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China-Based InsurTech Waterdrop Hopes to Raise $360M in New York IPO
Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc aims to raise up to $360 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, company filings show. Waterdrop, which is backed ...
Swiss Cybersecurity Firm Acronis Nails Down $250M Financing Round
Swiss cyber security firm Acronis said on Tuesday it has received more than $250 million in a financing round led by CVC Capital valuing it at more than $2.5 billion. Founded in Singapore in 2003, ...
Insurers Are Waking Up to Multi-Factor Authentication
Insurance use cases for multi-factor authentication (MFA) include distributor access, external user access (e.g., claims vendors, financial advisers), internal user access and policyholder access. ...
State Auto CFO English Plans to Retire
The veteran CFO at State Auto Financial Corp. is retiring after 21 years with the company. Steven English, State Auto's senior vice president and chief financial officer, will remain with the insurer ...
A Rebound for CNA’s Q1 Net Income, but Catastrophe Losses Soar
CNA Financial Corp. saw its first quarter net income improve dramatically over the previous year, thanks in part to better investment numbers. At the same time, CNA's net pretax catastrophe losses ...
Executives On The Move at Buckle, Hippo and AXIS Insurance
The InsurTech Buckle hired a former Farmers Insurance executive in a leadership role. Hippo appointed a number of new executives to its technology team. AXIS Insurance is bringing on a new executive ...
Buffett Points to Greg Abel as His Likely Successor at Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett ended long-running speculation about his successor at Berkshire Hathaway Inc by saying Greg Abel, who oversees the conglomerate's non-insurance businesses, would be named chief ...
MGA Startups During COVID Helped Accelerate Digitization: InsurTech Forum Preview
One of the more intriguing InsurTech trends over the last year has been an accelerated push by MGA startups to make insurance easier for consumers in a variety of ways. COVID-19 propelled that ...