Breaking News
NEXT Insurance Announces Strategic Hire of Industry Veteran Chris Rhodes as First Chief Insurance Officer
NEXT Insurance, a leading digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, today announced the appointment of Chris Rhodes as the company’s first Chief Insurance Officer. In this role, Rhodes will leverage his extensive experience at legacy insurance carriers to focus on the insurance function to support product development, elevate the claims automation experience and help connect profit management and loss analytics actions to ensure price adequacy. He will also work to further define NEXT’s customer segmentation strategy as the company evaluates new industries it can serve.
Rhodes joins NEXT with twenty years of property and casualty insurance experience, including senior leadership roles at Farmers Insurance, where he managed $4 billion in written premium and at MetLife, where he oversaw product management and business strategy, including all pricing and underwriting decisions.
“Since day one, NEXT has been committed to helping entrepreneurs thrive by providing access to tailored digital-first insurance policies,” said Guy Goldstein, CEO and co-founder of NEXT. “Chris shares this excitement for serving this community and sees this role as an opportunity to help us continue to deliver exceptional experiences. He brings extensive knowledge of the insurance space to NEXT, and we look forward to having him as a member of our executive team as we continue to support small businesses. ”
Rhodes’ focus will be on holistically integrating the insurance planning function with all product managers, both on the insurance and technology development sides, to ensure alignment between the company’s growth and profit goals. His track record with traditional insurance players demonstrates his keen dedication to customers, which will play a large role in his work to drive a balance between customer experience and improvement in the overall rate adequacy for NEXT policies.
“There continues to be a huge opportunity for insurtechs to modernize the overall customer experience, and NEXT is well positioned to be the number one small business insurance carrier in the market,” said Chris Rhodes, chief insurance officer at NEXT. “I was drawn to the company for three reasons: its digital-first approach, prioritization of customer needs and the company culture. I am excited about the opportunity that NEXT has to bring lasting change to the insurance market and can’t wait to continue to make a difference in the lives of its over 400,000 small business customers.”
With the appointment of Rhodes, the company will continue to prioritize the needs of small businesses across the U.S. by providing an unparalleled customer experience while also looking at ways to expand embedded insurance solutions through strategic partnerships and support the agent community to further NEXT’s reach to small businesses across the U.S.
People In This Post
Companies In This Post
- Standard Chartered Appointed as Digital Asset Custodian for TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets Read more
- Vivox AI Raises £1.3m to Scale Regulator-ready Atomic AI Agents for Financial Crime Compliance Read more
- Diebold Nixdorf Names Andy Zosel as Chief Product and Technology Officer Read more
- YouLend Secures Multi-Year Forward-Flow Facility from Värde Partners to Accelerate U.S. Growth Read more
- Addepar Unveils Addison, a Native AI Experience Built to Deliver Actionable Intelligence Across Investment Workflows Read more
What Turned Storm Chandra Into a UK Flood Crisis
Share this post: Share on LinkedIn Share on X (Twitter) Share on Facebook Share on […]
InsurTech NY Announces Insurance Carrier CEO Keynote Panel
InsurTech NY announced the keynote panel for its 7th annual Spring Conference on March 30-31, 2026, at Pier 60 in NYC.
Insurtech Insights Europe 2026 Announces Speaker Line-Up as 6,500+ Industry Leaders Gather in London
Insurtech Insights Europe, Europe’s largest insurance technology conference, today announces its initial speaker line-up for the 2026 edition, taking place on 18–19 March 2026 at the InterContinental London.
Bajaj Life Insurance Launches ‘Bajaj Life Opportunities Fund’, Capturing the Growth Opportunities
Bajaj Life Insurance, one of India’s leading private life insurers, today announced the launch of its New Fund Offer (NFO), the Bajaj Life Opportunities Fund (SFIN: ULIF011406/02/26BLOPNLC250116, Risk profile: Very High, Benchmark: Nifty Large Midcap 250). The fund is designed to provide investors with a strategic edge by combining the steady compounding potential of large-cap stocks with the higher growth potential of mid-cap companies. Available under Bajaj Life’s unit-linked insurance plans, the fund enables policyholders to pursue their long-term financial goals while benefiting from the dual advantage of life cover and professionally managed equity exposure.
