THE REPORT
WEEK OF AUG 1, 2026
Insurance Capital & M&A: Week of July 26 – August 1, 2026
$146M+ in disclosed capital | 5 transactions | A specialty MGA gets PE-backed, Europe's newest insurtech unicorn emerges from the Balkans, Tiptree recycles Fortegra proceeds, digital asset insurance scales, and Mapfre makes its second deal in two weeks
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EPISODE 164
Jon Kelly, CEO of Modern Metric
CEO, Modern Metric · JUL 24
The Man Who Built InsurTech Before It Had a Name
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EP 163 — Jonathan Crystal — Founder & Managing Partner, Crystal Venture Partners JUL 17
We Talk Too Much About Technology and Not Enough About People
EP 162 — Justin Levine — Co-Founder & CEO, Shepherd JUL 10
The AI Race Moved to the Construction Site. Shepherd Is Building the Insurance for It.
EP 161 — Cheri Martinen — Managing Partner, OneDigital JUN 29
The Filing Cabinet Nobody Fixed — And the AI Liability Gap Nobody Is Talking About
EP 160 — Curtis Barton — CEO, ALKEME JUN 22
You Can't Play the M&A Game If You're Not Growing Organically First
EP 159 — Heather Wilson — CEO, CLARA Analytics JUN 22
The Safety Net Your Claims Team Doesn't Know It Needs
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