Global Economy
Bolttech Raises $180M to Supercharge Insurance Company Matchmaker Platform
Insurance tech startup bolttech on Thursday said it raised $180 million in a funding round, led by private investment firm Activant Capital Group, that valued it at more than $1 billion. The New York ...
Global Cyber Reinsurance Rates Skyrocketed 40 Percent for July Renewals: Willis Re
Global cyber reinsurance rates have soared by up to 40% in the July renewal season, reinsurance broker Willis Re said on Thursday, as ransomware attacks increase in number and severity. A ransomware ...
EIS Eyes New Insurance Software Growth Phase With $100 Million TPG Investment
Insurance software company EIS secured a $100 million investment from private equity firm TPG, money designed to help it accelerate product development across multiple product lines. A geographic ...
Warning: High-Tech Cyber Crime Will Keep Coming, ‘Terminator’-Style
Businesses worldwide are fighting sophisticated data scientists as they battle to protect their data-rich computers from cyber crime - and the costly attacks are not going to stop, a top expert at ...
Japan Insurers Struggle to Produce Reliable Climate Change Cost Estimates
As the world tries to price the cost of climate change, Japan's second largest non-life insurer MS&AD foresees the potential rise in claim payments in 2050 to be anywhere between 5% to 50% from ...
See You in Person: Global Insurance Symposium Readies Post-COVID Gathering, With Online Component
After more than a year of quarantines, masks and other COVID-19 precautions, an insurance industry group is about to hold an in-person meeting again. The Global Insurance Symposium is meeting in Des ...
Buffett Steps Down as Gates Foundation Trustee; Discloses He’s Donated Half His Wealth
Warren Buffett said he is stepping down as a trustee from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and that he has donated half his wealth since pledging 15 years ago to give away the fortune he built ...
Arch Reinsurance to Acquire Somerset Bridge Group
Arch Reinsurance Ltd. plans to acquire longtime client Somerset Bridge Group Ltd. for an undisclosed price. The acquisition covers Somerset, Southern Rock Holdings Ltd. and all Somerset affiliates, ...