in the region.
  • Bank of Ireland to deploy UniversalSuite core banking solution from Temenos.
  • Jack Henry & Associates collaborates with Visa to accelerate P2P payments to debit cards.
  • Sberbank and MasterCard launch Apple Pay on Russian market.
  • Bluefin Announces Issuance of Patent on Decryption as a Service.
  • Eurogiro and TransferTo join forces to link mobile money with 500,000 bank and postal branches.
  • PayPal promotes Braintree’s William Ready to chief operating officer.
  • Commercial Bank of Texas hires Insuritas to launch insurance agency.
  • Cachet Partners with Viamericas to Provide Mobile International Money Transfers

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  • Lleida.net Calls New Patent a Turning Point.

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  • EVRY launches cloud services with global capacity and secure data storage in Norway.
  • IBM to provide new real-time payments systems for The Clearing House.
  • Prosper Marketplace reports its 2016 portfolio is on pace for its highest estimated return since 2013.
  • Fiserv rings opening bell on Nasdaq to celebrate 30 years on the exchange.
  • Chubb and Nationwide launch several core products on the Insuritas SmartCART platform.
  • Lendio partners with Supplier Success to offer working capital to its clients.
  • Oracle names SuiteBox among platform innovation winners.
  • TIO Networks makes Canada’s 2016 PROFIT 500 list with five-year revenue growth of 125%.
  • Guardian Analytics partners with The Pathfinder Group to streamline real-time wire-fraud prevention for wire-transfer system customers.
  • BBC article names Featurespace one of the notable tech companies headquartered in the city.

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  • Check out this week’s FinDEVr APIntelligence.
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  • Thomson Reuters unveils its KYC due-diligence solution, Org ID.
  • Jack Henry Banking has “refreshed”  its SilverLake Systems core banking solution.
  • Lloyds Banking Group renews processing agreement with TSYS.
  • St. Louis-based Midwest BankCentre picks Insuritas to open and manage its turnkey insurance agency.
  • 2016 Gartner Market Guide for Customer Journey Analytics lists GMC Software as a representative vendor.
  • Lendio to participate in small business lending disclosure, SMART (Straightforward Metrics Around Rate and Total cost) Box initiative.
  • D3 Banking wins Depth of Service Award in vendor analysis report from Celent.
  • Encentus FCU to deploy core account processing technology from Fiserv.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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  • BizFi Lands $20 Million from Metropolitan Equity

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  • Quovo Teams Up with Totum Wealth to Improve Client Account Aggregation for Wealth Managers

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  • Markit chooses corporate events data from Wall Street Horizon for its research, analysis, and news interface, Markit Hub.
  • IBM joins The Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s leading trade association for the digital asset and blockchain industry.
  • Jack Henry & Associates introduces the ProfitStars Financial Performance suite.
  • Mid-sized European medical device maker agrees to deploy eFLOW AP from Top Image Systems.
  • Digital Insight teams up with PSCU to launch Card Management Services for Digital Banking.
  • Alliance Credit Union ($395 million ) selects Insuritas to open and manage its turnkey insurance agency.

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  • CU Times’ white paper features IDology.
  • Crowdfund Insider interviews Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana.
  • Bank of Newington and Cleveland State Bank deploy Core Director platform from Jack Henry.
  • Narrative Science partners with client reporting and communications software company, Vermilion Software.
  • Pirean opens local support centre for the Australia and New Zealand markets.
  • Insuritas to power insurance agency for Community Resource Credit Union.
  • VoicePIN opens U.S. office.

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  • “MOX Pay from Malauzai is First to Unveil RDC as Payment Option”

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  • “Flybits Earns Gartner Cool Vendor Recognition in its Platform-as-a-Service 2016 Report”

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  • “Kabbage Named a CNBC Top Disruptor”
  • Benzinga profiles Betterment CEO Jon Stein.
  • Me/CU to deploy account-processing platform and digital banking suite from Fiserv.
  • Insuritas to power insurance solution for Patelco CU.
  • NICE Actimize teams up with Mphasis to provide anti-fraud, enterprise risk, and compliance solutions.
  • Volate Technologies launches solution for “plug and play” integration with Ripple.
  • ACI Worldwide partners with U.K.-based Raphaels Bank to provide access to the Faster Payments Scheme.

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