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BOOST Deploys Fivetran to Deliver Fan Insights and Build Great Customer and E-commerce Experiences

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Fivetran , the industry leader in data movement, today announced that BOOST has selected Fivetran as a data integration partner for its fan data platform.

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  • Fivetran , the industry leader in data movement, today announced that BOOST has selected Fivetran as a data integration partner for its fan data platform.
  • BOOST builds digital experiences for sports properties and fans and leverages Fivetran to securely ingest data from dozens of common sources.
  • In March, Fivetran partnered with BOOST to launch a completely new data-driven digital operating system – reflected in a transformed Big Ten Conference website – to elevate the fan experience.
  • “We are honored to partner with BOOST to help transform the sports fan experience through data,” said Taylor Brown, co-founder and COO at Fivetran.

BOOST Transforms Big Ten Conference Website

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

BOOST today launched an all-new Big Ten Conference website ( bigten.org ), the online destination for fans of every Big Ten sport and team.

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  • BOOST today launched an all-new Big Ten Conference website ( bigten.org ), the online destination for fans of every Big Ten sport and team.
  • The Big Ten Conference is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240429985065/en/
    BOOST Technology Transforms Big Ten Conference Website (Graphic: Business Wire)
    With fan personalization features and improved functionality, the new bigten.org also includes live scoring updates, game pages with advanced filtering for stats, standings, and schedules.
  • “During this transformative time in the Big Ten, we’re thankful and appreciative of BOOST for their collaboration and hard work to deliver content to our fans in a new and innovative way,” said Kerry Kenny, Chief Operating Officer, Big Ten Conference.

Amwins Program Underwriters and Boost Insurance Partner on Enhanced Professional Lines Programs

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Boost Insurance , the leading insurance infrastructure platform, today announced that it has partnered with Amwins Program Underwriters , part of Amwins Underwriting Division, to launch an enhanced, technology-enabled version of two long-standing Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) programs: LawGold and Firemark, and also re-launch its Attorneys’ Select program.

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  • Boost Insurance , the leading insurance infrastructure platform, today announced that it has partnered with Amwins Program Underwriters , part of Amwins Underwriting Division, to launch an enhanced, technology-enabled version of two long-standing Lawyers Professional Liability (LPL) programs: LawGold and Firemark, and also re-launch its Attorneys’ Select program.
  • “Amwins is a market leader in the specialty insurance space, with a strong distribution network already in place,” said Alex Maffeo, CEO and Founder, Boost.
  • Boost recently shared that it had secured over $130 million in additional capacity to support both new and existing insurance programs.
  • The Amwins LPL program is the first of several planned new programs to launch with Boost’s expanded capacity pool.

Boost adds over $130mm of new reinsurance capacity to accelerate its MGA platform growth

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Boost Insurance , the leading insurance infrastructure platform, today announced that it had secured over $130 million in new reinsurance capacity to sit behind its MGA, insurtech, and embedded insurance programs.

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  • Boost Insurance , the leading insurance infrastructure platform, today announced that it had secured over $130 million in new reinsurance capacity to sit behind its MGA, insurtech, and embedded insurance programs.
  • Boost also specializes in building specialty products, along with the risk capital to back them, to address emerging risks and markets.
  • Through its subsidiary Boost Re, the company can also provide efficient, reliable risk transfer vehicles that allow fast capacity deployment for both the risk capital partners Boost works with and the MGA and insurtech programs it supports.
  • Additionally, Boost recently released Portfolio Insights, the industry’s first real-time data reporting tool for reinsurers.

Boost Payment Solutions Shares Business Momentum Highlighted by Over $12 Billion Processed and a 195% Year-Over-Year Increase in Transactions in 2023

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Monday, January 29, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Boost Payment Solutions, a global leader in B2B payments, today shared some of the company's key business highlights from 2023, including having processed a company-record single largest commercial card payment in 2023 in the amount of $50 million. By optimizing B2B payment processes, Boost is helping businesses streamline their operations, optimize working capital, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.

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  • By optimizing B2B payment processes, Boost is helping businesses streamline their operations, optimize working capital, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.
  • "Throughout 2023, Boost has experienced significant growth and success, solidifying our position as a leader in the industry," said Dean M. Leavitt, Founder and CEO of Boost Payment Solutions.
  • Our innovative and patented B2B payment solutions have gained widespread recognition with over 50 percent of the 2023 Fortune 100 companies having made or received payments through the Boost platform."
  • Boost Intercept, patented in the U.S. and Canada, is a straight-through processing (STP) payment technology that eliminates the need for human intervention in payment and reconciliation.

