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U.S.-Based InsurTechs Grabbed Most of the Q1 2021 VC Dollars: Forrester
Approximately 94 percent of InsurTech venture capital financing went to U.S.-based startups during record fundraising for the sector in the 2021 first quarter, according to Forrester's latest sector ...
Universal Fire & Casualty Starts Accepting Cryptocurrency for Premium Payments
Universal Fire & Casualty Insurance Company has started accepting cryptocurrency for premium payments. The reason why: to increase its competitive market position as part of a broader innovation ...
MGA Honeycomb Launches With Bet on Multi-Family Property Insurance
An InsurTech MGA with a focus on multi-family property insurance has raised $3.3 million in initial venture capital insurance and formerly launched in North America. Honeycomb, formerly Agilius, drew ...
Wholesaler Ryan Specialty Group Eyes IPO for up to $100M
The Chicago-based specialty wholesale brokerage Ryan Specialty Group has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of up to $100 million. ...
Title Insurer Settles SEC Charges On Cyber Controls, Pays Nearly $0.5M
Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the resolution of charges against First American Financial Corporation alleging lax cybersecurity controls and procedures, with the federal ...
7 Major Cyber Insurers Join in Cyber Analysis, Mitigation Effort
With cyber attacks and insurance claims on the rise, leading cyber insurers AIG, AXIS, Beazley, Chubb, The Hartford, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Travelers have formed a company to pool their data ...
U.S. Auto Buyers Not Sold on Electric Vehicles
The world's major automakers have made something abundantly clear: They believe electric vehicles will dominate their industry in the years ahead. Yet for that to happen, they'll need to sell the ...
Americans Don’t Expect Normal Travel Until 2022: Generali Survey
Most Americans don't expect a return to normal travel until 2022, according to a new Generali survey, which mean smaller numbers will take a summer vacation this year than before COVID-19 hit. The ...