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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Mobile Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) Grew 160% Globally in 2018

The global usage-based insurance (UBI) market saw rapid growth in 2018, reaching 24.8 million active UBI policies, according to the latest research from PTOLEMUS Consulting Group. Mobile-based UBI remains the main driver of this growth, increasing by 160% in 2018.

The main telematics insurers globally in terms of number of policies remain Italy's UnipolSai and the USA's Progressive and State Farm.

On the supply side, Octo Telematics, Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), and IMS were the major telematics service providers (TSPs). Octo Telematics remained the top global supplier but CMT's mobile-centric approach to the UBI market paid off with huge success, seeing over 50% growth in the number of policies supported.

Meanwhile, MetaSystem, Xirgo, and Danlaw hold a firm grip on the device supply market.

PTOLEMUS also found that the key insurance telematics market trends from 2018 were:

The Nordic market finally began to gain traction.
Two OEM programs were launched in Latin America.
The markets in the West Indies, Cyprus, and Uruguay also opened up to UBI.

PTOLEMUS expects the expansion of the UBI geographical footprint to continue in 2019.

The research forms part of PTOLEMUS' UBI Dashboard, a 100-page quarterly quantitative and business intelligence report surveying the global UBI and insurance telematics market since 2009. More information can be found here. Be alert to the latest news.

To obtain more details about the evolution of the UBI global market with breakdown by country, insurance line, device used, target market and more, please contact fbruneteau(at)ptolemus(dot)com.

About PTOLEMUS
PTOLEMUS is the first strategy consulting firm entirely focused on connected vehicle services and the Internet of Things. It assists connected insurance stakeholders in defining and executing their strategies. It has completed nearly 100 assignments related to telematics, over 50 in the domain of UBI and insurance analytics.

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Wisconsin Bankruptcy Firm Uses Decision-Making Criteria Study To Develop New Website

Bankruptcy law firm launches website that directly addresses decision-making criteria most valued by consumers who are looking for an attorney. A Martindale-AVVO 2019 study found that free consultations, transparent legal fees, client reviews, professional licensing and ease of locating information were top decision-making criteria. Participants of the study were interested in a variety of legal topics including declaring bankruptcy. As a result, the MyDebtAdvisors.com bankruptcy website was recently redesigned to support these findings.

On both the mobile and desktop version, the site loads quickly and is easy for visitors to navigate. There are bullets at the top of most pages to outline key points of interest. Fees and payment options are located on the home page and in other areas throughout the site. Static page content is written in layman's terms, providing honest answers to common questions about bankruptcy or general debt relief. Open to comments, niche topics are presented in the form of fresh monthly blogs. Reviews that reinforce the legitimacy and effectiveness of services are showcased, while hundreds more are available on Google. Furthermore, the most visited pages are found in the top navigation menu. This includes helpful information relating to the bankruptcy process, consumer protections, and the professional credentials of bankruptcy attorneys. There is a dedicated location landing page for each of the seven bankruptcy offices in Wisconsin. Also for convenience, every page on the site includes a short inquiry form for visitors to reach the law firm right away. Read this here.

Debt Advisors takes protecting visitor privacy very seriously. During the inquiry process, law firms commonly require collecting some basic personal information. However, data collected by this bankruptcy firm is never sold or made available to unaffiliated parties for profit. More privacy policy details can be explored on the related website page. Lastly, the "MyDebtAdvisors" domain is HTTPS encrypted for user safety and also recognized by search engines as a trusted source of information with a reputable authority score. Click here.

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

VetStem Biopharma Heavily Featured in Recent Documentary About Regenerative Medicine for Domestic and Wild Animals

Leading Regenerative Veterinary Medicine company, VetStem Biopharma, was recently featured in a new documentary entitled Animal Pharm: Where Beasts Meet Biotech. The film focuses on regenerative veterinary medicine as a means of improving the quality of life for domestic and wild animals. Animal Pharm was recently included in the Brentwood and Pacific Palisades International Film Festival in Los Angeles, California where it received the award for Best Nature and Animals Film.

The film heavily features VetStem and includes an interview with VetStem Founder and CEO Dr. Bob Harman. Dr. Harman explains that when he first conceived of and formed VetStem, he was called "crazy." Over time however the thinking has evolved so that regenerative medicine is now regarded as a legitimate and valuable tool for veterinarians.

