So excited to welcome @achadroff to the @EqualVentures to be our co-pilot on all things #insurance!
We've been looking for an insurance all-star for MORE THAN A YEAR and know Adam will have a transformational impact on our firm.
If you're a founder or VC in space, reach out!
@bgurley This is a great space for innovation. Several @EqualVentures portfolio cos are deep in D&O product/distribution. And I previously led ops at a D&O mga. Happy to chat anytime!
If you're interested in the convo about what's ahead in P&C -- make sure you apply to join the Insurance Capital Summit on May 8th in NYC!
More details here:
https://t.co/XFGbF9zbFE
Insurtech Renaissance (?!)🌱:
another quarter of operating performance improvements at digital carriers, + high $ M&A activity, showcases what I believe is budding enthusiasm in this sector.
I’m incredibly excited to announce our initial investment in @9rootai, the leading agentic platform for insurance services led by serial founders @sychou and Sean Casey, and its subsequent follow-on financing led by @thejoefloyd of @emergencecap 🚀
https://t.co/ZVFEvkKvyH
It's a tall order for insurers to produce radically new solutions. But at this moment when the staggering impact of losses on real people is at the top of our collective consciousness, my hope is that we can finally engage in serious conversations about the future of risk mgmt.
The devastating fires in LA, and the surge in climate disasters generally, must serve as a call to action for us to incentivize and invest in risk mitigation.
I wrote the short piece below about why political realities have made it so challenging to evolve in the face of climate disasters, and why insurance must play a central role in shaping how society adopts and applies resiliency.
https://t.co/INnGFigT4M
8/ We’re excited to see what 2025 has in store.
Whichever way the next few quarters go: it looks like an exciting time to be building in the insurance industry.
1/ Q4 2024 closes out a year of inflection and big gains for the insurance industry
Read our latest on industry performance and takeaways from Q4 (cc: @Rick_Zullo )
https://t.co/NYqMUvtKpb
7/ M&A kept pace in Q4: with AJG For AssuredPartners announced in Dec, each of the largest three brokers has done a multi-$B acq from PE over the past ~year.
Scale is becoming more important than ever.