Capital markets

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.

State Farm, Aflac and Gallagher executives talk about what they look for when considering insurtech startups for investment.

Advocates and critics weigh in on condo title-risk mitigants that cost less upfront than traditional insurance as climate risks add to broader coverage costs.

BlackRock Inc.'s private-debt business is exploring ways to tap the deep pockets of insurance companies that are increasingly looking to boost their allocations to the asset class.

There's temporary leeway on formal compliance with replacement-cost value requirements in order to sort out insurer concerns with a recent re-emphasis on them.

The Biden Administration's title waiver pilot has started a broader discussion on whether the product is worth the money paid or even needed at all and can be replaced by an alternative.

Extreme weather could aggravate growing property insurance pressures on governments.

The home maintenance and management company Fixle, incubated by American Family, will retain the support of the insurer's venture capital arm as a minority investor.

February 5 is the last day to apply. Finalists will present at the group's March conference and compete for product and service prizes.

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.