Best Read Venture Capital Headlines
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#1 Ontario Teachers’ Sells Stake in French Broker Diot-Siaci to Private Equity Firm Ardian
Aug 8 2025 // Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has signed a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Diot-Siaci, a Paris-based corporate insurance brokerage group, to French private equity firm Ardian. Financial details of the deal...
#2 Female Leadership Suffers When Private Equity Firms Invest
Oct 16 2024 // Female board and leadership representation at European companies plunges whens private equity firms invest, according to a study by consultancy LCap Group. The average percentage of women in leadership positions tumbles to...
#3 California Defense Contractor and Private Equity Firm to Pay $1.75M Over Cybersecurity
Aug 5 2025 // Two California companies agreed to pay $1.75 million for failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements in an Air Force contract. Defense contractor Aero Turbine Inc., in Stockton, California, and private equity company...
#4 Venture Capital Fund Ends Grant Program for Black Women After Lawsuit
Sep 13 2024 // An Atlanta-based venture capital fund on Wednesday agreed to stop operating a program that awarded grants to small businesses run by Black women to settle a lawsuit by an anti-affirmative action group that claimed it...
#5 Private Equity’s Insurance Bets Raise Risks, BIS Researchers Say
Sep 17 2024 // Private equity firms have changed the business models of life insurers they invest in, posing risks that are more likely to materialize with higher interest rates, according to researchers at the Bank for International...
#6 Private Equity Tie-Ups With Insurers Create Risks, BOE Says
Dec 2 2024 // Private equity’s advance into the insurance sector exacerbates the risk of “fire sales” that disrupt the functioning of financial markets, the Bank of England warned. A growing number of PE firms in the...
#7 People Moves: Kaminski Returns to Zurich NA to Lead Direct Markets; Chubb Names Williams Private Equity Leader; Trucordia Names Khanna CIO
Jul 2 2025 // Todd Kaminski, a 30-year veteran of Schaumburg, Illinois-based Zurich North America, returns as head of direct markets, effective July 7. Todd Kaminski Kaminski will report to Kristof Terryn, CEO of Zurich North America....
#8 Private Equity Firm B.P. Marsh Acquires 27% Stake in UK MGA Cameron Specialty
Jun 17 2025 // B.P. Marsh and Partners Plc, the specialist private equity investor in early-stage financial services businesses, announced it has acquired a 27% shareholding in Cameron Specialty, a London-based underwriting agency. B.P....
#9 People Moves: PADIC Elects Basi President; ICW Names Moitoso President; CAC Specialty Appoints Leaders for Private Equity Practice
Feb 12 2025 // PADIC Elects Basi President Anisha Basi The Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies, headquartered in California, elected Anisha Basi, general counsel for Pacific Specialty Insurance Co., to serve as PADIC...
#10 People Moves: Allianz Commercial Appoints Contreras Portfolio Solutions Leader; Risk Strategies Names Simon Managing Director, Private Equity
Feb 25 2025 // Allianz Commercial Appoints Contreras North American Portfolio Solutions Leader Jenna Contreras Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jenna Contreras to the North American distribution team in the...
