Kursverdoppelung bei Actua Corporation (vorm. Internet Capital)

http://www.insureon.com/resources/research/2017-predictions  

Last summer, with overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress, President Obama signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, amending the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and changing the way the EPA reviews and classifies hazardous chemicals. Up until now, TSCA had permitted the use of more than 80,000 chemicals without any safety review, and allowed hundreds of new chemicals to be released to the market untested each year. The Lautenberg Act significantly alters this, requiring the EPA to establish a process that not only evaluates the safety of all new chemicals before they’re introduced to the market, but also assess the safety of all chemicals currently in use. Based on the results of the evaluation, the EPA is empowered via the Act to take a range of actions to address potential concerns including bans, limitations and additional testing.

Earlier this month the agency released the list of chemicals for its first review cycle, including asbestos, a known human carcinogen that has been widely called upon to be banned. In the coming years, other highly controversial hazardous chemicals are sure to follow as the Lautenberg Act requires EPA to review another chemical for every risk evaluation it completes, so that by the end of 2019 there must be at least 20 chemical risk evaluations ongoing at any given.

https://www.ehs.com/2016/12/big-changes-ehs-industry-2016-coming-2017/
 

http://www.verdantix.com/blog/...-offering-by-purchasing-e3-solutions  

Actua can buy back shares.

This stupid and grass smoking idiot, who should be fired at once, had slept often in the last more then10 years and stolen with his sleeping and grass smoking the shareholders hundred of millions.  

http://www.actua.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/...mixPrint-Issue.pdf  

TAMP Boom Brewing as Outsourcing the Portfolio Achieves Critical Mass

A full 40% of advisors have embraced automation as the key to more effective client prospecting and increased AUM. By this point you should know whether you want to join the revolution — the real question is which platform you want as your dance partner

https://medium.com/@trustadvisor/...ical-mass-f2b22043d9bb#.yboxmhahw
 

January 04, 2017
Leading P&C Insurers Change Customer Acquisition M.O.
strong online research and purchasing capabilities that customers expect, customer acquisition leaders find themselves in a precarious position. They understand that the customer experience is a pivotal point in the acquisition journey but are limited in driving measurable growth by legacy systems and an internal culture unaccustomed to change. In the evolving environment, digital distribution is emerging as the factor that separates the leaders from the laggards in the insurance industry.

http://blog.boltinc.com/...;utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin
 

While Jen battles aging legacy systems to meet modern engagement preferences, many of her leading competitors are already delivering the customer experience today’s consumers demand. By adopting a leading digital distribution platform, they’ve achieved top digital capabilities in a matter of weeks instead of years, with limited commitment from IT. The advantages are many, including:

Seamless integration of traditional and digital channels positions carriers to exceed customer expectations for engagement by allowing them to research and purchase insurance anytime, anywhere

Smart application capabilities that capture all of the information necessary to issue quotes for multiple products in a single transaction, improving retention by 12% and revenues 24% over five years

A single platform that easily connects to back-end legacy systems uniting customer data from across channels and products in one easily accessible location

A process framework that maps back to internal people and systems, reducing errors and uniting efforts across the organization

Auto-quoting, -binding and –issuance allows carriers to quickly meet customers’ expectations for immediacy and greater customer convenience

For customer acquisition leaders, leading digital capabilities make the difference between rising acquisition and retention rates and faltering numbers. According to the most recent Temkin Experience Ratings, the insurance industry ranked at the low end of “okay” in customer satisfaction, beneath good and excellent[ii] and far below the best-in-class customer experience necessary to realize the 30% higher profitability discussed in the McKinsey report. While customer experience standards are complex and not tied to a single element, recent J.D. Power surveys indicate that carriers with
 

the ownership during the Dutch Auction.

