Investment Officers
Investors See Dollar Signs in Denied COVID-19 Insurance Claims
A growing market niche where investors profit from others' legal troubles is getting a boost from Covid. Distressed-investing funds and litigation-finance boutiques are likely to be spoiled for ...
Nationwide Boosts Venture Capital Fund to $350 Million
Nationwide plans to more than triple its venture capital fund and also increase the division's alignment with its corporate development strategy. The Ohio-based property-casualty insurer is growing ...
U.S. Private Equity Buyers Boost Increased Insurer Sales of Annuities, Other Assets
U.S. insurers are stepping up sales of annuities and other capital-intensive assets amid a surge in interest from new and established private equity buyers hungry to boost the amount of money they ...
Breaking The Silence: A Black InsurTech Founder’s Story
As the founder of a data and analytics InsurTech focused on the commercial auto insurance space, I knew fundraising would be a challenge. Commercial auto insurance has been unprofitable for years, ...
Jones Joins HSCM From SCOR to Expand InsurTech Group
Adrian Jones, the former leader of SCOR's P&C Ventures unit, has signed on with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. to expand the asset manager's InsurTech and global reinsurance groups, ...
Ranking U.S. Insurers: How They Score on ESG Performance
For the past several years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have figured prominently in the investment decisions of institutional investors, pension funds and shareholders. The ...
The Latest Launches From Conning, Berkshire Hathaway GUARD and Openly
Conning launched a new service designed to help institutional investors assess climate change risks for their portfolios. Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Companies added Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, ...
Allianz, Other Institutional Investors Warn Firms to Cut Ties to Coal
Some of the world's largest insurers and pension schemes are warning companies they invest in not to finance, insure, build, develop or plan new thermal coal plants or face sanctions, including ...