Insurity’s Borealis Software Release Brings Faster Policy Workflows, AI-Enabled Customer Self-Service, and Modernized Experiences Across Claims, Billing, and Marine Operations
Insurity launched its Borealis product release, delivering a new set of practical, high-impact improvements across the insurance lifecycle
Resilience Cyber Claims Data Reveals The New Economics of Professionalized Cybercrime
Cyber insurance claims data from Resilience reveals a dramatic evolution in the economics of cybercrime
Bowtie Inaugurates New Headquarters: “Bowtie Life Insurance Tower” A Physical Landmark in Wan Chai’s Prime Business District Fulfilling a Long-Term Commitment to Hong Kong
Bowtie, Hong Kong's first virtual insurer, inaugurated its new headquarters, "Bowtie Life Insurance Tower"
Standard Chartered Appointed as Digital Asset Custodian for TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets
Standard Chartered has been appointed as the digital asset custodian and settlement agent for TP ICAP’s Fusion Digital Assets. This partnership will support the global markets infrastructure provider as it expands its matched principal trading activities.
Vivox AI Raises £1.3m to Scale Regulator-ready Atomic AI Agents for Financial Crime Compliance
Vivox AI, a UK-based technology company building regulator-ready, atomic AI agents for AML, KYB/KYC and financial crime, has raised £1.3 million ($1.6 million) in its first funding round to accelerate product development and scale its enterprise platform.
Diebold Nixdorf Names Andy Zosel as Chief Product and Technology Officer
Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a world leader in transforming the way people bank and shop, today announced that Andy Zosel has joined the company as executive vice president, chief product and technology officer. In this newly created role, Zosel will lead the company's unified Product & Technology organization to bring together product management, engineering, R&D, software and hardware innovation across banking and retail to drive speed, consistency and long‑term growth.
YouLend Secures Multi-Year Forward-Flow Facility from Värde Partners to Accelerate U.S. Growth
YouLend, the leading global embedded financing platform for e-commerce, payment and technology platforms, today announces a multi-year financing partnership with Värde Partners, a global investment firm, to further expand its capital base in the United States. The financing is structured as a forward-flow agreement with potential for Värde to purchase up to $225 million in receivables originated by YouLend.
Addepar Unveils Addison, a Native AI Experience Built to Deliver Actionable Intelligence Across Investment Workflows
Addepar, a global data and AI platform empowering investment professionals to turn complex financial information into actionable intelligence, today announced the launch of Addison, its new native AI experience embedded within the platform. The release marks a pivotal step in Addepar’s strategy to deploy native AI, intelligent agents, and intuitive workflows across the investment lifecycle, enabling clients to achieve new levels of operating leverage and deliver more consistent, trusted outcomes at scale.
iDenfy Releases a Unique KYB AI Reviewer That Automates the Corporate Onboarding Process
iDenfy, a global RegTech company that specializes in identity verification and fraud prevention services, announced the AI Company Reviewer, its smart Know Your Business (KYB) automation tool that acts as a virtual Data Verification Officer by cross-referencing company documents, government registry reports, and fraud signals against custom, easily configurable rules, helpingto approve, deny, or flag companies more easily. This built-in feature helps reduce what once took compliance teams hours to check to a matter of seconds, making KYB compliance a less complex task in various regulated industries.
Carta Launches CRM with Acquisition of ListAlpha
Carta, the world’s first fully interconnected system for private capital, today announced it has acquired ListAlpha, the AI-powered CRM and relationship intelligence platform. The acquisition marks the launch of Carta CRM, a major expansion of the Carta ERP that further unifies front-to-back office workflows for the private markets.