SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Corgi, an AI-native insurance company, has announced the appointment of Johannes “Joe” Els as Head of Portfolio Risk as it expands into a broad range of new commercial insurance lines.

In his new role, Els will lead Corgi’s insurance portfolio monitoring and risk strategy, overseeing portfolio risk discipline, reserving, technical pricing, and capital model oversight across the company’s full-stack carrier group.

Els joins Corgi from Policy Expert, where he served as interim Head of Risk and Reserving, leading portfolio management and reserving. Prior to that, he spent nearly seven years as Head Actuary at Motability Operations, where he led reserve reviews, technical pricing, and capital model calibration.

A Chartered Actuary Fellow with more than 20 years in general insurance, Els has held actuarial and pricing roles across the market. He built the algorithmic logic behind a commercial Property Owners underwriting platform at Allianz, priced mid-market, SME, and MGA business at RSA, managed portfolios at Brit Insurance and its Lloyd’s syndicate, and managed medical schemes at Medscheme in Cape Town.

Els joins a growing roster of senior insurance industry veterans at Corgi, including Jeremy Eisemann, who was named Head of Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel after serving in senior roles at the Reinsurance Association of America and Liberty Mutual. The hires reflect Corgi’s continued investment in deep insurance expertise as it scales.

Nicolas Laqua, CEO and Co-Founder of Corgi, said, “Joe’s experience spanning actuarial science, pricing, reserving, and capital management makes him exceptionally well-suited to support Corgi’s continued growth.”

“I am excited to join Corgi at such an important time for the insurance industry,” Els said. “Corgi pairs serious insurance expertise with a fresh approach to how technology and data can improve underwriting, and after two decades in the market, I am excited to help build the portfolio risk discipline needed to support that growth. I look forward to turning complex risk into clear, commercial insight as the company expands into new lines.”

About Corgi

Corgi is an AI-native insurance carrier built for high-growth companies. By combining proprietary underwriting technology, in-house claims handling, and modern insurance infrastructure, with decades of insurance expertise, Corgi helps businesses secure coverage faster and manage risk more effectively as they scale. Since its founding, Corgi has raised $374 million, most recently at a $2.6B valuation.

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IRVINE, Calif., June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tenant Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions for the self-storage industry, today announced the launch of Alita™, an AI-powered chat solution embedded directly into the Tenant Inc. platform. Alita is designed to close the gap between tenant intent and action — transforming AI chat from a customer service tool into a full conversion and self-service channel.

Self-storage chatbots have always been good at answering questions. What they haven’t been able to do — until now — is turn those answers into action. When a renter is ready to reserve a space, most chat tools hand off to a form, a checkout page, or a phone call. Each redirect is a drop-off point. Alita changes that equation entirely. Renters can browse available spaces with value pricing tiers, select a unit, and complete a reservation without ever leaving the conversation. Existing tenants can retrieve their gate code or make a payment through the same seamless experience — authenticated, accurate, and handled without staff involvement.

“Alita was built for the full lifecycle of the tenant relationship,” said Lance Watkins, CEO and Founder of Tenant Inc. “A prospect finds a space and reserves it without leaving the chat. An existing tenant gets their gate code or makes a payment the same way. It’s not a tool that answers questions and hands people off somewhere else — it keeps every interaction inside the conversation and turns it into an outcome.”

Alita connects directly to real-time inventory, pricing, and tenant account data within the Tenant Inc. platform, ensuring every interaction is accurate, contextual, and actionable. Alita enables operators to:

Convert Renters at Peak Intent: Surface available spaces with value pricing tiers directly in chat, enabling renters to select a unit and complete a reservation without redirects or forms.Automate Tenant Self-Service: Allow existing tenants to authenticate and retrieve gate codes or receive a one-time secure payment link via SMS — eliminating routine calls to the office.

Why This Matters to Self-Storage Operators:

Higher Conversion Rates: Every redirect in the rental process is an opportunity for a renter to abandon. Alita keeps the action where the intent is — inside the chat.Reduced Staff Burden: Gate code requests and payment inquiries are among the most common reasons tenants call the office. Alita handles both automatically and accurately.

About Tenant Inc.

Tenant Inc. is a technology company that offers a cloud-based, all-in-one vertical SaaS technology solution, purpose-built for the self-storage industry. Tenant Inc. provides a single platform of storage facility management software, storage rental websites, marketing, payment processing, data analytics, and other technology solutions that give self-storage operators everything they need to run their business efficiently across point of sale, operations, and online rentals.

To learn more, visit tenantinc.com.

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NEW YORK, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600:

Gulfport Energy Corp. (NYSE: GPOR) will replace Select Medical Holdings Corp. (NYSE: SEM) effective prior to the opening of trading on Wednesday, July 1.  Select Medical Holdings is being acquired in a deal expected to be completed soon, pending final closing conditions.

Mobility Global Inc. (NYSE: MBGL) will replace Core Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: CLB) effective prior to the opening of trading on Thursday, July 2. S&P 500 constituent S&P Global Inc. (NYSE: SPGI) is spinning off Mobility Global in a transaction expected to be completed July 1. Core Laboratories is no longer representative of the small-cap market space.

Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:

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