# Press Releases

## [Technology Touching ‘Every Aspect’ Of Insurance In Pandemic](/content/technology-touching-every-aspect-of-insurance-in-pandemic/index.html)

Insurers and everyone along the distribution chain have long anticipated the impending technology infusion that would transform the delivery of life insurance and related products to consumers. That technology transformation crept closer at a glacial pace until the COVID-19 pandemic pushed an industry that relies on face-to-face contact to accelerate its plans. And something happened [...]

## [Coronavirus boosts insurance demand, creating a tailwind for fintech](/content/coronavirus-boosts-insurance-demand-creating-a-tailwind-for-fintech/index.html)

The coronavirus pandemic and resulting market volatility has financial advisors rethinking the role insurance plays in client portfolios. “There absolutely has been a significant uptick” in demand for life insurance and annuities, says John Yackel, Envestnet’s head of strategic initiatives. More than 100,000 advisors have used the firm’s Insurance Exchange, he says, adding, “People are

## [COVID-19 Puts Gaps in Life and Annuity Shelves](/content/covid-19-puts-gaps-in-life-and-annuity-shelves/index.html)

A life and annuity distribution veteran says advisors can still match most clients with products. The Wall Street Journal recently ran a prominent article about COVID-19, low interest rates and investment market turmoil reducing U.S. consumers’ access to life insurance. Some life and annuity distributors post streams of copyrighted, for-financial-professionals-only carrier product announcements on the web. The

## [Covr Financial Technologies Adds Leading Life Insurance Innovator Haven Life to Its Platform](/content/covr-financial-technologies-adds-leading-life-insurance-innovator-haven-life-to-its-platform/index.html)

HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Covr Financial Technologies (Covr) and Haven Life, the customer-centric life insurance agency backed and wholly owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), are today announcing a partnership that helps more customers purchase the life insurance protection they need. This new collaboration brings products sold by Haven Life to the financial institutions that

## [Covr Financial Technologies Announces New Head of Sales](/content/covr-financial-technologies-announces-new-head-of-sales/index.html)

HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Covr Financial Technologies announced that Jim Gothers has been appointed as Head of National Sales for its financial institution business, supporting banks, brokerage firms, wealth management firms and RIA partner firms. Reporting to Jim will be Covr’s insurance sales consultant team, advanced insurance division, policy analytics team, and key account directors. Jim brings unquestioned innovation, insurance, financial

## [Covr Financial Technologies Integration Expands RetireOne’s Life, Long-Term Care and Disability Insurance Offerings](/content/covr-financial-technologies-integration-expands-retireones-life-long-term-care-and-disability-insurance-offerings/index.html)

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A new partnership with Covr Financial Technologies fills out the RetireOne platform of insurance solutions for Registered Investment Advisors (“RIAs”). RIAs may work through RetireOne’s desk of insurance experts to get quotes, analysis, recommendations and coverage for clients in need of insurance protections. Included in the offering are

## [Covr Financial Technologies Announces the Next Generation of its Technology-Enabled Life Insurance Platform](/content/covr-financial-technologies-announces-the-next-generation-of-its-technology-enabled-life-insurance-platform/index.html)

Covr Financial Technologies Announces the Next Generation of its Technology-Enabled Life Insurance Platform HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Covr Financial Technologies announces an expansion of its market-leading, technology-enabled life insurance services for financial institutions to include enhanced sales support, advanced insurance advice for permanent life insurance, and a new series of digitally-enabled platform

## [American families can save on “stacking” life insurance options via online solution from Legal & General America and Covr Financial Technologies](/content/american-families-can-save-on-stacking-life-insurance-options-via-online-solution-from-legal-general-america-and-covr-financial-technologies/index.html)

– LGA’s OPTerm series and term riders will be available to financial advisors and their customers through Covr’s online platform – Partnership provides simplified, online solution tailored to the individual needs of the consumer FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Legal & General America (LGA), a top ten U.S. life insurer, will expand its

## [Covr Financial Technologies and Envestnet MoneyGuide Expand MoneyGuideElite Collaboration for Financial Advisors](/content/covr-financial-technologies-and-envestnet-moneyguide-expand-moneyguideelite-collaboration-for-financial-advisors/index.html)

The newest version of MoneyGuide integrated into Covr’s digital insurance platform provides the ability for financial advisors to dynamically plan for clients’ changing life insurance needs over time.

## [With Hartford insurance vet at helm, insurtech Covr sees major hiring, fundraising opportunities downtown](/content/with-hartford-insurance-vet-at-helm-insurtech-covr-sees-major-hiring-fundraising-opportunities-downtown/index.html)

Covr Financial Technologies may be new to Hartford, but its chief executive has long been a fixture of downtown’s growing insurance-technology ecosystem. In January, the digital life insurance …