Parametric insurance pays out when a pre-defined event occurs as measured by a specified figure, figures, or index. It has traditionally been used in agriculture and by insurance companies to cover natural catastrophes, including hurricanes, cyclones, and earthquakes (think CAT … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]Brewer Lane Venture is a new, Boston-based VC firm focused on early-stage InsurTech and FinTech startups. Former New York Life President and Chief Investment Officer John Kim is the founder, and veteran investor Martha Notaras joined the firm in January as … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]“If no one seems to understand, start your own revolution and cut out the middleman.”
“I’m not even sure what I want, but that’s not the point – it’s that I want it now.”
“Whenever the old gives way to the new, everybody with vested interests in the old starts crying that the world will stop. There aren’t many people with vested interests in the new.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
AIG — once too big to fail — to split off its Life & Retirement business. Method to be determined. https://j.mp/34v63VS
A #blockchain exit, of a sort. @CalastoneLtd, London-based fund transaction network which moved its clients onto distributed ledger technology last year, to be acquired by @OneCarlyle. https://j.mp/34z1rOg #fintech
.@GroupAdvans seeks someone fluent in English and French as #CEO of #microfinance subsidiary: https://j.mp/3moLOPQ #fintech #financialinclusion
New arrest warrants issued for founders of law firm at center of Panama Papers tax fraud. https://j.mp/2HAyRn9
Yale to require progress on diversity at managers of endowment: https://j.mp/2TiXjMa
