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December 6, 2023 | 12:19 pm

POP Group Holdings Appoints Nicole Coleby as Managing Partner of Operations

Key appointment reflects the Group’s strong growth momentum and global ambitions in the data and tech-enabled M&A and specialty insurance sectors. SYDNEY, 5 December 2023: Pop Group Holdings (“POP”), a leading investor in M&A and specialist, data and technology-enabled insurance businesses, today announces the appointment of Nicole Coleby as Managing Partner of Operations. In this […]

October 4, 2023 | 11:28 am

POP Group Holdings Appoints Shannon Murphy as Group Chief Information Officer

            Technology veteran will lead the Group’s data & technology strategy to pioneer the global digitisation of M&A and specialty insurance SYDNEY, 4 October 2023: Pop Group Holdings (“POP”), a leading investor in M&A and specialist, data and technology-enabled insurance businesses, today announces the appointment of Shannon Murphy as Group Chief Information Officer. As Group […]

June 19, 2023 | 8:04 pm

POP Group Holdings Ranks Second in The Australian Financial Review’s Fast Global List

POP Group Holdings is delighted to have been recognised in The Australian Financial Review’s Fast Global list as Australia’s second highest achieving company for international growth.   Fast Global celebrates Australian companies that are delivering real commercial growth in international markets, calculated on growth in revenue generated overseas over the past three years.   Read an […]

June 13, 2023 | 5:17 pm

Celebrating Five Years of Success: POP Group Holdings’ Milestone Anniversary

Today, POP Group Holdings celebrates its five-year anniversary! In this time, we’ve developed from a start-up company to a growth-stage global boutique M&A and specialist insurance group, enabled by data and technology, with our first external investor joining the share register recently.   We managed to achieve a few firsts: Fusion was the 1st APAC […]

June 1, 2023 | 8:48 am

Sergei Korol Appointed Chief Operations and Finance Officer at POP Group Holdings

Experienced C-Suite leader will spearhead the Group’s vision to revolutionise the M&A and specialty insurance marketplace SINGAPORE, 1 June 2023: Pop Group Holdings (“POP”), a leading investor in M&A and specialist, data & technology-enabled insurance businesses, today announces the appointment of Sergei Korol as Chief Operations & Finance Officer. Based in Singapore, Korol will be […]

May 24, 2023 | 9:59 am

Providing protection for SME M&A

George Apperly – io.insure Josh Cowen – Fusion   The world of mergers and acquisitions is constantly evolving. The process, speed of execution and complexities of transactions has only increased over time. Few young M&A practitioners now would believe that a data room was not so long ago an actual physical room full of boxes […]

February 14, 2023 | 4:45 pm

io.insure launches in the UK with senior appointment

London, 13th February 2023 M&A tech and InsurTech firm io.insure, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for SME transactions, today announces its launch in the UK with the appointment of George Apperly as managing partner. Based in London, Apperly will be responsible for the platform’s growth in the UK SME M&A […]

January 31, 2023 | 3:00 am

Ian Hutchinson joins leading SME M&A Tech and InsurTech – io.insure

Experienced FinTech and M&A leader to guide firm’s growth in APAC Singapore, 31 Jan 2023 – M&A Tech and InsurTech firm io.insure – creator of ‘Mio’, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for small and medium-sized business (SME) transactions – has appointed Ian Hutchinson as Senior Partner in Asia-Pacific (APAC). Based […]

December 8, 2022 | 2:00 pm

Mio – A New Way to Underwrite RWI

David Rogers, Co-Founder and Executive Partner of POP Holdings (including Fusion and io.insure), spoke to Seyfarth Shaw LLP in its “Into the Breach” podcast about an innovative approach to underwrite Representations and Warranties Insurance (RWI). With an emphasis on technology and efficiency, io.insure recently launched Mio© – the world’s first online M&A insurance product for […]

December 7, 2022 | 2:34 am

Fusion and io.insure launch first global online M&A solution to bridge major risk protection gap for SMEs

Sydney, London, New York, Chicago, December 7, 2022: Fusion Specialty, a leading specialist M&A managing general agent (MGA), and io.insure, the M&A tech pioneer, today announced the global launch of Mio, the first M&A insurance online for small- to mid-sized businesses, to address the significant risk protection gap in the SME market. Backed by A […]

November 29, 2022 | 1:58 pm

POP Recognised as one of Australia’s Fastest-Growing New Companies

POP Holdings Group is honoured to be recognised as one of Australia’s fastest growing young companies on the Australian Financial Review’s Fast Starters list for 2022.   This award win reflects POP Holdings’ organic journey of growth from the Australian headquarters in 2018, expanding across Asia, the UK, the EU and the US. POP, which […]

September 1, 2022 | 10:45 am

M&A activity is on the rise across the U.S
Representations & Warranties Coverage Protects M&A Deals

