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KBRA revises Kingstone Insurance & Kingstone Companies’ outlook to Negative

KBRA has downgraded the insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) of Kingstone Insurance Company to BBB+ from A-, and issuer rating and the long-term credit rating of the senior unsecured notes of KICO’s publicly-traded parent, Kingstone Companies, Inc. to BB+ from BBB-. The outlooks have...

BAI Capital targets China’s globalizing startups with fresh $700M fund – TechCrunch

BAI Capital, the storied China-focused venture investment firm that was formerly known as Bertelsmann Asia Investments, has raised $700 million to back Chinese companies that are part of the country’s structural reform as well as those expanding overseas. The announcement follows on the heels...

Your job and education could be determining your car insurance rate

I went online last week to get a car insurance quote from Mercury Insurance. I went through the process twice, once listing my occupation as engineer. All the rest of the information was the same — my age, address, driving record, car make —...

Florida insurers face ratings change that could raise costs

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A ratings agency has plans to downgrade more than two dozen Florida-based property insurance companies in a move that could cost more money for homeowners with loans.The ratings firm Demotech plans to downgrade the 27 insurers from an...