Evertas, an insurance company focused on digital assets, recently announced an increase in coverage limits and the addition of mining operations to its coverage portfolio.
The insurer’s per-policy coverage limits on custodial cryptoassets will increase to $420 million, “nearly tripling the amount of risk transfer previously available to blockchain focused projects,” according to an announcement.
It’s also adding coverage for mining operations in the amount of up to $200 million per policy. According to Evertas, these are the highest coverage limits available.
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The policy expansions come just six months after the company raised $14 million in a series A funding round led by Polychain Capital. Reportedly, this brings the firm’s total outside funding to $19.8 million when accounting for its initial seed funding of $5.8 million.
Evertas, a Chicago-based company, is one of only a handful of insurers focused on cryptocurrency and digital assets and, reportedly, the only given official coverholder status by Lloyd’s of London.
While most cryptocurrency exchanges cover losses to some degree, there are numerous situations where an account holder could lose access to their assets that can’t be tracked through account or on-chain activity.
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