Nationwide purchases Allstate Stop Loss for $1.25 billion and Munich Re acquires Next Insurance for $2.6 billion, plus more news.

Lenders and other businesses active in the state also stepped up with large donations and charitable campaigns in the days following the flooding disaster.

Zurich Insurance Group AG agreed to buy BOXX Insurance Inc, a Canadian cyber risk management firm.

Shikha Khetrapal, formerly COO of Vantage Insurance Partners, an insurance industry investor, spoke with Digital Insurance about hurdles that large insurance companies, investors and private equity firms encounter when integrating their acquisitions in the industry.

Cincinnati-based First Financial scooped up Westfield Bank near Cleveland after Westfield's parent company decided to exit the bank space and focus on its core insurance business.

Peter McMurtrie, partner in West Monroe's insurance practice, discusses broker M&A.

There were about 48 funding events in the insurtech sector in May, according to a review by Digital Insurance.

Brown & Brown to acquire Accession for $9.8B and bolttech's $147 million Series C funding plus more insurance news.

Travelers Canada acquired by Definity for $2.4 billion and Nearmap to acquire itel, plus more insurtech news.

Sarah Kim, a partner at Centana Growth Partners speaks about the current M&A landscape and the future of technology in the insurance industry.