Next Insurance Acquires Data Analytics Firm Juniper Labs
Next Insurance, Juniper Labs | December 11, 2020
Next Insurance, the main digital insurtech company changing small business insurance, today reported that it has finished the acquisition of Juniper Labs, an imaginative supplier of elective open information and endorsing innovation zeroed in on small businesses. Together, Next Insurance and Juniper Labs will keep on creating improved AI abilities and apparatuses to reinforce the omni-channel client experience. This is Next Insurance's first securing and follows the end of its $250 million Series D financing round at a $2 billion valuation.
Juniper Labs gives better danger straightforwardness by utilizing open information and AI to construct devices for smoothed out information assortment and automated endorsing. Utilizing common language preparing, Juniper Labs mixes divided information sources and unstructured substance to give more organized bits of knowledge that reinforce the certainty and prescient intensity of their models, at last taking into consideration more exact danger evaluation and a less difficult client experience.
Juniper Labs co-founder and CEO Lance Poole, and his team, will join Next Insurance's AI and information examination gathering and will help dispatch the Next Insurance Data Labs. The reason for the lab is to consolidate human-driven plan, actuarial science, and best in class AI to give adaptable, industry-driving arrangements that drive development and danger based valuing. Also, the Juniper Labs group will help reinforce and scale Next Insurance's workers' compensation offering (among different lines of business), which has seen almost a 14x expansion in year-over-year development since November 2019.
"Next Insurance and Juniper Labs believe that data is a key differentiator in the effort to provide a better online experience at a more affordable price," said Lance Poole, co-founder and CEO of Juniper Labs. "We're excited to join this like-minded company and contribute to its continued success."
As the world keeps on moving on the web, purchasers have generally expected fast, effective and customized insurance policies, and Next Insurance's initial obligation to conveying incredible insurance products and client commitment has cemented the company as a pioneer in the insurtech space. With Next Insurance, insureds approach USA-based authorized insurance counselors, apparatuses and administrations like every minute of every day admittance to testaments of insurance from a cell phone or PC, and in-house claims filings where a choice is ordinarily made inside 48 hours. Become familiar with Next Insurance's General Liability, Professional Liability, Commercial Auto and Workers' Compensation product offerings and get a moment quote online today.
About Next Insurance
Next Insurance is transforming small business insurance with simple, digital and affordable coverage tailored to the self-employed. Next Insurance offers policies that are easy to buy in 10 minutes or less and provides 24/7 access to Live Certificates of Insurance, Additional Insured, and more, with no extra fees. Revolutionizing a historically complicated insurance industry, Next Insurance utilizes AI and machine learning to simplify the purchasing process and drive down costs by up to 30% compared to traditional policies. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, has received a total of $631 million in venture capital funding and has been recognized by Forbes Fintech 50, JMP Securities InsurTech 50 and Forbes Best StartUp Employers.
About Juniper Labs
Juniper Labs leverages open data and machine learning to help insurtechs, carriers and brokers to more effectively sell and underwrite small business insurance. Founded in 2019 by Lance Poole and John Stevenson, the company's suite of APIs provide structured insights and predictive models that allow more precise risk assessment and a simpler customer experience.