Commercial banking

Fremont, a Bay Area city of 226,000, in September became the first municipality in the nation to buy its own citywide flood insurance policy.

Veena Dandapani is a member of the board at Colorado-based FirstBank. She is a former chief client services officer at Pagaya, and a former senior vice president with Western Union.

There were about 50 funding events in the insurtech sector in February, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

HSB, a part of Munich Re, partners with Flume; Kin expands into California, plus more insurtech news.

In an effort to feature more insurtechs, Digital Insurance has modified the format of our Meet the insurtech series.

First came a dry spell that parched the land, then a spark, followed by some wind. Suddenly, swaths of South Carolina were consumed by voracious flames.