Assets & Investments
InsurTech Accelerant Launches $175M Sidecar Investment Vehicle Flywheel Re
Accelerant, an InsurTech platform aiming to provide underwriters with risk exchange, data analytics and long-term capacity commitments, announced a new $175 million sidecar vehicle, Flywheel Re. ...
Berkshire Hathaway Reports $43.8 Billion Loss as Stock Holdings Tumble
The slide in U.S. stock prices punished Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s bottom-line in the second quarter, as the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett on Saturday reported a $43.8 billion loss. ...
Global InsurTech Investment Down 50% in Q2: Gallagher Re
Global investment in insurance technology firms totaled $2.41 billion in the second quarter, down 50 percent from a year earlier, as investors grew nervous about frothy valuations, broker Gallagher ...
The SEC War on Greenwashing Has Begun
For all the greenwashers out there on Wall Street, the party may really be over. There's now little doubt that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission actually means business in its bid to ...
Financial Firms to SEC Over Proposal to Regulate SPACs: ‘Don’t Kill the Industry’
U.S. financial industry groups are pushing to water down a draft Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule aimed at reining-in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), arguing it could kill ...
Private Equity Tops U.S. Carrier Investment Choices; Europeans Pick Green Bonds: Survey
Insurers around the world are going to be putting more of their firms' money into private equity and green bonds this year, according to an asset manager's recent survey of carrier investment and ...
Experts Say InsurTech Faces ‘Leveling Out Period’ Amid Tighter Capital, Market Challenges
The InsurTech industry is facing what experts say is a "leveling out period" after investment in the space accelerated during the pandemic due to changes in the workplace and a greater focus on the ...
Tesla Cut From S&P 500 ESG Index, and Elon Musk Tweets His Fury
An S&P Dow Jones Indices executive told Reuters on Wednesday it has removed electric carmaker Tesla Inc. from the widely followed S&P 500 ESG Index because of issues including claims of ...