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Berlin-based finleap, a company builder specialising in fintech, has raised €41.5 million in a new funding led by Chinese insurer Ping An‘s Global Voyager Fund. 19 November 2018
Insurance
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has allowed state-run General Insurance Corporation (GIC) to retain the first right to offer reinsurance in India, BloombergQuint reported citing two people present at the firm’s recent board meeting. 1 October 2018
Insurance
A major global cyber-attack has the potential to trigger $53 billion of economic losses, roughly the equivalent to a catastrophic natural disaster like 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, according to a scenario described in new research by Lloyd’s and cyber risk analytics modelling firm Cyence. 17 July 2017
Insurance
Zurich Insurance Group is acquiring 80 percent of PT Asuransi Adira Dinamika (Adira Insurance), a property and casualty (P&C) insurer in Indonesia, from PT Bank Danamon Indonesia and a minority investor. 27 September 2018
Insurance
US-based insurtech Slice Labs, which offers cloud-based on-demand insurance, has raised an additional $20 million in Series A funding to further expand its offering on a global scale. 27 September 2018
News
Bermuda-based Aspen has appointed Emil Issavi, president and chief underwriting officer of Aspen Re, to lead its reinsurance business, succeeding CEO Thomas Lillelund. 8 August 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
While insurance-linked securities (ILS) are now estimated to be providing around 15 percent of total reinsurance capacity, SCOR CEO Denis Kessler believes that it could grow to 25 percent or a maximum of 30 percent. 6 November 2018
Insurance
The hailstorm that spread across part of Texas on June 6 - with baseball sized hail reported in Dallas, Tarrant, and Denton counties - is estimated to result in insured losses close to $1 billion, according to Karen Clark & Company (KCC). 12 June 2018
Insurance
The Hartford Financial Services Group CEO Chris Swift is seeking acquisitions in the specialty and commercial spaces while de-emphasizing share buybacks. 30 July 2018
Insurance
The US Congress has enacted a short-term extension to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through November, preventing the programme to lapse during peak hurricane season. 26 July 2018
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