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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.

The private equity firm is planning to solicit interest in the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company in 2024, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information.

Businesses need to rethink their approaches to insurance cost reduction.

There were about 40 funding events in the insurtech sector in September, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

Lenders could gain efficiencies from advances in artificial intelligence as the related development of alternative data potentially opens up the market to more borrowers, but hurdles exist.

Of 378 senior insurance executives surveyed by BlackRock, 89% said they plan to invest more in private markets during the next two years, according to a report set for publication today.

Today, when life insurtechs start fundraising, VCs ask them about their loss ratios—an impact of the insurtech 1.0 market crashes. But this question signals that venture capitalists still have a nascent understanding of the overall insurtech ecosystem and the various business models within.

Kim shares with Digital Insurance her take on what is happening in the insurtech space in terms of venture capital funding and the impact of the climate crisis on digital solutions.

There were more than 40 funding events in the insurtech sector in July, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

There were more than 30 funding events in the insurtech sector between June 1 and June 30, 2023, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

Having first focused on pet insurance, the seven-year-old firm has since expanded into parcel, fire, home and health products. It also insures digital assets from hacking and malware and theft.

It's launching its Risk Exchange platform as a marketplace to connect underwriters with risk capital, including from institutional investors and insurance companies.

Groundspeed Analytics was seeking to raise venture capital funding when Insurance Quantified made the initial contact.

The government-sponsored enterprise's chief executive managing the issue is looking at how things like roof pitch can mitigate the impact of natural disasters on homes.