MetLife

Insurance Business America | March 30, 2019

MetLife is building a centre of excellence for finance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The centre will partner with the insurer’s local and global teams to provide expertise and support on financial reporting, planning and analysis, and financial technology systems. Located at the Vertical Corporate Towers in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s Bangsar South commercial district, the centre will open in mid-2019 and will employ over 80 people. With a population of over seven million, the gre...

Employee Benefit News & Employee Benefit Adviser | January 29, 2018

MetLife, the largest provider of non-medical employee benefits in the U.S., has enhanced its hospital indemnity insurance policy as part of a greater effort to update its supplemental health employee benefit suite. The hospital indemnity policy, which offers a lump sum to participants for paying out-of-pocket costs related to a hospitalization, now includes child care, transportation, lodging and prescription drugs. “The need just continues to go up [for hospital indemnity insurance],&rdqu...

Insurance Business Magazine | January 16, 2020

Insurance start-up battleface, which provides travel insurance for unconventional travelers worldwide, has announced that it has successfully closed a seed funding round with backing from strategic and venture capital investors. Fintech Ventures Fund has invested in battleface, joining Greenlight Re and Tangiers Group. The investment will be used to expand software development, hire sales and business-development personnel, and expand battleface’s global reach, the company said. “We ...

Aon | January 15, 2020

Global insurance brokerage and professional services firm Aon has officially completed its acquisition of CoverWallet, a US-domiciled digital insurance platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Now finalized, the deal enables Aon to expand its position in the fast-growing commercial insurance market for SMEs. The brokerage giant will also be able to leverage CoverWallet’s technology and data & analytics capabilities to develop and scale innovative digital client experienc...