Animal Pharm also touches on the fact that advances made in regenerative veterinary medicine have begun to translate into the human medical field. Dr. Harman commented, "The film provides a great service to the public by providing legitimate education about cell therapy in the veterinary field and how this can assist the field of human stem cell therapy. Elliott and Barbara did a splendid job of producing and editing this film and I am proud that the film received such a prestigious award at the Brentwood and Pacific Palisades International Film Festival. I anticipate worldwide distribution of this great film."

VetStem has been providing stem cell services for over 15 years for the treatment of orthopedic conditions in dogs, cats, and horses. VetStem holds exclusive licenses to a large portfolio of patents, including world-wide veterinary rights for the use of adipose-derived stem cells. In recent months, VetStem launched a human stem cell company, Personalized Stem Cells, Inc (PSC), which plans to begin human stem cell clinical trials in late 2019.

About VetStem Biopharma, Inc.
VetStem Biopharma is a veterinarian-lead Company that was formed in 2002 to bring regenerative medicine to the profession. This privately held biopharmaceutical enterprise, based near San Diego, California, currently offers veterinarians an autologous stem cell processing service (from patients' own fat tissue) among other regenerative modalities. With a unique expertise acquired over the past 15 years and 17,000 treatments by veterinarians for joint, tendon or ligament issues, VetStem has made regenerative medicine applications a therapeutic reality. The VetStem team is focused on developing new clinically practical and affordable veterinary solutions that leverage the natural restorative abilities present in all living creatures. In addition to its own portfolio of patents, VetStem holds exclusive global veterinary licenses to a large portfolio of issued patents in the field of regenerative medicine.

Sales & Orders Launches Multi-Channel Product Feed & Ad Campaign Manager App for Shopify

Sales & Orders, 2018 Google Premier Partner Award Winner and 2019 Bing Breakout Start of the Year has officially launched its native Product Feed Tool and Campaign Manager solution in the Shopify App Store.

The app will allow Shopify merchants to generate product feeds and manage ad campaigns across channels like Google Shopping, Bing Shopping, Facebook and Instagram Dynamic Product Ads.

"Shopify merchants need a seamless, end-to-end solution that will allow them to grow and succeed across today's major retail marketing channels," said Sales & Orders Co-Founder Gregg Hanan. "Our app redefines the expectations retailers may have about not only getting started but also eliciting growth from channels like Google and Bing. With our app's advanced technology and the word class support from our team, Shopify merchants will be able to achieve greater heights in their marketing efforts."

Retailers will gain access to the exclusive toolset within Sales & Orders which automates the majority of manual tasks retailers face when beginning to sell across these channels. On one side, their product feeds can be set up and managed with full diagnostics reporting coupled with optimization tools. Read related news now.

With products approved, retailers can then tap into the campaign creation and management suite within Sales & Orders.

Officially founded in 2014 by Co-Founders Gregg Hanan and Bryan Natter, today Sales & Orders is the only full, end-to-end product feed and campaign management solution available to retailers. Now proudly supporting over 9000 merchants from around the world, the app is the most widely used platform of its type.

Equipped to handle merchants of all shapes and sizes, Sales & Orders also provides premium managed services for all their integrated channels.

Sales & Orders is now directly accessible via the Shopify App Store and retailers will gain access to a near endless supply of key features including:

Features not found anywhere else include:

Source Mapping: For retailers who have custom fields in their store and need to map them to unique feed attributes required by Merchant Center

The feed tool portion is 100% free for those with up to 10K products in their catalog. While custom pricing is also available, for up to 100K products the app subscription fee is only $20 and provides access to the Advanced Modify feature set for optimization key product attributes like product titles and descriptions.

With products approved across channels, merchants will be able to connect to their core advertising platforms, such as Google Ads, to create and manage their product ad campaigns. With the ability to customize everything from campaign make up to automating regular tasks like bid updates, our app provides the perfect next step for merchants to take advantage of these key marketing channels.

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Features not found anywhere else include:

Within the same platform, Shopify store owners can also access their Repricing tech which will allow them to use competitor intelligence and automation to reprice their products in real time.

Merchants can begin accessing their campaign management solutions absolutely free when they spend up to $500/mo across one or all channels.

