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Ally Financial Will Offer Home Insurance Policies Via Hippo Partnership
U.S. online bank Ally Financial has agreed to backstop home insurance policies provided by Hippo Holdings Inc, providing capital for the latter to generate more business, the ...
InsurTechs Targeting Car Insurance Comparisons, Reinsurance and Income Protection Raised New Financing
Jerry, a digital car insurance comparison-and-buy startup, raised $75 million in new financing designed to fuel a broader expansion. Vesttoo, an Alternative Reinsurance and Investment platform, ...
China’s Unpredictable Regulatory Measures Make Investors Wary
The unpredictability of China's regulatory measures make the country unappealing to foreign investors in the short-term, following its latest crackdowns on the technology, property and education ...
Progressive Insurance Dinged by Q2 Rise in Auto Claims, Low Premiums
Progressive Corp. reported a 56 percent decrease in net income to $790.1 million for the second quarter. Net income was down 9 percent for the first six months. The company said the largest ...
GEICO Drags Down Berkshire Hathaway’s Q2 Insurance Earnings
Berkshire Hathaway's insurance division produced a mixed performance during the 2021 second quarter. Rate increases generally carried the day, though the conglomerate's GEICO unit dragged down ...
TypTap, a Home and Flood Insurance InsurTech, Files Proposed IPO Plans
HCI Group, Inc. announced that its InsurTech subsidiary, TypTap Insurance Group, Inc., a Florida-based writer of private market homeowners and flood insurance, has confidentially submitted a draft ...
Lemonade Customer Base Now Surpasses 1.2M; Q2 Losses Land Above $55M
Lemonade's customer base continues to climb in the 2021 second quarter, with that number now surpassing 1.2 million. In contrast, the New York-based digital insurer reported nearly 814,200 customers ...AIG Celebrates Strong Q2 Gains Driven by Investment Income, Business Growth, Rate Hikes
American International Group generated a modest profit in the second quarter, citing gains from higher net investment income, far fewer catastrophe losses and strong rate hikes in its ...