Capital markets

There were about 52 funding events in the insurtech sector between July 1 and July 31, 2025, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

An academic paper presented at the Brookings Institute's annual conference found that future wildfire risks are already having economically significant impacts on financial markets, municipal borrowing costs and vulnerable communities.

There were about 50 funding events in the insurtech sector between June 1 and June 30, 2025, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

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.

In the aftermath of the election, a bipartisan group of House members are the latest to ask the FHFA to put the owner's title insurance waiver pilot on hold.

The current state of insurtech, its challenges, opportunities and whether we are truly approaching the end of its rapid expansion.

Investors and insurtech professionals share their insights and predictions for next year at the 2024 ITC Las Vegas Conference.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has agreed to more regular checks on the government-sponsored enterprises' flood compliance, which impacts mortgage companies.

The revisions also revise how the surplus is calculated to evaluate risk of the bonds used as part of the available asset portion of the capital requirements.

Risks include pushing debt-to-income ratios too high for qualifying and rising costs leading to defaults, all of which affect the secondary markets.

California and Oregon are experiencing yet another record-setting year of wildfires amid increasing uncertainty about FEMA and property insurance backstops.