Global Insurance Accelerator

🎉 Exciting News 🎉 We're beyond excited to welcome Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (BCBSNE) as not only a 2025 investor, but also our first-ever health insurance member! This partnership is a game-changer, fueling our mission to drive innovation in the insurance industry. BCBSNE's expertise, mentorship, and support will be invaluable to our ecosystem, board, and all of our founders – past, present, and future. Calling all health & wellness InsurTech founders! 📢 With our applications closing on September 20th, there's no better time to join our next accelerator cohort. If you're passionate about solving problems in health, wellness, or healthcare through insurance, this partnership is your chance to shine. Reach out and let's explore how we can collaborate! A huge thank you to the entire BCBSNE team. Welcome to the Global Insurance Accelerator family! Together, we'll shape the future of insurance. #InsurTech #innovation #partnership #GlobalInsuranceAccelerator #BlueCrossBlueShieldofNebraska Dan Israel Jennifer Gruenisen Jessica Louis

Congratulations to Global Insurance Accelerator Alumni Founders, Trevor Gary with Micruity, and Cally Myhrum Watts with Lotus Fertility Insurance, for being selected as finalists for the Sureify Life Insurance and Annuity Startup Innovation Awards! You can find them presenting on stage at the Sureify Life Insurance and Annuity Ecosystem Summit at ITC Vegas this October! Dan Israel; Jessica Louis; Jennifer Gruenisen

Congrats to all of these amazing companies but especially the Global Insurance Accelerator alums (AppEase, Everyday Life Insurance, Lotus Fertility Insurance, Micruity, Pilotbird, tumbleweed, and Tylmen Tech)! We can't tell you how proud it makes us to see such great representation (almost 25%) on this list for organizations and founders that we've gotten to work with and be a part of your stories! Thanks to Sureify for hosting this award and event and good luck to the selection committee - that's tough work! Dan Israel Jennifer Gruenisen Jessica Louis

Global Insurance Accelerator 2024 Alumni, Paul H. Richardson, Jr., MA, tumbleweed founder, was recently on the Rural Business Innovators Podcast, where he spoke about how Tumbleweed came to be, his experience as a founder, finding a co-founder, how he ended up in Iowa, and a bit about his experience at the GIA. If you're thinking about applying to the GIA's 2025 Cohort, go give this episode a listen, and hear about the experiences of a recent GIA founder. https://lnkd.in/gUX88mi4 You can find our application for the 2025 Cohort, along with more information about our hybrid accelerator program on our website. https://lnkd.in/ghZmVBiZ Dan Israel; Jessica Louis; Jennifer Gruenisen

The Global Insurance Accelerator's friends and partners over at Reuters Events are excited to share about their upcoming Connected Claims USA 2024 Conference in Austin, TX. Are you ready to propel the next era of claims? Hear from 100+ expert speakers at Connected Claims USA 2024 on how they are driving claims excellence this November 12-13, in Austin TX.   The unique speaker line-up of claims pioneers includes:   ◾️ Mike Fiato, Chief Claims Officer, Allstate ◾️ Shawn Crawley, Chief Operating Officer, Claims North America, Sompo ◾️ Jane Dullinger, Chief Claims Officer, Fortegra ◾️ Carey Bond, Head of Claims US, Lloyds ◾️ Aimee Venn, SVP Chief Claims Officer, Richmond National Insurance Company ◾️ Dan Moore, SVP CAO Shared Services, CNA ◾️ Matthew Campen, VP Claims, RLI Insurance ◾️ Shannon Cragg, VP Personal Lines Claims, Nationwide ◾️ Andrew Leeds, VP & Chief Claims Officer, Plymouth Rock Assurance ◾️ Michelle Watson, EVP Chief Claims Officer, Germania ◾️ Charlie Wendland, VP Head of Claims, Branch Insurance ◾️ Angela Cerini, DVP Claims Specialty Construction, Great American Insurance Group ◾️ Quin Netzel, SVP Specialty Claims, Westfield Specialty ◾️ Katie Webb, VP Transformation & Innovation, Aflac   Check out the event brochure for more information – including agenda themes and attendee breakdown. https://lnkd.in/gAmtwyRN Dan Israel; Jessica Louis; Jennifer Gruenisen

