FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OnRamp Insurance Conference Media Contact: c/o gener8tor Sara Woldt 30 W. Mifflin Street, 5th Floor Director, Business Development Madison, WI 53703 (414) 803-5756 www.onrampconference.com [email protected] gener8tor and Lightbank Announce Leading Insurance Technology Conference at Chicago’s Soldier Field March 17, 2016 (Madison, WI) – gener8tor announces expansion of its OnRamp series to Chicago and unveils the industry’s leading insurance technology conference to date in partnership with Lightbank. gener8tor and Lightbank are organizing The OnRamp Insurance Conference in Chicago on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Soldier Field to bring the industry’s leading corporations, investors and startups together. The conference will highlight innovations disrupting the insurance industry, the leaders making such innovations possible and how changing technologies and business models will reinvent insurance. The conference will also feature one-on-one sessions between corporations/CVCs/VCs participating and startups. “The insurance industry is at an incredible inflection point across virtually every line of service. Business models are evolving, emerging Millennials are changing customer patterns and new data is enabling opportunities that were previously unthinkable. This is creating immense challenges and opportunities for legacy insurance corporations, making it more important than ever to be on the cutting-edge,” said Rick Zullo, VC at Lightbank and conference co-organizer. Given the inflection point facing these enterprises, many of the top insurance companies have banded together to join the conference. More than 20 insurance corporations are registered to participate, including: AIG, Allstate, American Family Insurance, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Amica, Assurant, Church Mutual, CSAA, CUNA Mutual Group, Jewelers Mutual Insurance, Kaiser Permanente, Liberty Mutual Insurance, MassMutual, Munich RE / The Hartford Steam Boiler, Nationwide, Northwestern Mutual, Prudential, RenaissanceRE, Reinsurance Group of America, SECURA Insurance, Sentry Insurance, State Farm, Transamerica, and more. In many cases, these organizations are bringing both operational executives, as well as their corporate venture and investment teams. “The rise of corporate venture capital and corporate innovation continues to accelerate. OnRamp is positioned to be the premier gathering of insurance-related corporate venture capital and innovation executives, VCs and startups,” said Sara Woldt, Director of Business Development at gener8tor and OnRamp Conference co-organizer. This gathering of corporate partners has attracted an immense following in the startup community. Founders and executives from more than 60 startups having raised more than $750M will attend the conference including: Automatic, Censio, Collective Health, CoverHound, Goji, Gravie, Insureon, Narrative Science, Picwell, PolicyGenius, Snapsheet, Stride Health, The Zebra, Understory, Vlocity, Zest Health, Zubie and more. About the OnRamp Insurance Conference: The OnRamp Insurance Conference will take place on Thursday, March 31, 2016 from 8:00 am - 7:00 pm at Chicago’s Soldier Field (1410 Museum Campus Drive Chicago, IL 60605). Registration and ticketing information is available at onrampconference.com. For more information about ticketing or sponsorship opportunities, contact conference co-organizer, Sara Woldt at [email protected]. The 2016 OnRamp Insurance Conference is sponsored by 4490 Ventures, Baker Tilly, Goldman Sachs, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, and ZyQuest. For more information about OnRamp, visit onrampconference.com or follow @onrampconf on Twitter. About gener8tor: gener8tor is a “Top 15” accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. Twice a year the accelerator invests up to $140K in each of the five startups admitted into its 12-week accelerator programs. gener8tor supports the growth of these startups through its network of experienced mentors, technologists, corporate partners, angel investors and venture capitalists. gener8tor’s 43 portfolio companies have raised more than $75M in follow-on financing and created more than 400 jobs. gener8tor is a proud member of the Global Accelerator Network and is sponsored by American Family Insurance. For more information about gener8tor, visit www.gener8tor.com or follow @gener8tor on Twitter. About Lightbank: Lightbank is a $200M early-stage venture capital firm based in Chicago with a national presence that includes some of today’s most promising technology companies. Started by serial entrepreneurs Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell (Groupon, Echo Global Logistics, MediaBank, Inner Workings, Uptake), Lightbank has invested, incubated and built more than 100 companies since its inception in 2010. They focus on a hands-on approach to venture capital, working alongside its entrepreneurs as builders and operators. For more information about Lightbank, visit www.lightbank.com or follow @lightbank on Twitter. ###.