Kursverdoppelung bei Actua Corporation (vorm. Internet Capital)

Hiscox is a specialist insurer that provides customized insurance for small professional services businesses. They have been operating for over 100 years and Hiscox Insurance Company Inc carries an A (Excellent) financial strength rating from A. M. Best. They have a strong reputation for the level of service they provide, with a customer rating of 4.8 out of 5 for service in over 3,000 recent customer surveys.

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VelocityEHS Receives Top Customer Scores in NAEM EHS & Sustainability Software Report
02/07/2017

Chicago (February 7, 2017) — VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, received high satisfaction scores for ease of use, speed of implementation, integration and customer service in the recently-released EHS & Sustainability Software Ratings Report conducted by the National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM). The inaugural rating survey was designed to help EHS and sustainability professionals make more informed decisions about their own software purchases from the users’ perspective.
NAEM’s Software Ratings Report is the only third-party evaluation of customer satisfaction with specific software capabilities, user adoption and customer service from the perspective of in-house EHS and sustainability leaders. The report found that customers were more likely to recommend VelocityEHS to a colleague than any other system surveyed. VelocityEHS also received top scores in the following categories:
         •§Overall ease of use
         •§Speed of implementation
         •§User configuration flexibility
         •§Customer service

https://www.ehs.com/2017/02/...em-ehs-sustainability-software-report/
 

 

http://www.finsmes.com/2016/11/...h-guest-post-by-matteo-carbone.html  

Foremost has been a leading insurer since 1952. Foremost offers auto, home, umbrella, manufactured home, motor home, travel trailer, dwelling fire, specialty homeowners, motorcycle, snowmobile, off-road vehicle, boat, personal watercraft and collectible auto insurance programs that can be customized based on what coverage individual customers wants.

https://www.boltinsurance.com/about/trusted-providers/

 

March 15, 2017

Partner with InsurTech Innovators to Secure Customer Wallet-Share from Disruptors
InsurTech is taking the P&C Insurance industry by storm. New market entrants looking to disrupt the industry and take a piece of incumbents’ customer wallet-share are a hot topic among insurance executives and consumers alike. As mentioned in a previous blog, InsurTech-Inspired Trends to Watch in 2017, InsurTech Disruptors challenge existing insurers by offering consumers complete digital purchasing capabilities, not to mention attractive and unique personalized coverage options. What they don’t offer is the established stability and longevity of traditional insurers.

The attention that disruptors receive in today’s market may cause an incumbent to wonder how they can position themselves to achieve the highest level of competitive advantage. The answer: collaborate with a best-fit InsurTech Innovator. Innovators value the qualities that have made incumbents leaders for decades and stand ready to arm them with the digital capabilities and product choice they need to outcompete with disruptors.

http://blog.boltinc.com/...cure-customer-wallet-share-from-disruptors
 

http://www.actua.com/insurtech-inspired-trends-watch-2017/  

How Innovative are InsurTech Disruptors?

It seems that before insurers could fully adapt to the digital revolution, an onslaught of new entrants came on the scene. Digitally adept and naturally in touch with the customer-centric movement now in process, they had no need to overhaul aging systems or adapt internal cultures to meet the evolving demands of consumers. As they continue to enter the market imbued with digital capabilities and head-turning products, the pace of change is accelerating, and while traditional insurers are challenged to keep up, InsurTech Disruptors might not be as forward-thinking and disruptive as they seem.


Looking at the InsurTech Innovators

PwC reports that nearly three-quarters of insurers predict disruption to their business over the next five years from the InsurTech movement, but less than half have plans to partner with an InsurTech,[iii] possibly because the lines have not been successfully drawn around Innovators and Disruptors. InsurTech Innovators realize that traditional carriers have the brand awareness and customers to take the market by storm. All they need are the right digital capabilities and product selection.

One InsurTech Innovator has been helping insurers evolve into top digital performers that outcompete against the disruptors through leading-edge digital capabilities and greater product selection. The digital distribution platform works with existing technology and gives the insurers all of the piecemeal advantages of a disruptor in a single package:

http://www.actua.com/insurtech-inspired-trends-watch-2017/
 

für weitere Rückkäufe nutzt.  

All three core-companies with a positive cash flow in Q4(2016

Let me provide some additional color on the businesses, again as Buck said for the first time all three businesses were cash flow positive in the quarter, which is a really important milestone. VelocityEHS had a great year achieving revenue growth of 20% and generated significant EBITDA and cash flow. BOLT and FolioDynamix had good years from a bottom-line perspective and BOLT had its best quarter from an operating cash flow perspective in the fourth quarter and improved cash flow on a full year basis 2016 over 2015 demonstrating improving operating leverage.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/...ts-earnings-call-transcript?page=6  

The digital distribution platform works with existing technology and gives the insurers all of the piecemeal advantages of a disruptor in a single package:

Product personalization: Access to a market network of products, giving insurers the power to bundle offerings from other carriers with their own—consumers and agents compare products and pricing to create the right insurance solution, even meeting critical price points and finding protection for unusual items. Best of all, quoting and purchasing of multiple products takes place in a single transaction, eliminating the need to shop different insurance providers.

Operational effectiveness: Strong digital capabilities that allow customers to buy direct while uniting customer data behind a single console, streamline agent and underwriter functions for improved efficiency and reduced operational costs.

