Underwriting
Climate Change Forcing Ocean Levels to Rise More Quickly Than Anticipated
Climate change is causing oceans to rise quicker than scientists' most pessimistic forecasts, resulting in earlier flood risks to coastal economies already struggling to adapt. The revised estimates ...
K2 Backs Reciprocral Exchange Seeking to Insure Florida Mobile Homeowners
Insurance services holding company K2 Insurance Services and New York based private equity firm Lee Equity Partners have formed American Mobile Insurance Exchange (AMIE), a reciprocal exchange that ...
Recently we explored how specialty insurance markets emerge and the signals that help MGAs distinguish a lasting opportunity from temporary...
Insurance Verification Platform TrustLayer Raises $6.6M
TrustLayer, developer of a proof-of-insurance risk management platform, has raised $6.6 million in seed funding from venture investors, insurance agencies and others. "We're honored to have the ...
Aviva Investors Might Ditch Holdings in Biggest Carbon Emitters Over Climate Inaction
Aviva Investors said on Monday it could ditch its stock and bond holdings in 30 of the world's biggest corporate emitters of carbon if their boards failed to take sufficient action over climate ...
India’s Insurers Poised to Attract Western Investment After Rule Changes
The Indian government on Monday said it plans to raise limits on how much foreign companies can invest in the country's insurance industry, a move that could attract inflows from U.S. and European ...
Cybercrime Shifts Toward More Profitable Business Attacks
Cybercriminals shifted away from stealing individual consumers' information in 2020 to focus on bigger, more profitable attacks on businesses, according to a report from the Identity Theft Resource ...
Rent Security Deposit Insurance Startup Raises $95M
New York City-based InsurTech Rhino recently pulled in $95 million in new financing, money that will propel growth of its security deposit insurance business. Investment firm Tiger Global Management ...
InsurTech Joshu Raises $3.7M for Commercial Insurance Digital Platform
The InsurTech Joshu raised $3.7 million in seed funding to advance its digital tools designed to help carriers and MGAs bring their commercial insurance business online. Blumberg Capital led the ...