New Jersey is creating a strategic innovation center for financial (fintech) and insurance (insurtech) technology startups in a partnership with Silicon Valley-based innovation platform Plug and Play. The new innovation hub will be known as the Fintech Accelerator at Stevens …
Brookfield Asset Management’s newly formed credit arm will cater to its parent’s insurance business and will also pitch other insurers on overseeing their assets, the unit’s chief executive officer says. “What we’ve decided to do is bring all of our …
Nordic Capital is weighing a sale of German regulatory software firm Regnology, in a deal which could value the business at up to 3 billion euros ($3.27 billion), four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The private equity firm …
Cinven is considering a sale of German life insurer Viridium after another of its insurance investments in Europe, Eurovita, was hit by heavy customer outflows earlier in the year, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The private equity …
Bain Capital and TPG Inc. are weighing a deal for CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc., the car-insurance software provider controlled by Advent International, according to people familiar with the matter. Bain and TPG are among suitors that have expressed interest …
GTCR and Apax Partners are exploring options including a full or partial sale of insurance broker AssuredPartners, which could be valued at up to $16 billion, including debt, in any transaction, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The …
Private equity firm Cinven has agreed to buy back 160 million euros ($170 million) of debt sold by its insurer Eurovita and is open to supporting other measures to avoid a messy liquidation of the Italian company, a person with …
European buyout houses Montagu Private Equity and Astorg Partners are preparing to hang the “for sale” sign on their UK insurance software investments, hoping to woo insurers and fellow private capital funds with their technology. Montagu is exploring a sale …
Cinven has completed fundraising for its first dedicated financial-services fund, collecting 1.5 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in a rare move by a private equity firm to start an industry-focused pool. The UK buyout firm has reached the final close for …
Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners (THL) today said it made a strategic growth investment in Carpe Data, a provider of data products for the insurance industry. With the investment, THL will become the majority shareholder of Carpe Data, …
