Capital markets

Brown & Brown to acquire Accession for $9.8B and bolttech's $147 million Series C funding plus more insurance news.

More than a third of the funding received by 39 startups surveyed by Bloomberg came from American sources.

Sarah Kim, a partner at Centana Growth Partners speaks about the current M&A landscape and the future of technology in the insurance industry.

Hub International Ltd. has raised $1.6 billion in fresh equity in a funding round that values the insurance brokerage at $29 billion.

The rise of private credit will continue to benefit US life insurers, whose growing investments in the asset class bolster returns, allowing for more aggressive pricing, according to Moody's Ratings.

Stacy Brown-Philpot, former chief executive officer of TaskRabbit, has raised $172 million from investors for a new venture capital fund targeting underrepresented founders.

Industry trends since the Great Financial Crisis have sparked rising interest in private asset-backed finance.

Private credit and insurers are expected to get even closer this year, potentially prompting regulators to inspect ties between the two and any associated risk, according to a Moody's Ratings report.

The Los Angeles wildfires are an unmissable signal for investors to back startups aimed at mitigating and preventing similar disasters in the future, according to venture capitalist Bill Clerico.

Housing advocates say Sandra Thompson, a longtime Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board member, aimed to keep an eye on risk as she expanded access to credit.