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AI-Driven MGA Clearcover Raises $43 Million; American Family Among Backers

Jan 23 2019 // American Family Insurance joined a new $43 million financing round for Clearcover, a managing general agent with an artificial intelligence-driven platform focused on car insurance.The Chicago-based insurtech startup said...

IICF Raises Nearly $1.3M for N.Y. Nonprofits, Honors HUB International Limited

Dec 17 2018 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) has announced that nearly $1.3 million was raised on Wednesday, December 12, at its 12th annual Northeast Benefit Dinner to fund the IICF Northeast Division’s...

Ping An Insurance-Backed Financial Tech Firm Lufax Raises $1.3 Billion

Dec 3 2018 // Ping An-backed Lufax has raised $1.33 billion in its latest funding round from a dozen investors, at a valuation below expectations of the financial technology company, people with direct knowledge of the matter told...

Insurtech MGA Corvus Raises $10 Million to Expand Commercial Lines Business

Nov 27 2018 // Corvus Insurance has secured $10 million in new venture financing that the Boston-based insurtech managing general agency plans to use to jump into additional lines of commercial insurance.Two firms led the startup’s...

Run-Off Firm Catalina Raises $700M, Forms Shareholder Restructure with Apollo, RenRe

Oct 11 2018 // Catalina Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., a legacy runoff property and casualty re/insurance specialist, announced it has completed a US$700 million equity capital raise and concluded its shareholder restructuring after receiving...

UK Insurers, Businesses Urge Government Not to Raise Insurance Premium Tax – Again

Oct 10 2018 // UK insurers and businesses are urging the UK Treasury not to further penalize insurance customers by raising the insurance premium tax (IPT), which currently costs each household an average of £200 ($262) annually.The UK...

UK Venture Capital Fund Eos Makes First Two Insurtech Investments

Oct 3 2018 // Eos Venture Partners’ strategic insurtech fund has made its first two investments.The UK-based specialist venture capital fund, working through its debut EVP 1 fund, committed early financing to Concirrus, a marine...

Slice Labs Raises $20M for Its On-Demand Platform for Insurers

Sep 26 2018 // Cloud services provider Slice Labs has raised an additional $20 million that it will use to expand its cloud services for on-demand insurance products globally.The Series A funding round was led by The Co-operators with...

Venture Capital Firm, Beat Capital, to Merge with Insurer Investment Vehicle Paraline UK

Aug 23 2018 // Venture capital firm Beat Capital Partners and insurance investment vehicle Paraline UK announced they plan to merge – in a move that is designed “to enhance and further build Beat’s platform to support...

Startup Root Raises $100 Million, Prepares to Go National

Aug 23 2018 // Root Insurance raised a $100 million financing round in a bid to fuel market expansion and hiring as the auto insurance startup with its telematics-based platform goes national.Tiger Global Management led the Series D...

Augmented Reality Property Claims Venture Raises $3.9 Million

Aug 21 2018 // PLNAR, an augmented reality service that creates, fully measured, real-time 3D models of any room, has raised $3.9 million in a Series A investment round led by insurtech and healthcare venture capital fund ManchesterStory...

Workers’ Comp Insurtech Pie Insurance Raises $11 Million

Aug 10 2018 // Pie Insurance, an online seller of workers’ compensation policies to small-and-medium-sized businesses, reported it has completed an $11 million Series A funding round.The company, a full stack managing general agent...

Insurtech Next Insurance Raises $83 Million to Expand; Nationwide, Munich Re Among Investors

Jul 11 2018 // Next Insurance has raised $83 million in new financing, money it said will fuel its continued U.S. expansion as a full-service digital insurance carrier focused on the small business market.Nationwide Insurance and Munich...

Planck Re, a Commercial Insurance Data Platform Startup, Raises $12M

Jul 6 2018 // Planck Re, a commercial insurance data platform startup, nailed down $12 million for its first formal financing.Arbor Ventures led the round, which also included Viola FinTech and Eight Roads. Plans call for the company to...

Reuters: China’s Ant Financial Raises $10 Billion at $150 Billion Valuation

May 29 2018 // Ant Financial Services Group, operator of China’s biggest online payment platform by market share, Alipay, has closed its latest funding round having raised $10 billion from a clutch of global and local investors,...

AXA Raises $2.75 Billion in Year’s Biggest IPO

May 9 2018 // U.S. initial public offerings have the seismic changes in the insurance industry to thank for 2018’s biggest share sale.Axa Equitable Holdings Inc. sold 137.25 million shares at $20 each on Wednesday to raise $2.75...

VC Firm Eos Venture Partners Plans to Raise $100M for Insurtech Investment Fund

Apr 12 2018 // Eos Venture Partners, the insurance technology-focused venture capital firm, announced plans to raise a $100 million debut fund, EVP I. The fund will be one of the first global, independent insurtech investment funds...

IICF Midwest Raises $400K-Plus for Regional Nonprofits

Apr 2 2018 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) says more than $400,000 was raised for the IICF Midwest Community Grants Program at its 7th annual Midwest Division Blazing the Trail Benefit, on March 8 in Chicago.More...

Startup Auto Insurer Root Raises $51 Million for Further Expansion

Mar 27 2018 // Columbus, Ohio-based auto insurer Root Insurance, which incorporates individual driver behavior data from mobile phone apps in every quote, announced the closing of a $51-million Series C funding round.Investors were led...

Cloud-Based Insurtech Startup Insly Raises €2.2M ($2.7M) in Funding

Mar 23 2018 // Insly, a cloud-based insurance platform, announced an investment of €2.2 million (US$2.7 million), led by Concentric and Black Pearls VC.Founded in 2015, Insly offers insurance policy management for insurance brokers and...