Boost Insurance Launches Boost Re and Full-Stack Captive-as-a-Service Offering

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Boost Insurance , the industry’s leading insurance infrastructure company, today announced the launch of Boost Re, an innovative new risk transfer platform, as the latest component of Boost’s comprehensive insurance-as-a-service stack.

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  • Boost Insurance , the industry’s leading insurance infrastructure company, today announced the launch of Boost Re, an innovative new risk transfer platform, as the latest component of Boost’s comprehensive insurance-as-a-service stack.
  • For MGA, insurtech, and embedded insurance customers, Boost Re’s turnkey captive-as-a-service solution offers a highly cost-effective path to building and scaling their own full-stack insurance operations.
  • For alternative risk capital providers, Boost Re provides a reliable and streamlined conduit to deploy reinsurance capacity across Boost-powered insurance programs through dedicated captive cells.
  • “We built Boost to provide our customers with a scalable, long-term solution for building or expanding their insurance business, and Boost Re is the next stage in that vision,” said Alex Maffeo, CEO & Founder of Boost.

Boost Payment Solutions Announces Boost 100®, a Groundbreaking Platform Purpose Built for Maximizing Card-based Payments

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boost Payment Solutions, a global leader in B2B payments, today announced Boost 100, a new platform that enables buyers to pay by card 100% of the time, regardless of how their suppliers choose to be paid. A key addition to Boost's award-winning suite of solutions, Boost 100 is focused squarely on the specific needs of buyers who want to digitally transform their accounts payable processes for more flexibility and control while optimizing their working capital.

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  • Boost 100 was specifically designed to address this need by empowering enterprise level buyers to pay by card 100% of the time, regardless of how each supplier prefers to get paid.
  • "As the leader in B2B payments for large enterprises across industries, we know the pain buyers feel in trying to manage payments to their large, diverse group of suppliers.
  • It's a headache that negatively impacts their working capital so we built Boost 100 specifically for them," said Dean M. Leavitt, Founder & CEO of Boost Payment Solutions.
  • Boost 100 joins Boost's other solutions, including Boost Intercept ® , a patented straight-through processing technology, and Dynamic Boost ℠ , a patented, rules-based payment engine.

Boost Insurance and Canopius Announce Strategic Partnership to Power Innovative Programs with Long-Term Reinsurance Capacity

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Boost Insurance (“Boost”), the leading insurance infrastructure platform, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Canopius US Insurance Holdings, Inc. a subsidiary of Canopius Group, to provide long-term risk capacity behind Boost-powered insurance programs.

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  • Boost Insurance (“Boost”), the leading insurance infrastructure platform, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the Canopius US Insurance Holdings, Inc. a subsidiary of Canopius Group, to provide long-term risk capacity behind Boost-powered insurance programs.
  • However, Boost’s partners access end-to-end infrastructure via a simple, turnkey API integration that drastically reduces the costs of scaling their digital insurance programs.
  • The dedicated risk capacity provided by Canopius will fuel the high-growth and highly profitable insurance programs that Boost supports.
  • Boost will deploy the reinsurance and risk capacity provided by Canopius across a diverse range of specialty insurance programs with the aim to do so far more cost effectively than traditional one-off program business.

Inc. 5000: Boost Named as Fourth Time Honoree on List of America's Fastest Growing Companies

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. Magazine has named Boost Payment Solutions to its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious listing that ranks the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The prestigious ranking provides a data driven look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment — its independent, entrepreneurial businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other household name brands gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

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  • NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Inc. Magazine has named Boost Payment Solutions to its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious listing that ranks the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.
  • The prestigious ranking provides a data driven look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment — its independent, entrepreneurial businesses.
  • For Boost, this is the fourth time the company has been included in this list, joining other esteemed organizations from all areas of the private sector.
  • Among this year's top 500 companies, the average median three-year revenue growth rate ticked up to an astonishing 2,238 percent.

Esker Partners with Boost Payment Solutions to Revolutionize Virtual Card Processing

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023

This first-of-its-kind partnership aims to transform virtual card processing for accounts receivable (AR) departments – eliminating tedious manual efforts and streamlining payment reconciliation.

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  • This first-of-its-kind partnership aims to transform virtual card processing for accounts receivable (AR) departments – eliminating tedious manual efforts and streamlining payment reconciliation.
  • Sending one-time-use virtual cards to suppliers is an increasingly popular payment method, but processing these card payments by hand can be burdensome for AR departments, requiring substantial manual intervention.
  • By harnessing Esker’s cutting-edge automation technology with Boost Intercept® – Boost’s straight-through processing (STP) solution – this partnership brings unparalleled efficiency and simplicity to the virtual card acceptance process.
  • “Partnering with Esker for our virtual card processing solution was an easy decision.