Survey & Ballot Systems Adding Key Professionals as Part of Succession Plan

Survey & Ballot Systems (SBS), a leading provider of election services to member-based organizations, today announced the addition of three new hires starting this September in the roles of operations, administration, and sales. All three are part of a long-term succession plan as sons of co-owners, Jon G. Westerhaus and Peter M. Westerhaus.

"The time is right to develop the next generation of ownership and I'm excited by the energy these three bring toward serving the customer and growing this company," said Jon Westerhaus, SBS President. More than 500 organizations rely on SBS to offer the latest in election solutions for all their voting needs.

In 29 years of business, brothers Jon and Peter have moved the company from startup to an influential professional services company. "The talent of these three hires, Dave, John and Peter Westerhaus, will help us maintain our market edge in both technology and product offerings," said Peter, who serves as Vice President.

SBS has earned a reputation for offering secure and fair voting solutions on a worldwide scale to cooperatives, professional societies, mutual and agricultural associations, credit unions, unions and other organizations that engage members through governance and operational votes. SBS' task is to help enfranchise members into the voting or survey process and bring validity to the tabulated results.

About the new SBS team members

Joining SBS in an operations role is Dave J. Westerhaus, who previously worked as a Project Management contractor at CHS Inc. focusing on IT security, compliance and infrastructure projects. Dave is a 2017 graduate of Saint John's University (MN) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Global Business Leadership. Read this here.

John P. Westerhaus, CPA, will have primary duties in administration, drawing on his audit experience in public accounting at KPMG and at Merrill Corporation as a Senior Analyst in their financial reporting and technical accounting group. John is a 2014 graduate of the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management where he earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Marketing.

Peter J. Westerhaus will work in sales, using his experience as an Investment Banking Analyst for Lake Street Capital Markets where he helped facilitate equity capital market transactions and M&A advisory services. He is the founder and chair of Achieving Cures Together, a nonprofit that targets microbial restoration research. Peter graduated in 2016 from the University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and was also a linebacker on the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher football team.

About SBS: Survey & Ballot Systems, Inc. has been setting the standard in election management since 1990. We connect associations, cooperatives, clubs, and financial institutions with their members through online, paper and hybrid elections, surveys and evaluations. For more information, please visit http://www.surveyandballotsystems.com. Read related news here.

Scientist.com’s Women in STEM Campaign Raises $5K for Women In Bio - Southern California

Scientist.com, the marketplace for medical research, is pleased to announce that its social media campaign highlighting 19 outstanding woman scientists led to a donation of $5,000 to Women In Bio of Southern California (WIB-SoCal). The campaign was launched to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment—in the 19 days leading up to and including June 4, 2019, a different highly-accomplished scientist was featured in a social media post. One dollar was donated for every social media post on either Scientist.com or WIB-SoCal's LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram accounts. WIB-SoCal will use the donation to continue its ongoing efforts to promote careers, leadership and entrepreneurship for women in the life sciences.

"We are always keen to partner with like-minded groups like Scientist.com that share our goal—encouraging females to pursue careers in the life sciences," said Alyssa Master, PhD, Chair Emeritus of WIB-SoCal. "This specific campaign was so successful because it highlighted scientific breakthroughs made by brilliant women spanning multiple time periods, even centuries, further illustrating the important role women have played in pushing innovation and discovery over the years."

One of 13 chapters established by Women In Bio throughout the US and Canada, WIB-SoCal seeks to provide mentorship and promote opportunities in the life sciences as well as enable and empower women to reach the highest levels of leadership. Founded in 2001, WIB has more than 2,000 members and develops programs that reach 22,000 participants ranging from middle-school STEM programs to executive-level training and development.

"This social media campaign highlighted the work of 19 brilliant women that have made world-changing scientific contributions," said Kevin Lustig, PhD, Scientist.com CEO and Founder. "It is imperative that we foster and encourage scientists of all genders, backgrounds and ethnicities if we are to have any hope of solving the many problems facing our world today."

About Scientist.com
Scientist.com is the world's leading marketplace for outsourced R&D. The marketplace simplifies R&D sourcing, saving time and money, reducing risk and providing access to the latest innovative tools and technologies. Scientist.com operates private enterprise marketplaces for most of the world's major pharmaceutical companies, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). Since its founding in 2007, Scientist.com has raised $32 million from 5AM Ventures, Leerink Transformation Partners and Heritage Provider Network among others. Visit scientist.com to learn more.