M&A activity is on the rise across the U.S. Check out the article linked above to learn how Representations & Warranties coverage can help protect your clients’ M&A deals. io.insure Managing Partner, Nate Stortzum, recently contributed his expertise for a timely CRC Insurance Services article, which discusses the rise in M&A activity across the U.S. and provides […]

August 24, 2022 | 8:10 pm

io.insure wins FinTech of the Year
at 2022 Technolgy Scale-up Awards

Co-founders Killian McDermott and David Rogers are thrilled to announce that io.insure, part of Pop Holdings, is the ‘FinTech of the Year Winner’ at the prestigious 2022 Technology Scale-up Awards, with reputable sponsors such as Hamilton Locke, Grant Thornton and Ansarada, among others. The awards celebrate disruptive Australian technology businesses that demonstrate high rates of […]

June 1, 2022 | 3:35 pm

World’s first online mergers and acquisitions platform io.insure launches in US, with new senior hires

  Chicago, 1st June 2022 InsurTech firm io.insure, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for SME transactions, today announces its launch in the US with senior level hires Nate Stortzum joining as Managing Partner – ioPartners and Gregory A. de Keersmaeker joining as Managing Partner – ioCustomer Success. The firm, part […]

January 30, 2022 | 7:17 pm

World’s First Online M&A Insurance Marketplace Launches in Australia

Sydney, 31 January 2022 – io.insure, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for small and medium-sized business (SME) transactions, today announces it has launched in Australia. The io.insure marketplace is designed to bridge the significant risk protection gap in the niche M&A segment for SMEs, where there is a scarcity of […]

October 13, 2021 | 1:57 pm

Katherine Simmonds appointed Managing Partner at Fusion

Katherine Simmonds appointed Managing Partner at Fusion
The M&A insurance specialist joins at a time of unprecedented growth

July 21, 2021 | 9:07 pm

FUSION and PING AN P&C Launch Strategic Partnership

• Strategic partnership servicing clients in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) and Hong Kong
• Partnership offers warranties and indemnities (“W&I”) insurance solutions serving the Private Equity and Corporate mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) marketplace
• Admitted W&I policy form has been pre-approved by the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (“CBIRC”)
• PRC W&I market is seeing an accelerated increase in demand with premium volume expanding significantly over the last three years in particular.

July 21, 2021 | 7:54 am

SME sector and tech products to drive China W&I growth

International private equity firms drive M&A transaction rebound in China and Hong Kong in wake of favourable regulatory changes. Demand for warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance in China and Hong Kong was rising in the three years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic, which brought an abrupt but temporary halt to merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the region.

December 9, 2020 | 9:07 pm

M&A insurers eye post-Covid opportunity in Asia

The rapid recovery of M&A activity in Asia and the rise in intellectual property rights litigation are encouraging carriers to reassess their risk appetite and product offerings.

September 7, 2020 | 9:07 pm | Hugo Tognolo

Fusion expands partnership with AGCS in Asia

• Expansion of partnership with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty in Asia servicing clients in Hong Kong and the PRC, Singapore and South East Asia, Korea, India and Japan.
• Partnership will offer Warranty & Indemnity (W&I) solutions serving the Private Equity and Corporate M&A marketplace
• Asian W&I market seeing increased demand with premium volume expanding significantly over the last five years.

August 3, 2020 | 9:07 pm

HDI Global Specialty and Fusion announces tie-up to strengthen capacity in M&A insurance

HDI Global Specialty SE – Australia (“HDI Global Specialty”), Fusion Specialty MGA Solutions Pty Ltd. and its Authorised Representative, Fusion Specialty Insurance Pty Ltd. (collectively “Fusion”) 
HDI Global Specialty and Fusion have today announced a new underwriting agency partnership to offer additional capacity in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance market in Australia. 

April 15, 2020 | 9:07 pm

Damian Lynch joins Fusion Specialty as Managing Partner of Financial Lines

Fusion Specialty MGA Solutions Pty Ltd. and its Authorised Representative, Fusion
Specialty Insurance Pty Ltd. (collectively “Fusion”), a specialty insurance MGA Platform
headquartered in Sydney, Australia, has announced that Damian Lynch has joined as
Managing Partner, Fusion Financial Lines MGA (“Fusion FL”) with immediate effect. Lynch
has also been appointed as a Partner in Fusion’s M&A Insurance MGA.

April 16, 2019 | 9:06 pm

POP and Fractal Industries launch worldwide technology partnership

POP Insurance Holdings (POP), a specialist insurance group headquartered in Sydney, Australia, and its MGA subsidiary Fusion Specialty Insurance (Fusion), have launched a worldwide partnership with Fractal Industries, Inc., an analytics and insurtech software provider that applies artificial intelligence to solve complex, real-world problems headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA, with operations also in the UK.

April 3, 2019 | 8:07 am

M&A insurers cross borders in search of profits.

Insurers are beginning to look at the risky cross-border mergers and acquisition insurance market, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, to gain an edge over the competition.