Insurance

How Howden’s crypto-native leader is shaking up insurance

Capital Pioneer: How did a tech entrepreneur end up leading digital assets for a global broker like Howden?Lloyd Nelson: I took a somewhat unconventional path into...

Native places $50 million D&O for CoinShares

Native has structured and placed a $50 million Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance programme for CoinShares following the firm’s listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market. CoinShares began trading on Nasdaq...

WTW jostles for market lead with Redefind acquisition

WTW has acquired Redefind, a crypto‑insurance platform, in a move that significantly expands its digital asset protection capabilities.The deal positions WTW to offer regulated,...

Howden expands crypto theft insurance offering

Howden has launched a Web3 risk ecosystem in an expansion of its digital asset offering, a response to growing client demand for end-to-end support. The move...

Gallagher weighs capacity, compliance, and cold storage

The insurance industry is navigating both a soft market and a period of profound structural transformation.The rapid pace of fintech development is forcing a...

Capital Pioneer writer scoops award

Capital Pioneer writer and Rhotic Media editor Evy Williams has been named Best Newcomer at the 2026 State Street UK Institutional Press Awards, marking...

Schroders Capital adds tokenisation to ILS platform

Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives (PDCA) team has integrated a tokenised capability into its insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment platform. In collaboration with Hannover Re, the firms...

Pioneering Conversations: Interview with HestiaX’s Oleksandr Zeziulinskyi

Following this week’s Insurtech Insights Europe conference in London, we sat down with Oleksandr Zeziulinskyi, founder of HestiaX, to find out more about how...

Generali launches Generali Core Tech

Generali has announced the launch of Generali Core Tech, a new group software factory. The factory will enable the company to build scalable, shared and innovative platforms that support business growth and help...

Dubai Insurance partners Zodia on crypto wallet

In partnership with Zodia Custody, Dubai Insurance has launched the first digital wallet for crypto assets in the UAE insurance sector. The milestone enables the...

ADFW: Abu Dhabi launches FIDA cluster to drive financial innovation

In a move aimed at solidifying its position as a global hub for the digital economy, Abu Dhabi has officially launched the FinTech, Insurance,...

How insurance is powering institutional entry

As global financial institutions deepen their involvement in digital assets, a new wave of insurers are reshaping underwriting and risk strategies, writes Evy Williams.In...

Aon, Howden and AM Best mark next phase of digital asset insurance

As regulation evolves and competition grows among insurers, digital asset coverage options are widening, writes Marcel Le Gouais.Digital asset insurance has come a long...

Insurers go digital with AI and DLT

Digital transformation strategies Emerging technologies like blockchain and tokenisation, as well as Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), are beginning to coalesce in investment institutions’ digital...

The digital future of insurance

Ten years on from the first mumblings of sector innovation, experts are again asking whether blockchain will rewire reinsurance. Almost a decade after a burst...

Reinsurer chooses Chainlink to publish on-chain NAVs

On Re – the Bermudan Class F reinsurer – has announced it has chosen the Chainlink standard for on-chain finance to publish NAV data...