Last time, I wrote about the trouble balance sheet oriented startups have had getting funding in recent years due to some structural changes in the appetite of various funding sources. Today, I’m going to suggest one new approach that might help solve the problem. MGAs Need Balance Sheets Something I’ve Continue Reading
The Insurance Startup Funding Vacuum
There is always outsized interest in insurance startups, whether they be new reinsurers, the latest “insuretech”, a new MGA, etc. But one topic that tends to go overlooked is that there is a big impediment today to getting a startup off the ground – financing. Historically, new insurers were funded Continue Reading
What’s Good For The Goose…
So I’m going to be critical of Evan Greenberg today. Those who know me know I was an early backer of Evan’s back at Ace and have always been one of his biggest supporters. I was at the head of the Evan bandwagon before there was a wagon. It was Continue Reading