Assets & Investments
American Family Spinout Arturo Raises $25M to Expand AI-Driven Predictive Analytics Platform
American Family Insurance spinout Arturo pulled in $25 million in venture financing – a big boost to the company's AI-driven, property-centric predictive analytics platform. "A deeper property ...
Insurers Will Boost Private Equity Investments, Scale Back Hedge Fund Focus
Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year while scaling back on hedge funds, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Wednesday. Private equity was the most-favored ...
Liberty Mutual, Starr Join Bitcoin Investment Firm’s $100M Funding Round
Liberty Mutual and Starr Insurance Companies are among property/casualty carriers who joined a $100 million funding round for NYDIG, a technology and financial services firm focused on bitcoin. The ...
U.S. Private Equity Buyers Boost Increased Insurer Sales of Annuities, Other Assets
U.S. insurers are stepping up sales of annuities and other capital-intensive assets amid a surge in interest from new and established private equity buyers hungry to boost the amount of money they ...
Pandemic-Era Carriers Attracting Hedge Funds’ Attention
Five years after London-based hedge fund Toscafund ditched the shares it held in insurance companies, the $3.5 billion firm and its peers are flocking back, drawn by sharp premium increases which are ...
Insurers May Slash Allocations for Hedge Fund Investments After Dismal Pandemic Performance
Having complained for years about hedge funds' high fees and lackluster performance, insurance firms may be preparing to cut allocations to the sector after its poor performance during recent market ...
Insurers Generally Happy About Their Asset Managers During COVID-19 Crisis: Survey
Most insurers feel good about how their asset managers are navigating the ongoing financial crisis created by COVID-19, State Street Corp. has determined in a new survey. Approximately 78 percent of ...
Pandemic Could Drive Digital Investment for Some Time
Erik Ross predicts that carriers will increasingly rush to all things digital in the months ahead. A running quip among investors explains why. "There's a joke going around – 'What's the biggest ...