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Cyber Risk Prevention a Factor in InsurTech Investments’ Continued Climb: Willis Towers Watson
There were 63 InsurTech investment deals worth nearly $1.6 billion in the 2018 fourth quarter, according to a new Willis Towers Watson report. That's a 24 percent jump in deal count compared to the ...
Zurich North America Acquires Tech Company Focused on Vehicle Protection Products
Zurich North America has acquired Sea Pine Technologies, a company specializing in innovative digital applications for the marketing of vehicle protection products. The insurer said the deal will ...
TheGuarantors, a Real Estate Rental InsurTech, Pulls in $15M Series B
TheGuarantors, an InsurTech focused on the real estate rental industry, has pulled in $15 million for its Series B financing. Plans call for using the cash infusion to expand the company's platform ...
El Nino’s Calm Winds Harming U.S. Wind Power Producers
Calm winds are hurting U.S. wind power producers. Unusually still weather in the upper Midwest and Great Plains in late 2018 has already taken a bite out of earnings at NextEra Energy Inc. and ...
China Regulator Orders Banks, Insurers to Amp Up Lending to Private Firms
China's banking and insurance regulator said on Monday it had told all of the country's banks to sharply increase lending to private companies, as policymakers step up support for the slowing ...
China’s Ping An Insurance Reportedly Planning Massive IPO for Fintech Unit
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China's largest insurer by market value, is gearing up for an initial public offering of its OneConnect unit that could value the financial management portal at about ...
IAALS Unveils New Protocols for First-Party Insurance Disaster Claims
A national legal group has developed new, streamlined protocols designed to promote a more efficient exchange of information in first-party insurance claims cases stemming from man-made and natural ...
Focus on Operating Earnings, Buffett Says; Insurance Ops Add $6B
In the conglomerate's annual report published on Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway Chair Warren Buffett recommended that readers focus on operating earnings, reviewing a year in which insurance operations ...