http://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ACTA/holders?p=ACTA  

Direct Holders (Forms 3 and 4)
Name
Shares
Date Reported

BUCKLEY WALTER W III
1,226,899
‎Mar‎ ‎4‎, ‎2016

ALEXANDER DOUGLAS A
1,364,544
‎Mar‎ ‎4‎, ‎2016  

December 2nd, 2016
IoT and Digital Distribution Pay Off Big for Commercial Insurers
The following blog post was originally published by Actua company, Bolt Solutions earlier this week. This post, which is part of an ongoing series (part 1, part 2), focuses on the vast opportunities offered by the current Internet of Things environment for commercial carriers.

http://www.actua.com/...distribution-pay-off-big-commercial-insurers/
 

Die Anzahl der ergebniswirksamen Aktien lag vor der Dutch Auction bei ca. 37 Millionen. Im Rahmen der Dutch Auction wurden ca. 4,5 Millionen zurückgekauft und ich gehe davon aus, dass man den nicht ausgegebenen Teil der für die Dutch Auction vorgesehenen 80 Millionen noch auf dem freien Markt für Rückkaufe genutzt hat bzw. nomentan noch nutzt. Damit wären wir beim Ansatz einer weiteren Million an Rückkäufen bei 31,5 Millopmen angelangt.

Das erhöht lögischerweise auch den Anteil der beiden Unternehmebnsspitzenm die offensicht ihren Anteil unverändert gelassen ghaben, da sie das ja sonst hätten melden und publizieren müssen.

ACTUA CORPORATION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) (unaudited) Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended  September 30, 2016 2015 2016 2015
Shares used in calculation of GAAP net income (loss) per share attributable to Actua:
Basic 36,842 37,123 37,146 37,190 37,293 36,760 36,776
Diluted 36,842 37,123 37,146 37,190 37,293 36,760 36,776
http://www.actua.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/...-FINAL-PDF-645.pdf
 

It’s the Dawn of the Digital Age—Are You Where You Need to Be?

Thanks to the stellar example of retail leaders like Amazon, customer expectations have been shaped to high standards. If you’ve ever shopped Amazon’s site for a product (and who hasn’t?), you probably recognize the customer centricity involved. In one easily accessible place, customers can research merchandise options and compare prices. Then, with nothing more than a click of the mouse or a swipe of a finger, their purchase is made, often without having to enter more than a username or password.

Despite the complexity of the insurance quoting, binding and issuing process, customers still expect the same quality interactions with their insurer as they receive from savvy retailer’s, including speed and accessibility. But if you’re thinking online portal, you’re only scratching the surface. What the insurance industry needs, and what new entrants are in part creating, is a new customer experience.

http://blog.boltinc.com/...on-blog/fintech-startups-acquire-customers
 

erscheint mir zu hoch, wenn es ein Vergangenheitswert ist, was man aber aus der Darstellung nicht erkennen kann. Ich wäre schon mehr als zufrieden, wenn Bolt dieses 35 Millionen in 2017 erreichen würde.

BOLT Solutions
Estimated Revenue
$35m
Headcount
180
Location
New York, NY
finance,insurance,big data,fintech
The BOLT Platform: Everything You Need To Always Say Yes To Your Customers.

https://datafox.com/competitors/rateelert
 

As fintech startups continue their march into the established P&C insurer space, one thing is becoming clear. Holding ground against new entrants will require insurers to redesign the customer experience, using technology to establish greater trust and make it easier for consumers to obtain pricing and purchase coverage.  

http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/...0-insurtech-trends-for-2017/  

Früchte tragen:

Blucora and FolioDynamix Partner to Offer Account Management Solution for HD Vest

BELLEVUE, Wash. and NEW YORK, Nov. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blucora, Inc. (BCOR), a leading provider of technology-enabled financial solutions to consumers, small businesses and tax professionals, today announced a partnership with FolioDynamix, a leading provider of wealth management technology and advisory services. Through this relationship, HD Vest will leverage the FolioDynamix end-to-end technology solution as well as its suite of advisory tools to provide an easy-to-use cloud-based solution for HD Vest Advisors to manage the entire client lifecycle from proposal generation, to account opening and management, including trading and rebalancing, to reporting.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/...partner-offer-account-133000433.html



Blucora to Buy HD Vest for $580 Million
Internet company says combination with brokerage will create cross-selling opportunities

By Chelsey Dulaney

Blucora Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy closely held brokerage firm HD Vest Financial Services for $580 million, as the Internet company shifts its focus to technology and financial services.

