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Metromile Attracts $50M Investment From Uber Vet as Reverse Merger Plans Finalize
Metromile has attracted $50 million in new investment from a former Uber executive even as it has obtained regulatory approval to formalize a reverse merger deal that will make it a publicly-traded ...
Cybercrime Shifts Toward More Profitable Business Attacks
Cybercriminals shifted away from stealing individual consumers' information in 2020 to focus on bigger, more profitable attacks on businesses, according to a report from the Identity Theft Resource ...
Executives On The Move at AXIS Re and Coalition
AXIS Re appointed a new head of AXIS Re's Reinsurance Products division. Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company's middle market ...
Amended Law Slows Nursing Home COVID Court Claims
Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother's death from COVID-19 caught while she was living at a Kansas nursing home that allegedly failed to prevent an outbreak of the disease. An ...
Rent Security Deposit Insurance Startup Raises $95M
New York City-based InsurTech Rhino recently pulled in $95 million in new financing, money that will propel growth of its security deposit insurance business. Investment firm Tiger Global Management ...
Top 2021 Risks Look Much Like 2020: Pandemic Fallout and Cyber Attacks
There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according to global leaders in business, risk management and insurance. A trio of ...
USAA Dives Into Small Business Insurance Market
USAA will start writing its own small business insurance policies for the first time. Initial coverage in the space will be available immediately in five states – Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, South ...
Farmers Insurance, Munich Re Make Home Technology Startup Investments
Farmers Insurance has become an equity investor in a fintech company focused on helping make a home rental easier and more affordable. Munich Re invested in a smart home startup whose electrical ...