The nation’s largest title insurance company, Fidelity National Financial (FNF), announced that it has signed a merger agreement to acquire Stewart Information Services for ~$1.2B. FNF intends to achieve at least $135M...

Meet Traverse : Think: a new initiative launched by Travelers to offer monthly product and travel insurance plans. Plans are currently available in NY.     Here’s a look at its...

Less than two years after Insureon announced it is cutting ~8% of its stuff, this popped up on Glassdoor:     Back then, CEO Ted Devine attributed the layoffs to...

Before:   After:   The Gist: the Berlin-based startup, established in 2015 and led by Sofie Quidenus, offers enterprises a document processing solutions via two products: (1) omni:us Claim that automates classification...

French insurer CNP Assurances recently made two investments to the tune of €40M.   One. It invested €30M in Spain’s iSalud in exchange for ~60% stake. The Barcelona-based startup launched in 2010...

Barclays Africa Group, one of the largest banking groups in Africa, recently outlined a new business strategy and a new corporate identity. “Our overriding goal is to become a banking...

Last year, Topdanmark, a provider of life and non-life insurance products and services in Denmark, became one of the first companies in the Nordic region, to give managers and employees access...

Last month, Colón announced that it has developed the first Home Insurance for women that offers cancer care. Refresher: Colón is a Buenos Aires-based general insurer with ~500K policyholders that was established in 2013....

Starr Companies recently announced organizational and leadership changes within the Casualty business units.   Financial Lines and Professional Liability are consolidating under the leadership of Brian Inselberg (ex-AIG), senior vice president. Brian...

Achmea-backed, Netherlands-based general insurer, Centraal Beheer, announced the launch of a new tool for home shoppers.     Through this tool-slash-checklist, a user can ask for a valuation report and take advantage of the notary service...

Meet Namola :     Namola is a crime response app that helps South African users #GetHelpFast. It improves emergency service dispatch times and the communication between officers, the control room...

Allianz Lanka announced the launch of Allianz 3D – Solera App, a mobile app to allow policyholders to report their car damage in 4 easy steps: (1) user reports damage via a claims service...

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HCS Capital Partners a Miami based Private Equity and operating firm, announced it has completed a $4M investment in FIGO Pet Insurance. This round brings Figo’s total funding to date...