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Dallas-based startup digital life insurance distribution company Bestow has secured $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures, bringing its total financing to more than $18 million.   22 May 2018
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AmTrust Financial Services CEO Barry Zyskind continues to expect the transaction to turn the specialty property/casualty insurer into a privately held company to occur in the second half of 2018 despite the recent intervention by billionaire investor Carl Icahn.   21 May 2018
Insurance
Chubb was the top US cyber insurer in 2017, rising past American International Group (AIG) and XL Catlin, according to AM Best.   21 May 2018
Insurance
Castel Underwriting Agencies, an MGA formation platform that supports individual underwriters with smaller books of niche business, has expanded its Castel Specialty portfolio with the addition of a political risk book.   21 May 2018
Insurance
Crawford & Company (Canada), a provider of claims management solutions, has appointed Sandra Harbans to its Lloyd’s unit as director of operations. Harbans has previously worked for SCOR and Northbridge.   21 May 2018
Insurance
A new data protection regulation which comes into force from May 25 in Europe will offer customers more insight into insurers’ decisions with regards to pricing and claims payments, increasing the likelihood of disputes while facilitating the switch to a different provider, as Intelligent Insurer discovers.   21 May 2018
Insurance
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn disclosed a 9.38 percent stake in insurer AmTrust Financial Services and said in a letter to the insurer’s board that he strongly opposed the going-private deal.   18 May 2018
Insurance
Re/insurance broker Aon has appointed John English as CEO for its Aon Captive & Insurance Management business.   18 May 2018
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Japan-based Toa Reinsurance Company (Toa Re) has hired the former chief executive of Amlin Europe to spearhead a new European reinsurance venture.   17 May 2018
Alternative Risk Transfer
Three experienced ILS executives including one of the founders of Hiscox-owned Kiskadee Investment Managers and a former managing director of RenRe-owned DaVinci Reinsurance have formed a new hedge fund-backed ILS venture, according to a May 16 Reuters report.   17 May 2018

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