Capital markets

The new product will be based on a recent revision to the Department of Veterans Affairs' handbook for lenders, according to the company.

With venture funding drying up many young firms' survival is in doubt.

The area promises huge opportunities to gain experience and has the right infrastructure to power long-term growth.

Connective Capital, which debuted this month, has raised $35 million to back technology startups trying to detect, prevent or manage the spread of wildfires.

Plans rolled out by a United Wholesale Mortgage and by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cut costs, but the American Land Title Association warns that the tradeoff is less protection from certain risks.

There were six rounds of more than $20 million in funding, and 11 seed rounds. 

Insurers are poised to pump hundreds of billions of dollars into private assets over the next two years.

Pie Insurance Services Inc. raised $315 million in equity funding, even as many early stage investors pull back from financial-technology startups.

The Columbus, Ohio-based VC is bullish on the midwest being the next startup hub.

There were 27 rounds in the month.

Krishnamurthy says insurers are acknowledging the staying power of insurtech and its valuable ability to disrupt the insurance industry.

Pilot Co., which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, agreed to take a stake in Kodiak Robotics Inc., a driverless truck startup.

Erie Strategic Ventures will primarily focus on early-stage North American-based companies.

Each startup receives $100,000 investment and works with gener8tor, Allianz Life and Securian Financial during the three-month program.

Industry experts weigh in on what to look out for as insurtech enters a new, more mature era.

There were 33 rounds in the month.

More news: MassMutual on iPipeline’s iGO and Neptune Flood partners with SIAA.

Morgan Health is investing $30 million in Centivo, a three-year-old Buffalo, New York-based health-plan administrator that says it’s holding members’ average annual out-of-pocket expenses to less than $350.

Drake Star Partners' Global Insurtech Industry Report 2022: Adoption of new technologies likely increased insurtech M&A.

Global funding to startups fell 23% in the the second quarter from the first, to $108.5 billion, according to a recent report from CB Insights.