Did you know…   Our investor and sponsor companies are directly involved in picking the founders that come through the Global Insurance Accelerator's 100-Day Program?   The GIA's investors and sponsors not only play an active and vital role during the 100-Day Program—providing mentors, hosting pitch practices, and supporting the cohorts during their time here in Des Moines—but they also fully participate throughout our application process.   Each investor and sponsor company creates their own selection team to intricately assess each and every application. All submitted applications will be reviewed and rated by over 100 employees from our investor and sponsor companies, and they will be looking for founders that are shaping the insurance industry with innovative ideas, concepts, or solutions.   Applicants selected for a first-round interview will meet with the GIA staff, and applicants selected to participate in a second round interview will meet with individuals from our investor companies.   At the end of the application process, our investor companies will vote on which founders to offer a coveted spot in our 2025 100-Day Program Cohort.   If you're an early-stage, Insurtech founder looking to shape the insurance industry and accelerate your company, head to our website to submit an application for our 2025 Cohort that is set to begin in January, 2025. Applications will close Friday, September 20, 2024. On our website, you can also find more information about the 100-Day Program, information about our investor and sponsor companies, along with information about our mentor program, and alumni companies. The GIA is grateful for the support and involvement of our investor and sponsor companies, and we are excited for the next cohort of Insurtech Founders to join the GIA ranks. https://lnkd.in/ghZmVBiZ Dan Israel; Jessica Louis; Jennifer Gruenisen; Delta Dental of Iowa; EMC Insurance Companies; Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance; Global Atlantic Financial Group; Principal Financial Group; Sammons Financial Group Companies; Shelter Insurance Companies; Plug and Play; Wellabe

Early-Stage Insurtech Founders- If you're ready to bring innovation to the insurance industry... If you're ready to work with industry leading mentors... If you're ready to put in the grind to accelerate your company... Then you're ready to apply to the Global Insurance Accelerator's 2025 100-Day Accelerator Program! Our renowned, 100-Day Hybrid Accelerator Program is currently accepting applications for our 11th Annual Program that will begin in January 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. We are looking for innovative founders to be a part of our next cohort, and encourage you to apply! Check our our website for more information and the application. https://lnkd.in/ghZmVBiZ Dan Israel; Jessica Louis; Jennifer Gruenisen

***Calling all Insurance Industry Innovators*** The Global Insurance Accelerator's application for our 2025 100-Day Program is NOW OPEN! We encourage visionary founders that are driving innovation in insurance to apply. The typical profile of a company who applies to the GIA’s accelerator program includes: - Early-stage Insurtech company (Pre-seed to seed stage) - Insurance industry focused solution - US insurance industry is where you will start or expand your customer focus  - 1-2 founders who will roll up their sleeves in the immersive program The GIA is excited to bring together another cohort of impressive founders, leading innovative companies, to participate in our 2025 100-Day Program. The application will close on September 20, 2024. For more information on the GIA and a link to the application, check our website here: https://lnkd.in/ghZmVBiZ Dan Israel; Jessica Louis; Jennifer Gruenisen

Calling all early-stage Insurtech founders - The Global Insurance Accelerator's 100-Day Program application for the 2025 cohort opens next Tuesday, July 16, 2024! If you're an early-stage Insurtech founder ready to: Spend 100 days focused on accelerating your early-stage Insurtech company; Be apart of a cohort with other Insurtech founders; Work with mentors from our expansive insurance industry ecosystem; Get connected with our Insurance Industry investors and sponsors; And present your pitch to a large audience of insurance carriers, investors, and industry professionals at the Global Insurance Symposium in April, 2025... The Global Insurance Accelerator 100-Day Program might be a good fit for you! The application for the 2025 cohort will be posted to our website next week, but until then, check out the 2024 Cohort GIS Demo Day pitches from April, 2024. We can't wait to see a new cohort of founders take the stage in 2025. https://lnkd.in/g8di6vej

It is officially July, which means... it is almost application time at the Global Insurance Accelerator! Our team at the GIA, along with our investors and sponsors, are looking forward to finding the next cohort of Insurtech founders that are ready to put in the work to accelerate their company. If you are an early-stage, Insurtech founder, ready to bring innovation to the insurance industry, we are looking for you to join our 2025 Cohort. The application for the 11th GIA 100-Day Program officially opens on July 16, 2024 and will be open through September 20, 2024. The application will be posted to our website on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, but in the mean time, check out our website for more information about The Global Insurance Accelerator, the GIA 100-Day Program, the application process, our portfolio companies, our investors and sponsors, and much more. https://lnkd.in/gUaPa2m9 Dan Israel, Jessica Louis, Jennifer Gruenisen