3IF Ventures Closes $12m First Round to Back Africa’s Inclusive Insurance Infrastructure Layer
3IF Ventures closes $12m first round — anchored by FSD Africa ($6m), Swiss Re Foundation ($5m) and Zep Re — to fund embedded insurance…
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Nicolas Martin
Senior reporter at InsuraBeat covering commercial and property & casualty markets, M&A, and underwriting performance across Europe and North America. Twelve years in the industry: started as an analyst on the broker side at a global reinsurance intermediary placing casualty and specialty risks for European corporates, then five years on the underwriting side at a Tier-1 European insurer, last managing D&O and cyber portfolios. Holds a Master in Reinsurance Economics and Capital Markets from the Kwang-Hwa Institute of Financial Sciences (Taipei) and is a CFA charterholder. Writes from Paris, on US morning markets.
Howard Hughes Holdings Closes $2.1B Vantage Group Deal, Pioneering the Ackman Insurance Float Model
Howard Hughes Holdings closes $2.1B Vantage Group acquisition at 1.5x book value — with Pershing Square managing Vantage's assets fee-free, the deal establishes the…
$670 Billion in US Data Centres Faces Unmodeled Storm Risk as Insurer Capacity Lags Build-Out
51% of planned US data centres—$670 billion—sit in high severe-convective-storm-risk states as hyperscalers move into Texas, Tennessee, and Ohio; S&P estimates $10B in new…
FCA Opens Second Motor Finance CMC Probe as Consultation Claims Ltd Faces Enforcement
FCA opens enforcement investigation into Liverpool-based CCL over consent fraud in motor finance claims — the second CMC targeted in six months as the…
Wellington Management Pays $1.9B to End 40 Years of Sub-Advising and Own the Hartford Funds Distribution Channel
Wellington Management acquires Hartford Funds for $1.9B NPV — converting a 48-year sub-advisory relationship into full ownership of a $160B retail wealth distribution platform.…
ESAs Publish First DORA ICT-Incident Baseline: 3,383 Incidents, 90% Non-Cyber, and a Cross-Border Warning for European Insurers
ESAs' first DORA ICT report: 3,383 incidents in 2025, one-third cross-border, just 10% cyber — what the baseline data means for European insurance groups.
Insurance Australia Group Closes A$4 Billion Greensill Litigation, But a Five-Month Trial Looms
IAG settles A$4B in Greensill Bank AG proceedings; Credit Suisse's A$3B tranche goes to a five-month trial opening August 2026 — APRA's governance response…
Allianz Trade Puts a $131 Billion Price Tag on Germany’s Extreme-Heat Risk Through 2030
Allianz Trade's stress model puts $131B in German GDP losses on extreme heat through 2030 — with only 23% of EU climate losses insured,…
GCC Insurers Post $714M Net Profit in Q1 2026 as Regulatory Mandates Drive 13.6% Revenue Growth
GCC listed insurers posted $10.75B revenue (+13.6%) and $714M net profit (+14.7%) in Q1 2026, driven by Saudi Arabia's mandatory cession rules, UAE health…
Moody’s Maps a $375 Billion Uninsured US Flood Gap Ahead of 2026 Hurricane Season
Moody's quantifies $375 billion in uninsured US residential flood exposure in a 1-in-100-year event — 65% concentrated in 11 states, growing to $472B by…