The Next Generation of Insurance Great job Brett at the fireside chat! There’s no more important component to digital transformation in insurance than an effective data and analytics strategy. It’s the backbone to all the great improvements in customer and agent experience, as well as process efficiency and automation. Dig|In Analytics & AI (formerly known as Insurance Analytics & AI) spotlights this crucial piece of the digitalization puzzle, along with the advanced artifici

InsurtechNY launched by Black Bear Life co-founder continues to grow and sell out. We are so proud the this group has been embraced by our community and if filling the void that existed in New York for an industry group. Thank you Digital Insurance for covering the great discussion on customer engagement lead by David Gritz.

Black Bear co-Founder Brett Smith launches InsuretechNY to provide a community for the second largest insurtech hub in the country. First event was a huge success and was quickly sold out. Thank you Thinkadvisor and Insurance Innovation Reporter for taking notice. We would also like to thank Steven Ueng of Swiss Re, Adam Myers of Guardian Life, Farron Blanc of Gerry, and Nitya Rajendran from Tribeca Venture Partners for being on the panel.

Thank you, to the people at New York Venture Sumit and youngStartUp for including us and giving us the opportunity to part of this great event. It was an honor to be selected as top innovator.

Life Insurance Made Easy I with Black Bear Life Co-Founders While many InsurTech companies have recently emerged to make the industry more efficient, the life insurance experience still leaves the stakeholders asking themselves, “what’s changed?” Brett Smith and Tim Stoner, veterans of the industry with a combined 40+ years of experience, decided it no longer needs to be the case. The co-founders decided to start Brooklyn-based Black Bear Life in February of 2018 and plan to

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Chosen as one of 8 from over 500 companies that applied.

Black Bear Life was runner-up in the 3rd Boston Venture Day at the Cambridge Innovation Center. The day included presentations by venture capitalists and investor groups and culminated in the investment opportunity competition. All competitors had gone through an intensive screening process before they are offered an opportunity to pitch before the panel of judges.