Insurance
AnaCap reaps 4.3x on MRH Trowe minority stake sale to TA Associates
German insurance broker will now be backed by both GPs; deal comes 2.5 years into AnaCap's investment period
Mubadala leads equity raise in Wefox's USD 400m Series D
Berlin-based insurtech platform valued at USD 4.5bn in equity and debt round
Columna invests EUR 150m in SanteVet
The GP has owned a majority in the pet insurance specialist since 2017
M&A insurance demand reaches new heights amid bottleneck concerns
Hardening W&I market could be adding to the current slowdown in M&A activity that has followed a flurry of deals earlier in the year
Video: Howden's O'Brien on the latest M&A insurance developments
Unquote interviews Joe O'Brien from Howden M&A, the winner of the M&A Insurance Broker category at the 2020 British Private Equity Awards
Q&A: Liberty Global's Simon Radcliffe on W&I claims
Radcliffe talks to Unquote about the W&I market, the drivers behind the increase in claims being made, and more
Earlybird et al. in €15m series-A for Getsafe
Earlybird is currently investing from its Earlybird Digital West Fund VI, which closed on €175m
FSN gets €50m insurance pay-out, sues Procuritas
Consortium of 12 underwriters led by Liberty GTS announced yesterday that it had paid тЌ50m to FSN
EC reduces charges for insurers in PE
Insurance companies accounted for just 8% of European private equity fundraising in 2017
SevenVentures in €114m venture round for Friday
Baloise Group, the company's founder, has invested €75m in Friday's funding round
Mubadala Ventures invests in $125m funding round for Wefox
Fresh capital will be used to expand into Spain, France, Italy and the Benelux region
PE hot for insurance sector
Dealflow and aggregate value in the insurance sector has surpassed its post-crisis annual peak before the end of the third quarter of 2018
Korea Post allocates $200m to global buyout funds
Korea Post Insurance plans to allocate $200m to as many as three managers focusing on global buyouts, predominantly in North America and Europe.
Japanese insurance companies eye DACH funds
Insurance companies in Japan are considering increasing their exposure to European funds, with DACH GPs most likely to benefit
Debeka and VC firms in €20m round for Ottonova
Holtzbrinck, Vorwerk, Tengelmann and B-to-V reinvested in the round to the tune of €10m
Disruptive Capital acquires majority stake in REG for £8m
Deal values the insurance-related software company at ТЃ20m and will fund international expansion
Not covered: insurance, fraud and private equity liability
As GPs increasingly take out M&A insurance, can protection be offered against sellers acting maliciously?