Sam Hodges Archives - Carrier Management

Too Soon for ‘All Clear’ in D&O Insurance Market as Banks Fall

D&O insurers breathed a short sigh of relief when the U.S. government pledged to protect depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank last week. But it wasn't necessarily business as usual for ...

InsurTech Perspective: Our Turn to Stand by SVB

Just before a group of big banks extended a $30 billion lifeline to First Republic Bank last Thursday, a five-year-old InsurTech offered its support to Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, the successor of ...

Writing Commercial, Specialty Lines for Startups: Q&A With Vouch Execs

When InsurTech Vouch announced in September that the company is developing embedded insurance to make buying commercial insurance more accessible for its customers—high-growth technology companies ...

InsurTech Decision Point: Shell Company or De Novo Carrier?

Dealing in the world of venture capitalists doesn't naturally prepare InsurTech leaders for the challenge of dealing with insurance regulators, an InsurTech executive said recently, explaining one of ...

Building Insurance for the Companies Building the Future

Back in 2015, after working more than 15 years on the underwriting side of the property/casualty insurance business, Chad Nitschke started to become frustrated with the lack of change in the ...

Digital Business Insurance MGA Vouch Pulls in $90M Investment; Partners With SiriusPoint

Vouch, a digital business insurance platform for startups, has closed on a $90 million round of financing, with plans to use the investment for new products and embedded insurance for its various ...