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Verisk launches US data-centre exposure database
(September 3, 2026) Cat-model vendor Verisk has launched a US data-centre exposure database, responding to demand from clients for a better understanding of digital infrastructure risks, including potential aggregations in reinsurance portfolios. Read Full Article
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Bridgepoint Invests in VIPR for Growth
(September 3, 2026) Bridgepoint, one of the world’s leading mid-market investors, has completed a new majority investment in VIPR Solutions (“VIPR”), the leading insurance-native technology platform for Delegated Authority intelligence. The investment was made via Bridgepoint Growth, the firm’s small-cap fund focused on supporting the continued global expansion of dynamic, rapidly growing businesses, which has…
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Totalis Specialty Group Will Launch on January 1, 2027
(August 25, 2026) Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, today announced the launch of Totalis Specialty Group, a unified specialty insurance group that brings together NFP Totalis Program Underwriters and Aon Affinity’s U.S. programs business under a single go-to-market strategy and identity. Representing more than $5.5 billion in premium volume in the…
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Parsyl Receives “In Principle” Approval to Graduate to a Full Lloyd’s Syndicate
(September 1, 2026) Parsyl, a technology-native specialty supply chain insurer, announced today that it has received “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to transition from a Syndicate-in-a-Box (SIAB) to a full Lloyd’s syndicate. Parsyl entered Lloyd’s in 2018 through the inaugural Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator, believing that data and technology could transform specialty insurance. Its origins…
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Exclusive: Aon to combine Affinity US programs with NFP’s Totalis specialty platform
(June 14, 2026) Aon is combining its Affinity programs business in the U.S. with NFP’s Totalis Program Underwriters into a single integrated specialty underwriting and program platform, according to people familiar with the matter. Read More: https://www.theinsurer.com/program-manager/news/exclusive-aon-to-combine-affinity-us-programs-with-nfps-totalis-specialty-2026-07-14/
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WHITE PAPER: Fostering Optimal Program Relationships
(June 8, 2026) Program startup and transition costs vary, but even smaller programs can reach the high six or even seven figures for carriers and program administrators alike. The cost rises even further when accounting for lost growth potential when it’s necessary to transition a program. Time, effort, and the distraction of moving a program,…
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KatRisk to join Verisk Model Exchange to broaden catastrophe risk modelling access
(May 26, 2026) Verisk, a strategic data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry, has announced that KatRisk has agreed to join the Verisk Model Exchange as Verisk continues to develop its open catastrophe risk modelling ecosystem. Verisk said the move is aimed at increasing access to third-party catastrophe risk insights for insurers and…
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South Korea’s DB Insurance finalizes $1.65bn Fortegra acquisition
(June 1, 2026/Yahoo Finance) South Korea-based non-life insurer DB Insurance has completed its $1.65bn (Won2.49tn) all-cash purchase of US specialty insurer the Fortegra Group from Tiptree and Warburg Pincus. The deal, first announced last September, closed after Tiptree shareholders approved it in December. It was carried out through a merger involving a wholly owned subsidiary of…
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VIPR and WCL Launch Market-First End-to-End Workflow for Non-Bureau Delegated Underwriting
(May 28, 2026) VIPR Solutions (VIPR), the leading AI-enabled technology platform for Delegated Authority intelligence, and WCL, a Zywave organization, today announced the launch of the market’s first complete end-to-end digital workflow for non-bureau Delegated Underwriting, eliminating the longstanding manual handoff between broker submission and downstream bordereaux processing. The ground-breaking collaboration brings together two best-of-breed Insurtech…
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Vellum Launches AI Ops Agent to Transform Insurance Data Workflows
(May 26, 2026) Vellum, the AI-native platform for the insurance industry, today announced the launch of Val M., an operations agent designed to eliminate one of the industry’s most persistent bottlenecks: the manual ingestion and management of complex partner data. Built for MGAs, carriers, brokers, and reinsurers, Val transforms how insurance organizations monitor, validate, and act…
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Pace Raises $46 Million Series B to Build the Next Century of Insurance
(May 27, 2026/Business Wire) Pace, the AI operations partner for the world’s leading insurers, today announced its $46 million Series B, co-led by Thrive Capital and Sequoia Capital, with participation from Emergence Capital and Pruven Capital. Pace partners with several public insurers and brokers to provide its cutting-edge technology, including The Mutual Group, Newfront, Prudential, and…
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Arthur J. Gallagher’s RPS Acquires McKee Risk Management
(May 20, 2026/PRNewswire) Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced that its U.S. wholesale brokerage, binding authority and programs division, Risk Placement Services, Inc. (RPS), has acquired King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based McKee Risk Management, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. McKee Risk Management is a program administrator providing underwriting, policy administration, claims coordination…
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