An insurtech that's raised over $290 million just nabbed a former director of engineering at Uber to run its tech

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• Insurance-technology company Metromile nabbed a former senior engineer at Uber to run its tech, Business Insider has learned.
• Paw Anderson, who served as the senior director of engineering for Uber's advanced technology group, was recently named chief technology officer at Metromile.
• In February, Metromile, which has raised over $290 million, hired former Progressive executive Jeff Briglia to serve as its first chief insurance officer.

A former senior engineer at Uber has joined a buzzy insurtech company aiming to disrupt the car-insurance business to run its tech.

Paw Anderson, who previously served as a senior director of engineering for Uber's advanced technology group, was named chief technology officer at Metromile, Business Insider has learned.

Metromile, a US insurance-technology company, has raised over $290 million and calculates car-insurance policies using a pay-per-mile model. Anderson was at Uber from May 2014 to December 2017, where he worked on the company's autonomous vehicles efforts and reported to the company's head of tech, Thuan Pham.

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In addition to his time at Uber, Anderson was a vice president of engineering at Groupon and, most recently, startup Apartment List, according to his LinkedIn.

Anderson's hire is the second executive Metromile has brought on in 2019. In February, Jeff Briglia, a former Progressive executive, was named the company's first chief insurance officer.

Innovation through technology in the insurance space has taken off in recent years. Some traditional insurance companies are working with innovative startups that are attempting to disrupt their business. The trend has not gone unnoticed by investors, as venture capitalists have pegged it as one of the hottest fintech themes for 2019.