SPAC News
SEC Mulls New Guidance to Rein in Growth Projections for Reverse Merger Companies
U.S. securities regulator is considering new guidance to rein in growth projections made by listed blank-check companies, and clarify when they qualify for certain legal protections, according to ...
Viewpoint: More Assertive SEC Gets Tough on SPACs
Investor Jeremy Grantham says special purpose acquisition companies, which raise money in an initial public offering and then find a promising company with which to merge, are a "license to rip ...
Ex-Allianz CFO Wemmer Is Launching a SPAC to Target Insurance Deals
Dieter Wemmer, a veteran insurance executive who was chief financial officer at Allianz SE, is launching a blank-check company to target deals in the sector where he worked for more than three ...
SPAC Entity Backed by AmTrust CEO Files for $300M IPO
A blank-check firm, backed by AmTrust Financial Services Chief Executive Officer Barry Zyskind, is looking to raise $300 million through an initial public offering, a regulatory filing showed on ...
Insurers Overwhelmed by Demand for D&O Coverage for Reverse-Merger Companies
The SPAC boom is overwhelming a key player in the creation of a blank-check companies: insurers. Firms selling directors-and-officers liability policies for special purpose acquisition companies have ...
Hippo Reportedly Pursuing Going Public Through SPAC Reverse Merger
Hippo, an insurance technology startup, is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The transaction with ...
Jones Joins HSCM From SCOR to Expand InsurTech Group
Adrian Jones, the former leader of SCOR's P&C Ventures unit, has signed on with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. to expand the asset manager's InsurTech and global reinsurance groups, ...
Metromile to Become Public Company and Expand Nationally
Metromile Inc., an InsurTech focused on pay-per-mile auto insurance, has hit the public markets in a reverse merger deal with Insu Acquisition Corp. II (Insu II), a special purpose acquisition ...