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About Women In Bio (WIB)
WIB is an organization of professionals committed to promoting careers, leadership, and entrepreneurship of women in the life sciences. Founded in 2001 to support women employed in the field of life sciences from the classroom to the boardroom, Women In Bio (WIB) is a multifaceted organization with 13 chapters in North America. It offers an array of professional educational programs, peer to peer learning, mentoring and networking opportunities, and is the only organization for women that integrates all career levels and life sciences fields. Each local chapter hosts numerous events throughout the year that vary from networking events to career development, to professional education, to executive level-focused events. In addition to events, WIB hosts a Young Women In Bio program, which offers events and encouragement to middle and high-school aged girls, a mentorship program which provides women the chance to mentor or be mentored, and a national Boardroom Ready program through Executive Women In Bio, which has recently placed over 20 women on for-profit boards. As a volunteer organization, WIB offers leadership opportunities at every career stage, and a chance to expand professional networks in a supportive and inclusive environment. Please visit http://www.womeninbio.org.

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Sellers With the Right Curb Appeal and Price Point Will Fare Well in This Summer’s Housing Market, According to HomeLight’s Top Agent Insights Survey for Q2 2019

Low inventory, falling interest rates, and a strong seasonal backdrop are encouraging signs that a robust summer home-selling period lies ahead, according to findings from HomeLight's Top Agent Insights Survey for Q2 2019.

The quarterly survey polled over 400 top-performing real estate agents in the United States to gain the collective expertise of the industry's leading professionals. Agents were selected to participate in the survey based on the same performance data HomeLight uses to identify top real estate agents for hundreds of thousands of buyers and sellers nationwide. Read this here.

"There's enormous value in having an opportunity to regularly extract trends and selling insights from HomeLight's exclusive network of top performing agents," said HomeLight COO Sumant Sridharan. "Their deep knowledge of the market and direct conversations with clients help tell the story of what's happening in housing every quarter and what that means for buyers and sellers."

Results from the study show that 63 percent of top agents describe their local market conditions as a "seller's market," an 8 percent increase over those polled in the first quarter. In addition, 50 percent of respondents indicate that inventory is lower than anticipated. As for those low interest rates? 56 percent of agents say the potential mortgage savings has boosted demand in their area.

Nevertheless, home price gains have tempered off, with 61 percent of agents predicting that home values will either stay level or decline throughout the rest of the year as the rate of appreciation stabilizes. In addition, homeowners should be prepared for pushback from buyers on lofty pricing. 70% of agents believe the biggest mistake sellers make in today's market is overpricing on the coattails of past years' rapid gains.

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"Although agents see how price growth is slowing down, most respondents think we're still in a 'seller's market,'" said Sridharan. "Summer is a time when people come out to house hunt, so sellers who list now can expect more offers and traffic as long as their homes are priced right and staged well."

Sellers should also keep in mind that real estate varies by locale (9 percent of agents described conditions as favoring buyers, not sellers). While demand is high for homes in more affordable price points, agents have reported softness in the upper tiers of the market.

Other key findings from the survey shed light on how to prepare your house for a summer sale and the expected returns on common outdoor home renovation projects:

For additional findings, download the Top Agent Insights Report for Q2 2019.

About HomeLight
HomeLight empowers people to make smarter decisions when buying or selling a home. Through analyzing public and proprietary data on millions of transactions, HomeLight connects home buyers and sellers with the top local real estate agents who are likely to get them the best offer on their properties. HomeLight's complementary Simple Sale™ marketplace, with over 100 pre-vetted iBuyers, lets home sellers and agents compare and request instant offers for homes. Simple Sale also gives agents a tool to refer clients to instant buyers, skipping the traditional listing process while earning the industry-leading commission on the sale.

Since launching in 2012, HomeLight has connected thousands of clients with top local real estate agents, investors and online resources. With offices in San Francisco, Seattle and Phoenix, HomeLight conducts business nationwide. HomeLight is backed by Zeev Ventures, Menlo Ventures, SGVC, Citi Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Crosslink Capital, Montage Ventures, GV, Innovation Endeavors and more. For more information, visit https://www.homelight.com.