HD Vest is an independent broker-dealer that provides wealth-management services for tax professionals. The business is owned by investors including private-equity firm Parthenon Capital Partners.

Blucora, an Internet-services company formerly known as InfoSpace, owns TaxACT, a low-cost software product that helps people prepare their taxes.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/...buy-hd-vest-for-580-million-1444826075  

https://vimeo.com/163409238  

profitieren:

Trend 1. Massive cost savers in claims, operations and customer acquisition
Already a major trend, of course, but one that will gain even more importance in 2017. Quite a few insurers face combined ratios that are close to 100, or even exceed that number. Digitizing current processes is absolutely necessary, for operational excellence and to cut costs. Digital transformation of insurance carriers started in 2015, really took off in 2016 and will be mainstream by 2017 and beyond.

http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/...0-insurtech-trends-for-2017/
 

Trend 2. More and more carriers realize that engagement innovation is the next level of digital transformation. From a customer point of view, this is not about a new lipstick or a nose job but about a real makeover. Engagement innovation not only includes customer experience, but customer-centric products, new added value services and new business models, as well. Insurtechs that really innovate customer engagement for incumbents have a great 2017 ahead.

insurancethoughtleadership.com/...0-insurtech-trends-for-2017
 

Marketplaces: We already see the model emerging in banking, and insurance will follow fast. Virtually every insurer offers a suite of its own products. Everything is developed in-house. More and more carriers realize that you simply cannot be the best at everything, and that resources are too scarce to keep up with every new development or cater to each specific segment. In the marketplace model, the insurers basically give their customers access to third parties with the best products, the most pleasant customer experience and the lowest costs. The marketplace business model cuts both ways. Customers get continuous access to the best products and services in the market. And costs can be kept at a minimum through connecting (or disconnecting) parties almost in real time to key in on new customer wishes and anticipate other market developments. In 2017, we will witness all sorts of partnerships between insurtechs and incumbents that fit the marketplace model.

http://insurancethoughtleadership.com/...0-insurtech-trends-for-2017/
 

zumindest was 2017 anbetrifft.

https://homebizandevents.boltinsurance.com/  

At Bolt, we have developed an expertise in understanding the needs of home based business owners. We offer home based business insurance coverage for nearly 150 different types of home based businesses. As your independent home based insurance agent, we provide you with a reliable insurance program, an understanding of your risk, and the best value for your insurance dollars.

The following are business areas that we offer home based business insurance options for:
         §Accounting Services
         §Adjusters (Independent and Public Claims Adjusters)
         Barber/Beauticians          §
         §Billing Services
         §Coaching Services
         §Computer Repair
         §Cosmetic Sales (Avon, Mary Kay, etc.)
         §Dance Instructors
         §Education Consultant
         §Financial Planning
         §Floral Arrangement
         §Grant Writing Services
         §Human Resource Consultant
         §Insurance Agents
          Locksmith
         Interpreters §
         §Management Consultant
             Models          §
         §Notary Public
         §Personal Fitness Trainer
         §Personal Image Consultant
         §Pet Sitters
            Printer          §
         §Professional Organizers
         §Professional Speakers
         Scrapbooking          §
         §Statistical Consultant
         §Tax Preparer
         §Travel Agent
         §Wedding/Party Planner
         §Word Processing
         Writers/Authors
§
To find out what insurance you need, take the time to sit down with Bolt and talk. List your risk factors and prioritize them. Consider if you need coverage for any of the following:
         §Loss of Income
         §Business Personal Property
         §Personal and Advertising Injury
         §On-Premise Liability
         §Off-Premise Liability
         §Errors & Omissions
When deciding what type of policy to choose, consider the amount of financial risk you’re willing to shoulder, as one major loss could mean the end of your business.
 

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-zenefits/