CCC Information Services CEO Githesh Ramamurthy CCC Information Services, the Chicago-based software firm that’s built a $600 million business on a digital platform serving the property and casualty insurance industry, is returning to the public markets. Fourteen years after selling to an investment firm and then bouncing through two more private-equity owners, CCC has a deal to go public via a transaction with a special purpose acquisition company—called a SPAC—run by San Francisco-based Dragoneer Investment Group. The deal will value CCC at about $6.5 billion and is slated to be finalized in the second quarter. More SPACs, better known as blank-check companies, are proving to be a popular alternative to the traditional initial public offering. Dragoneer Growth Opportunities, the SPAC acquiring CCC, was down 4.4 percent on the news in early afternoon trading.