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Founded in 2019, XP Health is a health tech startup offering an AI-powered vision benefits platform for employees and families. It uses facial recognition technology to recommend suitable eyewear from leading designers with high accuracy. The company works with businesses like Chegg and Zenefits, providing comprehensive virtual-first eye care at lower costs.

Rainwalk is a managing general agent (MGA) specializing in pet insurance, offering comprehensive coverage for accidents, illnesses, and routine vaccinations. The company partners with Allianz to provide insurers with a customizable, white-labeled pet insurance product, enabling them to enhance customer retention and address coverage gaps without the need to develop their own programs. Founded by experienced insurance professionals, Rainwalk leverages its proprietary policy and claims management technology alongside Allianz's expertise in pet insurance to streamline service throughout the insurance lifecycle. In the long term, Rainwalk aims to expand its distribution channels and collaborate with Allianz to identify and scale additional emerging insurance products in the U.S. market.

Goose Insurance Services is a Vancouver-based company founded in 2017 that offers a mobile-first platform for buying travel and other insurance products. It provides a self-serve application for discovery, quoting, and purchasing across life, health, property, and travel coverage through an MGA/MGU model, targeting digitally native consumers in North America. The app includes features such as travel medical insurance options, reminders when near airports or borders, and an in-app emergency service locator, along with brokerage services to simplify selecting appropriate coverage. The firm aims to provide simple, inexpensive, and relevant insurance via a mobile-first self-service approach.

Betterview is a property intelligence platform that enables property and casualty insurers to effectively analyze, score, manage, and monitor property risk. By leveraging geospatial data and proprietary machine learning technology, Betterview transforms complex data into actionable insights, enhancing decision-making throughout the policy lifecycle. The platform aims to identify and mitigate risks while improving operational efficiency and inspection processes. Additionally, it fosters a more transparent customer experience, allowing insurers to automate critical functions such as pricing, underwriting, and renewal. Through its innovative approach, Betterview supports insurers in focusing their strategic efforts on high-risk properties, thereby enhancing overall risk management.

Trailblazer Technology specializes in developing software tools tailored for business professionals and small insurers. The company offers a comprehensive suite of setup tools that can be utilized individually or integrated with existing third-party systems. Their solutions include an event-driven system built on microservices and hosted on a serverless cloud architecture, enabling a multi-tenant service specifically designed for the needs of smaller insurers.

Founded in 2019, XP Health is a health tech startup offering an AI-powered vision benefits platform for employees and families. It uses facial recognition technology to recommend suitable eyewear from leading designers with high accuracy. The company works with businesses like Chegg and Zenefits, providing comprehensive virtual-first eye care at lower costs.

Plum Life is on a mission to create the ideal life insurance experience where the confidence of working with an advisor the and convenience of buying online meet in one place. The company offers an agent only digital experience designed to simplify the entire process of selling life insurance from quoting to application and to issue. Designed especially for the life insurance industry, Plum Life’s integrated platform combines the capabilities of a modern technology company and the personal attention and service of an advisor.

Just Insure offers auto insurance based on individual driving habits rather than demographics. This innovative approach incentivizes safer driving by tying insurance rates directly to driving behavior, benefiting those who drive responsibly or live in areas with higher risk.

Founded in 2014, Matic operates as a digital insurance agency offering solutions for consumers, originators, and servicers. It provides an online marketplace with over 40 A-rated home and auto carriers, enabling users to compare quotes easily and advocate for policyholders.

Verikai Inc is an insurance technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2016. The company offers a consumer insights platform tailored for insurance and financial services, utilizing alternative data and machine learning to enhance risk assessment and underwriting efficiency. Verikai's platform provides detailed risk reports that enable insurance companies to optimize their underwriting processes, ultimately improving new business acquisition and minimizing losses. By analyzing consumer behavior on an individual basis, the platform facilitates fraud detection and offers insights into price elasticity, allowing businesses to effectively target and prioritize consumers based on their potential lifetime value. This approach aims to broaden access to a diverse range of insurance products for both consumers and businesses.

Just Insure offers auto insurance based on individual driving habits rather than demographics. This innovative approach incentivizes safer driving by tying insurance rates directly to driving behavior, benefiting those who drive responsibly or live in areas with higher risk.

Betterview is a property intelligence platform that enables property and casualty insurers to effectively analyze, score, manage, and monitor property risk. By leveraging geospatial data and proprietary machine learning technology, Betterview transforms complex data into actionable insights, enhancing decision-making throughout the policy lifecycle. The platform aims to identify and mitigate risks while improving operational efficiency and inspection processes. Additionally, it fosters a more transparent customer experience, allowing insurers to automate critical functions such as pricing, underwriting, and renewal. Through its innovative approach, Betterview supports insurers in focusing their strategic efforts on high-risk properties, thereby enhancing overall risk management.

Betterview is a property intelligence platform that enables property and casualty insurers to effectively analyze, score, manage, and monitor property risk. By leveraging geospatial data and proprietary machine learning technology, Betterview transforms complex data into actionable insights, enhancing decision-making throughout the policy lifecycle. The platform aims to identify and mitigate risks while improving operational efficiency and inspection processes. Additionally, it fosters a more transparent customer experience, allowing insurers to automate critical functions such as pricing, underwriting, and renewal. Through its innovative approach, Betterview supports insurers in focusing their strategic efforts on high-risk properties, thereby enhancing overall risk management.

Plnar is an insurtech company that transforms the insurance claims process. It uses AI-powered technology to create accurate interior space models from digital photos, enabling contactless inspections for property claims. This results in improved customer experiences, reduced cycle times, and lower costs.

Founded in 2014, Matic operates as a digital insurance agency offering solutions for consumers, originators, and servicers. It provides an online marketplace with over 40 A-rated home and auto carriers, enabling users to compare quotes easily and advocate for policyholders.