boston-digital-insurer-simply-business-teams-up-with-amsuisse
Simply Business, a Boston-based digital insurance company focused on small businesses, is to offer several of its commercial insurance solutions through AmSuisse.
Toku
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Climate tech lending startup HeavyFinance raises €3m
Climate tech investment marketplace HeavyFinance has raised €3m in its seed funding round as it looks to bolster European growth.
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• Overall, there were 291 CyberTech deals announced outside the US in 2022, a 4% decline from 2021 • CyberTech companies headquartered outside the US raised a combined $3.9bn in 2022, 15% higher than 2021 levels • Israel was the most active CyberTech country in 2022, outside the US, with 64 deals CyberTech deal activity declined slightly in 2022 by 4% with...
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Rain, an employee financial wellness start-up, has raised $115m in funding, encompassing $66m in equity and $50m in debt.
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Admiral, a car insurance provider in the UK, has extended its partnership with Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), to launch LittleBox Pod, a new telematics offering that can lower insurance prices for drivers of all ages.
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Swiss Re has reported that natural disasters resulted global economic losses of $275bn in 2022, of which $125 billion were covered by insurance, reaffirming a trend of 5-7% annual increases.
Focalpay
Focalpay, a commerce platform merging payment and retail functionalities, has bagged SEK15m in an investment round.
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Chubb has unveiled new underwriting criteria for oil and gas extraction projects that will require clients to reduce methane emissions, a byproduct of oil and gas production that are among the most severe greenhouse gases.
XM Cyber
XM Cyber, a leader in hybrid cloud security, has acquired cyberattack detection and response company Confluera for an undisclosed fee.

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