SmartScripts, one of the first virtual pharmacies on the market, has an eye toward deeper care services for its patients. Today, SmartScripts customers receive home delivery of their regular maintenance medications through presorted SmartPacks, which organize multiple medications for patients previously struggling to manage their medication schedules. In 2018, the company introduced a pharmacy benefit […]
Shawn Johnson will be the new chief information officer of Principal Financial Group’s Retirement and Income Solutions business to continue driving technology modernization and digital transformation across its retirement savings and solutions platform, Principal announced this week. Johnson has spent 15 years in leadership positions within the energy, health care and financial services industries. He […]
Des Moines lending platform LenderClose promoted Trinh Le-Coulter to vice president of people power, the company announced this week. Le-Coulter is the former director of operations for LenderClose. In her new role, she will lead LenderClose’s company culture as well as leading the operations department. LenderClose also announced two new team members: Bill Taha, director […]
IowaBio and LMC Insurance & Risk Management are hosting a free business essentials webinar July 21 for leaders seeking to understand how cybercrime rates in the U.S. have increased over the last 18 months, and what cyber insurance can do to protect operations from future cyberattacks. More information is available online.
BrokerTech Ventures is partnering with the industry conference InsureTech Connect to host ITC’s BrokerTech Connect, a broker-focused insurtech series hosted during InsureTech Connect’s conference on Wednesday, Oct. 6 in Las Vegas. BrokerTech Ventures and ITC previously partnered in 2020 during the Agency Connect Virtual Conference, which attracted more than 2,000 brokers, agents and brokertech attendees […]
American Enterprise Group, Inc. (AEG) is releasing a new application processing platform for life and health policies in partnership with MRS, a global insurance automation firm. The new platform will allow straight-through processing and instant decisioning for real-time policy issuance. The partnership with MRS resulted from a previous connection between MRS and American Enterprise Ventures, […]
LenderClose, a web-based underwriting and lending assistant platform for home equity and real estate lenders, announced this week it hired 10 new team members during the first quarter of 2021 and continues to scale its client acquisition market. The announcement follows LenderClose’s recent Series B capital raise of $10 million; the company aims to double […]
Dwolla released the new Real-Time Payments product on Tuesday, allowing Dwolla clients to send money directly to a bank account using the RTP Network established by the Automated Clearing House, an association owned by 24 of the world’s largest banks. The platform was launched in partnership with Cross River Bank, one of the first community banks […]
West Des Moines-based LenderClose received $10 million in a completed series B funding round, the lending platform announced this week. Investors include Next Level Ventures, Collins Community Credit Union, Financial Plus Credit Union, Serve Credit Union and Ascentra Credit Union in Iowa. The company recently launched an automated loan processing solution called HEx (Home Equity Express), […]
BrokerTech Ventures announced the addition of carrier Zurich North America to the BrokerTech platform and accelerator program this week. The addition of Zurich North America now brings BTV to 24 insurance brands nationally. BTV recently announced partnerships with InsurTech Israel and Ayalon Insurance Company to launch the Israeli InsurTech Accelerator internationally, and additional accelerator partnerships […]