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Tech Learning Startup Talespin Raises $15M; Farmers Is Early Investor
Talespin secured $15 million in new financing, adding to an investor roster that includes Farmers Insurance. The Los Angeles-based startup plans to use the funding to further develop its extended ...
Lemonade Launches Nonprofit Foundation With $20M Endowment
Lemonade has established a nonprofit foundation designed to promote the use of AI, data and software to build socially impactful products and programs globally. Dubbed The Lemonade Foundation, the ...
Covea to Acquire PartnerRe From EXOR for $9 Billion
EXOR has agreed to sell PartnerRe to French mutual insurer Covéa, a move that is turning out to be a very profitable thing for the Italian investment firm. EXOR bought the Bermuda-based reinsurer in ...
Swiss Re Will Make UBS CEO Ermotti Its Chairman in 2021
Swiss Re plans to make UBS Group Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti its chairman from next year, the world's second-biggest reinsurer said on Tuesday, turning to a financial industry veteran with scant ...
Parametric Insurance Offers Hotels Some Relief From Coronavirus Event Cancellations
Organizers of events called off because of the coronavirus are likely to miss out on insurance payouts because typical policies do not cover epidemic outbreaks. Hotels hit by cancellations may fare ...
D&O Coverage Challenges Are Increasing: A.M. Best
Directors and officers liability insurance has gotten trickier and will confront major new challenges over the next few years. Continued rate hikes and narrower coverage guidelines will be necessary ...
The Latest Launches From Lloyd’s, Sompo International and Beazley
Lloyd's now offers an insurance policy to protect cryptocurrency held in online wallets against theft or other malicious hacks. Sompo International Holdings Ltd. said one of its U.S. units partnered ...
Global Insurers, Reinsurers Face Coronavirus Outbreak Exposures: Moody’s
Global insurers and reinsurers are exposed to the coronavirus outbreak directly through a potential spike in claims, and indirectly through the impact on economic growth and the resultant financial ...