A short but detailed piece with a lot of details of the investments in InsTech. US focused and "too much" healthcare (56%), but interesting none-the-less.
From policy-comparison engines to tech-enabled health coverage and insurance tools for on-demand workers and use cases, startups are invading the multi-trillion dollar insurance industry — and investors are chasing them. Here's a brief rundown of what's happening in the world of insurance tech startups. Companies targeting the insurance tech space raised $2.12B since 2010, a whopping $1.39B of which has come since the start of 2014. 2015 is already the biggest year on record for insurance tech, as the chart below highlights, spurred by Zenefits’ huge $500M round.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/insurance-tech-startups-invading-multi-trillion-dollar-matthew-wong