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Legendary investor Bill Miller says the window is closing on the SPAC market, but singles out 2 names that remain attractive
Bill Miller in an interview Tuesday said the SPAC craze may be winding down. So far in 2021, 308 SP…
Isabelle Lee  Â
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Billionaire investors Mark Cuban and Chamath Palihapitiya are challenging Warren Buffett in car insurance
The "Shark Tank" star and Virgin Galactic chairman are backing Metromile, a pay-per-mile auto insur…
Theron Mohamed  Â
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Ford wants to sell customers car insurance by the mile — and says it could save them $700 every year
The automaker has partnered with buzzy "insurtech" startup Metromile to sell the product in 8 state…
Graham Rapier  Â
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The SPAC boom is dying down as post-merger companies flounder. These are the 10 worst-performing SPACs of the past year.
SPACs are facing an imminent deadline to get a deal done before they have to return the funds raise…
Matthew Fox  Â
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RV rental platform Outdoorsy says it will hit $1 billion in sales next month after seeing explosive growth during the pandemic
According to Jeff Cavins, cofounder and CEO of Outdoorsy, 44% of all of the business the company ha…
Brittany Chang  Â
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A startup using AI to disrupt the car insurance business has hired a Progressive veteran
Preston said Briglia will also work with the team behind Metromile's virtual claims assistant AVA. …
Dan DeFrancesco  Â
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Mark Cuban-backed banking app Dave to go public via SPAC merger at a $4 billion valuation
Founded in 2017, Dave said it has helped Americans avoid billions of dollars in overdraft fees char…
Isabelle Lee  Â
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An insurtech that's raised over $290 million just nabbed a former director of engineering at Uber to run its tech
Innovation through technology in the insurance space has taken off in recent years. Some traditiona…
Dan DeFrancesco  Â
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Robinhood gets another lifeline - Starling Bank is joining the unicorn club - Knotel files Chapter 11
The top finance stories for February 2, including the latest news on Robinhood, Starling Bank, insu…
Dan DeFrancesco  Â
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Chamath Palihapitiya unveils investment in ReNew Power, India's largest clean energy company that's set to go public via SPAC
ReNew Power is an Indian renewable power producer company that is set to merge with special purpose…
Emily Graffeo  Â
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GM is following Tesla's example and launching its own insurance with OnStar
A slew of buzzy "insur-tech" firms have forced old-guard automakers and insurers alike to evolve.
Graham Rapier  Â
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INSURTECH DISRUPTORS: Here's exactly what full-stack insurtechs are doing to beat incumbents on customer acquisition, personalization, and claims processing
Full-stack insurtechs were able to secure large funding rounds in the past few years and made up ov…
Lea Nonninger  Â
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INSURTECH DISRUPTORS: Here's exactly what full-stack insurtechs are doing to beat incumbents on customer acquisition, personalization, and claims processing
Full-stack insurtechs were able to secure large funding rounds in the past few years and made up ov…
Lea Nonninger  Â
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INSURTECH DISRUPTORS: Here's exactly what full-stack insurtechs are doing to beat incumbents on customer acquisition, personalization, and claims processing
Full-stack insurtechs were able to secure large funding rounds in the past few years and made up ov…
Lea Nonninger  Â
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INSURTECH DISRUPTORS: Here's exactly what full-stack insurtechs are doing to beat incumbents on customer acquisition, personalization, and claims processing
Full-stack insurtechs were able to secure large funding rounds in the past few years and made up ov…
Lea Nonninger  Â
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3 key tips to help you shop for car insurance in a smart way
Car insurance shopping doesn't have to be a confusing labyrinth of mysterious variables and formula…
Kristen Lee  Â
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Less than an hour with my laptop showed me exactly why it's so important to shop around for car insurance
As I started learning more about how it worked, though, I wasn't sure that the billing structure wo…
Liz Knueven  Â
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Hackers have figured out how to take over the brakes in some cars with a simple text message
"We took immediate action and released updates to all devices in the field to resolve the discovere…
Cadie Thompson  Â
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Buzzy insurtechs have raised $3 billion already this year thanks to their use of AI and big data. But the tech could eventually change how policies are written, pricing out the riskiest customers.
In the first half of 2019, VCs poured $2.9 billion into startups that are looking to put a tech spi…
Dan DeFrancesco  Â
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Insurance startups are the hottest sector for VCs, but one Austin-based company thinks it can stand above the crowded industry with a little help from VC powerhouse Accel
According to the company, sales exceeded $50 million in 2019 by using flexible revenue models, such…