Capital markets

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Financial institutions move slowly but they respond with greater urgency when there's a consequence to not adopting technology.

Athene, an Apollo unit, is one of several insurers ramping up their participation in net asset value financing, an increasingly popular form of borrowing for private equity funds that need liquidity amid a tough market for cashing out holdings

Also, rising claims and risky driving create an uncertain road for auto insurers.

Brittany Clements, managing director at American Family Ventures (AFV), the venture capital arm of insurer American Family, spoke about how the fund evaluates insurtech startups to back or partner with, and partnership and disruption trends.

Brittany Clements of American Family Ventures spoke to Digital Insurance about the insurtech investment fund, and shared details about how it backed certain startups.

Apollo and other alternative asset managers are vying for executives with connections to the world's biggest fortunes.

More borrowers are taking action but lack good information, Fannie Mae finds. Meanwhile, premiums are up yet insurers struggle to profit, a separate KBRA study shows.

Global insurtech funding increased from about $917 million in the second quarter of this year to about $1.1 billion in the third quarter.

Cota Capital developed a framework of six pillars to evaluate the viability of embedded insurance opportunities.