Mobile offerings: The platform is channel rich, giving insurers the ability to merge traditional and modern means of customer engagement.

Personal and commercial solutions: The platform even offers solutions for both personal and small businesses, giving consumers the ability to purchase a vast selection of products through digital channels to meet all of their insurance needs.

http://www.actua.com/insurtech-inspired-trends-watch-2017/
 

weil ich von noch höheren Rückkaufen ausging – aber die sind ja vielleicht auch noch drin.

„Our 2017 guidance assumes fully diluted shares of 32.5 million which excludes unvested restricted shares just consistent with prior years. In summary, we had a solid 2016 and look forward to creating value in 2017.“
http://www.actua.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/...all-Transcript.pdf

 

zahlen aus, wodurch die Marktkapitalisierung zu hoch ausgewiesen wird. Momentan nimmt Yahoo beispielsweise bei einem Kurs von $13,43 eine Marktkapitalisierung von 494,98 Millionen an, wodurch 36,85 Millionen Aktien unterstellt werden.

Würden die im letzten Posting von Actua angeführten 32,5 Millionen angenommen, müsste die Markapitalisierung bei 436,6 Milllionen liegen, die jetzt mit den Assets zu verlgeichen wäre.  

http://www.finsmes.com/2016/11/...h-guest-post-by-matteo-carbone.html  

https://thetechportal.com/2017/03/14/...nsurtech-firm-uk-acquisition/  

March 22, 2017

P&C Insurers, The Future Is Yours: Partnering with InsurTech Innovators
The explosion of the on-demand economy has created opportunities for a new generation of disruptors in the insurance industry. These InsurTech start-ups have successfully attracted media attention and investor funding, and they aim to take wallet-share from incumbents by digitally distributing fresh, P&C insurance products to customers seeking a more streamlined, personalized way to buy insurance.

On the other hand, InsurTech Disruptors lack the brand recognition, financial strength and customer base of incumbent insurers, making it challenging to grow and scale to meet the multi-product, omni-channel desires of today’s consumers.

In this environment, existing insurers have an advantage, but need significant digital strength and advanced product selection to see it through. Partnering with an InsurTech Innovator positions incumbents to capitalize on forward-thinking technologies to compete against these new market entrants.

http://blog.boltinc.com/...yours-partnering-with-insurtech-innovators
 

VelocityEHS Highlights New Strategies at 2017 Applied Ergonomics Conference

CHICAGO, March 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VelocityEHS, the leading cloud EHS & sustainability software provider, is showcasing its game changing ergonomic software at the 2017 Applied Ergonomics Conference next week. The annual event brings together EHS professionals from around the globe, and VelocityEHS (booth #313) will be introducing employers to new strategies for training thousands of workers across multiple locations at the same time for less than it costs to support traditional live coaching programs at a single location.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...rategies-2017-applied-123000385.html

 

“MSDs are a major EHS concern and cost businesses as much as $54 billion annually, according to estimates from the Institute of Medicine. In addition to increased back pain, sedentary and static postures are also known contributors to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes,” said Kay. “Our ergonomic software helps companies get in front of these risks by providing employees with an affordable online product they can use at their workstations, as time allows, to self-assess and self-correct ergonomic issues. The benefits of ergonomics include decreased worker compensation costs, increased productivity and better overall employee job satisfaction.”

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...rategies-2017-applied-123000385.html

 

Es ist schon ein Unterschied, ob man fragt, ob die Assets von Actua mehr als 437 Millionen oder mehr als 495 Millionen wert sind.  

https://www.ehs.com/solutions/ergonomics/  

Easy & Effective Self-Assessment

- A simple, user-friendly interface guides participants though our proprietary training and risk assessment modules

- Quick-fix advice and self-corrective tips provide solutions to most common office ergonomic issues

- Bite-sized modules fit busy schedules by allowing employees to fit their ergonomics training into hectic schedules

- Modular Training, Evaluation, and Issue Resolution components can be completed as time allows

- Employees with improvement opportunities receive gentle reminders and are guided to self-corrective advice specific to their ergonomic issue and furniture types


Improved Productivity & Reduced Risk

- Our unique and proprietary Library allows you to customize, grow and update your ergonomics knowledge base

- Improving comfort and fit in the workstation and improving layout and workflow can result in significant gains in productivity

- Manage risk and overcome a number of shortcomings inherent in traditional ergonomics programs that rely on in-person experts (e.g.: time, distance, costs, and retention)
Sophisticated Administrative Reporting and Tracking

- Manage entire ergonomics process via a single source interface

- Easily deploy and monitor an entire enterprise-wide program, including tools to track employee progress and provide remote assistance

- Extensive tools to assign, communicate, sort, search, prioritize, track, measure and document all aspects of the ergonomics process

- System then helps you reach out, if required, to provide more detailed advice for difficult cases

https://www.ehs.com/solutions/ergonomics/
 

https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/ec/...-predictions.pdf  

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Distribution costs key to first wave of InsurTech
Matthew Neill 21 March 2017

InsurTech firms are targeting distribution in their first wave of disruption, and the polite, gentlemanly nature of their entry into insurance is unlikely to last long, speakers warned at The Insurance Insider's inaugural InsiderTech event.

The event, held in New York last week (16 March), brought together representatives from (re)insurers, start-ups and venture funds to debate the role of established industry players in spurring innovation, as well as where InsurTech is headed and how carriers will have to adapt.

Matt...

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