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Intellectual Property Insurance – What Startups Need to Know

Posted on December 17, 2014 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

Intellectual Property Insurance + Startups Intellectual property is a big topic for the startup community. With modern patent trolls, content syndication, and intellectual property law reform, the topic can be confusing at minimum. Many founders look to insurance to mitigate this risk – and properly so – as there are many insurance products out there

Insurance for Ecommerce Companies

Posted on January 14, 2015 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

Consumer Ecommerce is booming. With the vast array of web developers, payment processors and digital currencies, it has never been easier to get an online business off the ground. The US market alone is estimated at $409 billion for 2017. By 2022, it’s expected to make up to as much 17% of all retail sales nationwide. Risks

Insurance for Fintech Companies

Posted on January 30, 2015 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

Founder Shield 101: Insurance for Fintech Companies. From financial products to payments to investing, fintech is a red hot. The market is forecasted to grow to $6-8 billion by 2018 and Q1 2014 alone saw 1.7 billion invested across 167 deals. Risks As with any disruptive industry, there are several inherent risks that fintech

Top Reasons Your Startup needs Product Liability Insurance

Posted on May 7, 2015 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

Product liability insurance is an extremely important piece to the risk management puzzle, particularly for startups that sell a tangible product. Usually included in a General Liability policy (though sometimes offered standalone), product liability insurance protects your company from lawsuits related to bodily injury or property damage caused by product defects. Whether you’re e-commerce or

Lumosity’s $2M Fine & the Risk of “Fake It ‘Til You Make It”

Posted on January 7, 2016 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

How Lumosity got in trouble Lumosity, the San Francisco-based company offering brain-training tools, came under fire from the FTC this week for the deceptive advertising allegations. Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Jessica Rich said the following: “Lumosity preyed on consumers’ fears about age-related cognitive decline, suggesting their games could stave off memory

Behind the Scenes: Quoting Insurance for Scaling Companies

Posted on May 6, 2016 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

This Little Piggy Went to the Market: Behind the Scenes of Quoting Insurance Let’s go shopping! Think of the insurance market like cialis pas cher a fruit market. You want the fresh, clean, beautiful fruit that’s in season! You shop around, check for bruises or marks, and then decide which fruit to buy. The way

Patent and IP Insurance: Protect Your Ideas

Posted on July 22, 2016 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

So what exactly is the value of an idea? These days it can make or break your business. There has been a 71% increase in patent lawsuits over the last 6 years. There was a mind-blowing number – 2,754 to be exact – of patent infringement lawsuits filed in 2015; for which the

Insurance for Bitcoin Companies

Posted on November 21, 2016 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

The Space Bitcoin use has been exploding lately, with recent (September 2013) numbers suggesting that over 66,000 bitcoin transactions occur each day! More and more e-commerce platforms and vendors accept Bitcoin as payment each day to the point where the market cap is currently $1.6B and only expected to grow. Needless to say, the bitcoin

Professional Liability Insurance: What You Need to Know (by Industry!)

Posted on February 28, 2017 (April 19, 2024) by Carl Niedbala

So you’ve probably heard of professional liability insurance (aka errors and omissions Insurance). In brief, professional liability insurance protects the professional services industry from negligence claims that result in the financial loss of a third party (typically your clients) arising from an act, error, or omission committed in the course of the policyholder’s performance of services

Key fintech insurance polices you need to know about

Posted on March 9, 2017 (April 19, 2024) by Matt McKenna

Rest easy…your fintech insurance answers live here It is not a secret that the fintech industry has experienced significant growth over the course of the last 5 years. $9.4 billion dollars was invested in fintech companies in Q2 of 2016 alone. Whether it is the sheer size of investments, growth in revenues, or other KPI’s,